1993 Denmark: Tommy Seebach Band - Under stjernerne på himlen (22th place at ESC)

"Under stjernerne på himlen" ("Under the stars of the sky") was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Danish by the Tommy Seebach Band.

Seebach wrote the song as a lullaby to his daughter, and his family encouraged him to suggest it as a finalist for the Danish final in 1993, where it won. At the Eurovision Song Contest, the song was performed fifth on the night, following Switzerland's Annie Cotton with "Moi, tout simplement" and preceding Greece's Katerina Garbi with "Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos". At the close of voting, it had received 9 points, placing 22nd in a field of 25.

The disappointing result at this Contest, coupled with the expansion of the Contest following the collapse of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, meant that Denmark was relegated from competing in the 1994 contest, causing them to miss a finale for the first time since 1977. The media reacted poorly to this, putting the blame on Seebach personally, which his son later revealed was one of the main reasons for his father's descent into alcoholism and depression, which led to his divorce and ultimately his early death ten years later. Although Seebach had become sober at the time, the many years of heavy drinking had caused permanently damaged his heart, which led to the deadly heart attack in 2003. Under stjernerne på himlen was played at Seebach's funeral, as the coffin was carried out of the church.

Rasmus Seebach rerecorded his father's song again. The track is included in Rasmus' second album Mer' end kærlighed and was released in October 2011 as a single reaching #3 in the Hitlisten, the Danish Singles Chart:

The song was succeeded as Danish representative at the 1995 Contest (to which Denmark had been invited) by Aud Wilken with "Fra Mols til Skagen".

Lyrics:

Jeg sætter mig på kanten af din seng
Og du ler til mig
Verden svinder ind til ingenting
Når jeg ser på dig
Du ligger lige så musestille
Og virker ubeskriveligt lille
Imellem dine mange sjove dyr
Men i drømmelegen
Finder vi to vejen
Ud mod nye eventyr
Under stjernerne på himlen
Sejler du med mig
Luk nu stille dine øjne
Så er vi på vej
Vi sejler over vandet
Og ind i drømmelandet
Du og jeg
Og hvis du bliver skræmt af vinden
Så kysser jeg dig blidt på kinden
Hvor du end er i fantasien
Vil jeg altid…

English:

I sit on the edge of your bed
And you laugh at me
The world is shrinking into nothingness
When I look at you
You are just as quiet
And seems indescribably small
Between your many funny animals
But in the dream game
We find two way
Towards new adventures
Under the stars in the sky
Are you sailing with me
Now quietly close your eyes
Then we're on our way
We sail across the water
And into the dreamland
You and I
And if you get scared by the wind
Then I kiss you gently on the cheek
Wherever you are in the imagination
I always want…

[JonathanL-H]

UNDER STJERNERNE PÅ HIMMELN MED TOMMY SEEBACH BAND ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤