OGAE Song Contest 1999
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16. AUSTRIA - Doch Dann Kamst Du
The Austrian entry "But then you appeared" will be performed by Simone (Stelzer). She originates from St. Polten, the capital of Lower Austria. As a teenager in the mid-eighties she already had some regional success with the group "Peter Pan". Finally she was selected to sing Austria's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990. Her song Keine Mauern mehr (No walls anymore) finished on a good 10th place, which established her breakthrough at the Austrian music market. Some successful singles followed, such as Zeit der Zartlichkeit (Time of tenderness), Heute nacht (Tonight), Wahre Liebe (True love) or Radio (preselection 1994).
"Doch dann kamst du" can be found on her latest album Aus Liebe (From love). The songs on this album were written by many well-known composers and lyricists, such as Alfons Weindorf or Bernd Meinunger.
more biographics... provided by Chris Zavos
Simone Stelzer was born in St. Polten in Lower Austria, on 1st October 1969, making her a Libra. For years, the young lady from St. Polten was counted among the great female vocal (and physical) talents in the Alpine Republic. Thus, Simone was able to gather stage experience with the band Peter Pan at the early age of 14, which was rewarded with success in the Austrian charts after two years of hard work.
In 1989, Simone began to feel too restricted in Peter Pan; the musical ideas of the band had drifted too far away from what really moved her, and that is, to say it in a nutshell, simply good pop music. She succeeded in launching out on her solo career with the song "Lucky Star" - a cheerful pop song which managed to stay in the Austrian charts for several weeks.
In 1990, Simone first recorded with CBS and together with a new producer: Marc Berry, singer and main author of "The Form", he composed a German song, which promptly landed among the top ten in the preliminary selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. "Keine Mauern Mehr" was recorded in the Olympia Studio in Spillern, with the help of Mario Botazzi from the "Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung", who was also the songwriter. One week prior to the Eurovision Song Contest, Simone posed naked for the cover of the Austrian magazine "Basta" and her photos were reproduced in many other magazines around Europe, causing serious criticism to the Austrian television (ORF).
[Sources:
1. Official Eurovision Programme 1990
2. Flash magazine, 1990 - the Greek-Cypriot magazine that reproduced the nude photos from "Basta"]
The Lyrics
Jedes Mal, wenn andre glucklich sind
Fuhl' ich mich allein
Immer dann, wenn ich am Ende bin
Frag' ich mich, mu? das sein?
Jedes Mal, wenn ich die Sehnsucht spur' Wart' ich auf die Nacht
Nur im Traum bist du ganz nah bei mir
Bis der Morgen erwacht
Ich hab mir oft gesagt, es geht auch allein
Oft hab ich mich gefragt, wird's immer so sein?
Doch dann kamst du, und Traume wurden wahr
Doch dann kamst du, ich wei? nicht, wie's geschah
Denn da warst du, mein Traumprinz
in der Nacht
Doch dann kamst du
Ich denk' oft daran, wie's fruher war
Lang vor deiner Zeit
War mein Herz auch niemals in Gefahr
Ich hab' nie was bereut
Denn ich hab' nie gesagt, es geht auch allein
Da hab ich noch geglaubt, 's wird immer so sein
Doch dann kamst du, und Traume wurden wahr
Doch dann kamst du, ich wei? nicht, wie's geschah
Denn da warst du, mein Traumprinz
in der Nacht
Doch dann kamst du
Doch dann kamst du, und Traume wurden wahr
Doch dann kamst du, ich weis nicht, wie's geschah
Denn da warst du, mein Traumprinz
in der Nacht
Doch dann kamst du
Doch dann kamst du, na na na
Doch dann kamst du, mmh
Doch dann kamst du
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AUSTRIA
Simone
Doch Dann Kamst Du
Points: 62
Place: 8th
1. France 169
2. Finland 127
3. Yugoslavia 114
4. Croatia 112
5. Italy 106
6. Belgium 99
7. Germany 92
8. Austria 62
9. United Kingdom 59
10. Greece 56
10. Spain 56
12. Portugal 42
13. Sweden 38
14. Israel 37
15. New Zealand 36
16. Denmark 34
17. Turkey 33
18. Netherlands 26
19. Japan 25
20. South Africa 24
21. Kazakhstan 21
22. Switzerland 21
23. Bulgaria 3
24. Cyprus 0
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