"Nauravat silmät muistetaan" ("Laughing eyes are remembered") was the Finnish

Finland

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

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, performed in Finnish

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 by Boulevard (who achieved the unusual distinction of backing a singer at one Contest before appearing in their own right at the immediately following Contest).

The song was performed third on the night, following Sweden

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's Tommy Körberg

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 with "Stad i ljus

Stad i ljus

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" and preceding the United Kingdom

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's Scott Fitzgerald

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 with "Go

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". At the close of voting, it had received 3 points, placing 20th in a field of 21.

The song deals with the alienation of the modern world, with the band singing that it is easy to become memorable and brighten someone else's day by laughing, as "laughing eyes are remembered". Boulevard also recorded the song in English, then under the title "Laughing Eyes".

It was succeeded as Finnish representative

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1989 Contest

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 by Anneli Saaristo

Anneli Saaristo

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 with "La dolce vita

La Dolce Vita (song)

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