"Kloden drejer" was the Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983

Eurovision Song Contest 1983

The Eurovision Song Contest 1983, the 28th in the series, was held in Munich, then West Germany, on 23 April 1983. The presenter was Marlene Charell. Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau". This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which...

, performed in Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 by Gry Johansen

Gry Johansen

Gry Johansen-Meilstrup is a Danish singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 1983. She performed the song "Kloden drejer" . The song was placed seventeenth out of twenty. Johansen made further bids for Eurovision glory when she participated in the Danish national selection...

.

The song was performed fifteenth on the night, following Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's Hoffmann & Hoffmann

Hoffmann & Hoffmann

Hoffmann & Hoffmann were a German singing duo consisting of brothers Michael Hoffmann and Günter Hoffmann...

 with "Rücksicht

Rücksicht

"Rücksicht" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, held in Munich after Nicole's win with "Ein bißchen Frieden"...

" and preceding Israel

Israel

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

's Ofra Haza

Ofra Haza

Ofra Haza was an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin, an actress and international recording artist....

 with "Khay

Khay

"Hi" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Hebrew by Ofra Haza. The song title was transliterated at the contest as "Hi", and has also been credited in other media as "Khay", "Jai" and "Hay."The song is a moderately up-tempo number, opening with two uncredited...

". At the close of voting, it had received 16 points, placing 17th in a field of 20.

The song is a love song, with Gry juxtaposing a meeting between two people and the serenity it can bring with the chaos of daily life.

It was succeeded as Danish representative

Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1957 to 1966 and from 1978 to the present day and has a good record, finishing in the top three six times and winning twice. From 1967 until 1977, Denmark didn't participate in the contest....

 at the 1984 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1984

The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 5 May 1984 in Luxembourg. The presenter was Désirée Nosbusch. Nosbusch, only 19 years old at the time, hosted the show in a lax manner, which was quite unusual for this show back then...

 by Hot Eyes

Hot Eyes

Hot Eyes was the name adopted for international acts by the Danish singing duo known in their home country as Kirsten and Søren. It was formed by Kirsten Siggard and Søren Bundgaard ....

 with "Det' lige det

Det' Lige Det

"Det' lige det" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Danish by Hot Eyes.The song was performed tenth on the night, following Ireland's Linda Martin with "Terminal 3" and preceding the Netherlands' Maribelle with "Ik hou van jou"...

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