Nocturne

Nocturne   Artist: Secret Garden featuring Anne Takle Now let the day just slip away so the dark night may watch over you Velvet blue, silent true, it embraces your heart and your soul Nocturne Never cry, never sigh, you don't have to wonder why Always be, always see, come and dream the night with me Nocturne Have no fear when the night draws near and fills you with dreams and desires Like a child asleep so warm so deep You will find me there waiting for you Nocturne Never cry, never sigh, you don't have to wonder why Always be, always see, come and dream the night with me Nocturne Now the darkness lay, it will give way When the dark night delivers the day, Nocturne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Nocturne (Secret Garden song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Eurovision victory The song was performed fifth on the night, following Bosnia and Herzegovina's Davor Popović with "Dvadeset prvi vijek" and preceding Russia's Philip Kirkorov with "Kolibelnaya dlya vulkana". At the close of voting, it had received 148 points, placing 1st in a field of 23. The victory represented the second for composer Rolf Løvland, who had previously written "La det swinge". Additionally, it represented the first time in four years that Ireland had not won the Contest, thus bringing to an end the only hat-trick of victories in Eurovision history. Ireland would go on to win the next Contest, achieving the feat of four victories in five years. As Norway had previously won the Contest in 1985 with "La det swinge", the second victory allowed the tongue-in-cheek tradition to emerge that Norway could only win in years ending with a 5, a joke referred to by the members of Bobbysocks at the Congratulations special in late 2005, Norway having entered "In My Dreams" that year and not achieved victory. The song was succeeded as winner in 1996 by Eimear Quinn representing Ireland with "The Voice". It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1996 Contest by Elisabeth Andreassen with "I evighet".   Characteristic   The song is noted for its relative absence of lyrics - with only 24 words being sung in the original Norwegian version and much of the rest of the song being given over to a violin intermezzo performed by guest Irish musician Fionnuala Sherry.   Norwegian Version La dagen få sin hvile nå og natten vil våke for den, Nocturne. Se mørket må engang forgå så natten kan føde en dag. Translates loosely to: Let the day have its rest now and the night will stay awake for/watch over it, Nocturne. Behold, the darkness must eventually cease so the night can give birth to a day. English Version Now let the day Just slip away So the dark night May watch over you Nocturne Though darkness lay It will give way When the dark night Delivers the day[1] Also, Inside I'm Singing (2007) is including a new version of Nocturne. Lyrics   Now let the day just slip away so the dark night may watch over you Velvet blue, silent true, it embraces your heart and your soul Nocturne Never cry, never sigh, you don't have to wonder why Always be, always see, come and dream the night with me Nocturne Have no fear when the night draws near and fills you with dreams and desires Like a child asleep so warm so deep You will find me there waiting for you Nocturne we'll fly, claim the sky, you don't have to wonder why Always be, always see, come and dream the night with me Nocturne Now the darkness lay, it will give way When the dark night delivers the day, Nocturne While no other victorious song has featured so few words, Finland would go on to place 15th in the 1998 Contest with "Aava", which contains only six words repeated throughout the song. The previous holder of the record of shortest lyrics in Eurovision history was Belgium and their 1983 entry "Rendez-vous", with a total of 11 words. Releases "Nocturne" was not released as a single in Norway itself. The first release of the song as a single would come in a comedic cover version by country-inspired novelty band Døsty Cåwshit, reaching #16 on the Norwegian singles chart in 1996. [2] The song was however released as a single by Secret Garden in the rest of Europe and Scandinavia, then in its English language version, and reached #26 in Sweden, #6 in Belgium (Flanders), #24 in Belgium (Wallonia) and #20 in the Netherlands. [3] "Nocturne" is included in Secret Garden's first album, Songs from a Secret Garden.