Intet Er Nytt Under Solen
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| Intet Er Nytt Under Solen | ||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1966 entry | ||
| Country | Norway | |
| Artist(s) | Åse Kleveland | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Composer(s) | Arne Joachim Bendiksen ("Arne Bendiksen") | |
| Lyricist(s) | Arne Joachim Bendiksen ("Arne Bendiksen") | |
| Place | 3rd | |
| Points | 15 | |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush | |
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Intet Er Nytt Under Solen (English translation: "There's Nothing New Under The Sun") was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed in Norwegian by Åse Kleveland.
The song is a ballad - notable for Kleveland herself playing the guitar during the performance. Kleveland sings about talking with an old man who sits in a rocking chair and takes an interest in her life, only to tell her that "There's nothing new under the sun". She asks "what does it matter if things happened before me?", but tells her listeners that what hurt her most about the exchange was that, "with all that he knew/...his eyes were sad".
In the Norwegian selections before 1977, all competing songs were performed twice, with big and small orchestra, but this is the only song to have been issued in two versions; Åse Kleveland's record using the big arrangement and Grynet Molvig issuing a version with the small orchestra.
The song was performed sixth on the night (following Yugoslavia's Berta Ambrož with Brez Besed and preceding Finland's Ann Christine with Playboy). At the close of voting, it had received 15 points, placing 3rd in a field of 18 - Norway's highest finish at the time.
It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1967 Contest by Kirsti Sparboe with Dukkemann.
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