The song is an up-tempo number, in which Strøm sings about the difficulties she faces in life. The cure for these, she sings, is to borrow some of the mystique of Mata Hari, to whom she addresses the song. The sexual exploits of the famous woman are implied to have been considerable.
Composers Frode Thingnæs and Philip A. Kruse, one of Strøm's close friends were invited by the Norwegian Broadcaster NRK to write a song for the Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 1976, and the result was "Mata Hari". The song was inspired by the composers doing research about their deciptions about spies and romance to contemplate into a composition, the term describing to the 100th birth anniversary of the spy Mata Hari herself. The song was one of five that participated in the Norwegian final at NRK Marienlyst in Oslo on February 7, 1976. The song was last in the competition and was performed by Gudny Aspaas on the slow-beat rock tempo while Anne-Karine Strøm on a groovy style tune.
A public jury of a thousand people chose the song until a clear winner wins. "Mata Hari" got 643 points, almost twice the number of second place "Voodoo".[1] Despite the superb victory, the winning song did not hit, and it did not enter the VG[clarification needed] list.
While VG thought Norway had finally chosen a winning song with a advance in the Eurovision Song Contest, the people were not very positive. After the finale, the newspaper's watch phone glowed, and the comments were numerous: "After this muck, I'll give away my color television if you come and pick it up," said a man from Ålesund. An unknown woman said that her 6-year-old daughter had urged to turn off the sound while the Grand Prix went on air and She was admired by pictures. NRK's switchboard was also called down by irritated TV viewers, and Aftenposten summarized the finale as stated "possibly worse than ever".[2]
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The song was recorded and revamped in English while the preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest as stated in the rules.
Strøm had represented Norway at Eurovision twice before, once in 1973 as part of vocal group the Bendik Singers and again as a solo performer in the 1974 contest.
As of 2022, Strøm still holds the record as the only artist in the history of Eurovision to have finished in last place twice. The first time came in 1974 with the song "The First Day of Love".
^Brigg, Øivind (February 9, 1976). Grand Prix-finalen sett fra TV-studio. Verdens Gang. p. 37.
^«Telefonstorm mot TV». Aftenposten. 9. februar 1976. s. 40.
December 02, 2023
mata, hari, anne, karine, strøm, song, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, mata, hari, anne, karine, str. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mata Hari Anne Karine Strom song news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mata Hari was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 performed in English by Anne Karine Strom Mata Hari Single by Anne Karine StromB side Noen Ar I Fred Norwegian release Please Don t Go Away English release Released1976Length3 05LabelTriolaSongwriter s Frode Thingnaes Philip A KruseProducer s Philip A KruseAnne Karine Strom singles chronology Saloniki 1975 Mata Hari 1976 Et Lite Smil 1977 Mata Hari Eurovision Song Contest 1976 entryCountryNorwayArtist s Anne Karine StromLanguagesNorwegian original version English Eurovision version Composer s Frode ThingnaesLyricist s Philip A KruseConductorFrode ThingnaesFinals performanceFinal result18thFinal points7Entry chronology Touch My Life With Summer 1975 Casanova 1977 The song is an up tempo number in which Strom sings about the difficulties she faces in life The cure for these she sings is to borrow some of the mystique of Mata Hari to whom she addresses the song The sexual exploits of the famous woman are implied to have been considerable Contents 1 Description 2 Eurovision Song Contest 3 See also 4 ReferencesDescription editComposers Frode Thingnaes and Philip A Kruse one of Strom s close friends were invited by the Norwegian Broadcaster NRK to write a song for the Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 1976 and the result was Mata Hari The song was inspired by the composers doing research about their deciptions about spies and romance to contemplate into a composition the term describing to the 100th birth anniversary of the spy Mata Hari herself The song was one of five that participated in the Norwegian final at NRK Marienlyst in Oslo on February 7 1976 The song was last in the competition and was performed by Gudny Aspaas on the slow beat rock tempo while Anne Karine Strom on a groovy style tune A public jury of a thousand people chose the song until a clear winner wins Mata Hari got 643 points almost twice the number of second place Voodoo 1 Despite the superb victory the winning song did not hit and it did not enter the VG clarification needed list While VG thought Norway had finally chosen a winning song with a advance in the Eurovision Song Contest the people were not very positive After the finale the newspaper s watch phone glowed and the comments were numerous After this muck I ll give away my color television if you come and pick it up said a man from Alesund An unknown woman said that her 6 year old daughter had urged to turn off the sound while the Grand Prix went on air and She was admired by pictures NRK s switchboard was also called down by irritated TV viewers and Aftenposten summarized the finale as stated possibly worse than ever 2 Eurovision Song Contest editThe song was recorded and revamped in English while the preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest as stated in the rules The song was performed ninth on the night following the Netherlands Sandra Reemer with The Party s Over and preceding Greece s Mariza Koch with Panayia Mu Panayia Mu At the close of voting it had received 7 points placing 18th last in a field of 18 Strom had represented Norway at Eurovision twice before once in 1973 as part of vocal group the Bendik Singers and again as a solo performer in the 1974 contest As of 2022 Strom still holds the record as the only artist in the history of Eurovision to have finished in last place twice The first time came in 1974 with the song The First Day of Love Anne was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1977 contest by Anita Skorgan with Casanova See also editMata Hari Samira Efendi song References edit Brigg Oivind February 9 1976 Grand Prix finalen sett fra TV studio Verdens Gang p 37 Telefonstorm mot TV Aftenposten 9 februar 1976 s 40 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mata Hari Anne Karine Strom song amp oldid 1107468346, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
