Nocturne (Secret Garden song)
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"Nocturne" is a song performed in Norwegian by Secret Garden and the winning entry for Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. It was the second time Norway won the contest, after it had won in 1985 with Bobbysocks! song "La det swinge". For their performance at the contest, the Secret Garden duo of Fionnuala Sherry and Rolf Løvland featured three guest musicians: Norwegian vocalist Gunnhild Tvinnereim, Hans Fredrik Jacobsen on penny whistle, and Swedish nyckelharpist Åsa Jinder.
Eurovision victory
The song was performed fifth on the night, following
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 (although Sherry herself is Irish), 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, 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
The song was succeeded as winner in 1996 by Eimear Quinn representing Ireland with "The Voice". It was succeeded as Norwegian representative that year by Elisabeth Andreassen with "I evighet".
Lyrics
The song is noted for its almost complete absence of
Releases
"Nocturne" was not released as a single in Norway; instead, it was released in the rest of Europe and Scandinavia. The song reached number one in Israel (topping the chart for 4 weeks), number six in
Critical reception
Dusty Cowshit version
The song was covered comedic and first released as a single by the country-inspired novelty band Dusty Cowshit, reaching number 16 on the
Charts
Secret Garden version
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Dusty Cowshit version
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| Norway (VG-lista)[8] | 13 |
Usage in other media
"Nocturne" was used in several episodes of TVN soap opera Oro Verde.[16]
References
- ^ a b 4 weeks at No. 1 (23 May 1995, 30 May 1995, 7 June 1995 & 13 June 1995)
- ^ a b "Secret Garden – Nocturne" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Secret Garden". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 30 September 1995. p. 61.
- ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. 10 June 1995. p. 6. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week. 27 May 1995. p. 38. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Døsty Cåwshit – Nocturne". VG-lista.
- ^ "Secret Garden – Nocturne" (in French). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 29. 22 July 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Secret Garden" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Secret Garden – Nocturne" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Secret Garden – Nocturne". Singles Top 100.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1995" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Jaarlijsten 1995" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Canciones que siempre quisiste saber cómo se llamaban, parte 3 - LaRata.cl". Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- Diggiloo Thrush. "1995 Norway". Retrieved 22 February 2007.
- Diggiloo Thrush. "1998 Finland". Retrieved 22 February 2007.