"Keep Me In Mind" was the Maltese

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Eurovision Song Contest 1995

The Eurovision Song Contest 1995 was the 40th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 1995 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenter was Mary Kennedy. This contest broke the chain of victories that Ireland enjoyed in 1992, 1993, and 1994...

, performed in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 by Mike Spiteri.

The song is a ballad, inspired somewhat by the soul music

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 tradition, in which Spiteri addresses himself to a former lover. He sings that the two of them are "drifting apart", but pleads with her to "keep me in mind" and call him if she ever feels lonely.

The song was performed twenty-second on the night (following Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

's Liora with "Amen" and preceding Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

's Elina Konstantopoulou

Elina Konstantopoulou

Maria-Elpida Konstantopoulou is a Greek singer, probably best known for representing Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995.-Biography:...

 with "Pia Prosefhi

Pia Prosefhi

"Pia Prosefhi" was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Greek by Elina Konstantopoulou....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 76 points, placing 10th in a field of 23.

It was succeeded as Maltese representative

Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1971. At first the island state sent songs in its native language, Maltese, but it failed to rank highly, and withdrew after the 1975 contest. Since its return in 1991, however, it has achieved eight top ten placings in a row, including...

 at the 1996 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 18 May 1996 in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket. Harket, lead singer of a-ha, opened the show with a performance of his single "Heaven's Not For Saints". Eimear...

 by Miriam Christine

Miriam Christine

Miriam Christine Borg is a Maltese pop and rhythm and blues singer best known for representing Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.-Early life:...

 with "In A Woman's Heart

In A Woman's Heart

"In A Woman's Heart" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in English by Miriam Christine.The song is a ballad, with Miriam singing about falling in love with a man whom she is unsure she should be falling for. She sings that, "In a woman's heart, a dream is for life...

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