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Eurovision Song Contest 1980 entry | |
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Artist(s) | Sophie Gilles, Magaly Gilles |
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Final result | 9th |
Final points | 56 |
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◄ "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" (1979) | |
"C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" (1981) ► |
"Papa Pingouin" (French pronunciation: [papa pɛ̃ɡwɛ̃]; "Poppa/Daddy Penguin") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in French by the French twin sisters Sophie & Magaly.
The song was written by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, who are normally associated with Germany as a composer-lyricist combination. It describes the fantasy life of the title character, a bored penguin who imagines flying like a seagull and travelling around the world, listing various places he visits in his imagination.
The song ends with the penguin's realisation that life "on the ice floe" is not as bad as he had thought, so he "burns his suitcase" to signify that his desire to travel is over. Sophie & Magaly also recorded a German-language version of the song, "Papa Pinguin".
The song was performed in fourth position, after Greece's Anna Vissi And The Epikouri with "Autostop" and before Morocco's Samira with "Bitaqat Hub". By the end of the night, the song had scored 56 points, placing it 9th out of 19 entries.
"Le Papa Pingouin" | ||||
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Single by Pigloo | ||||
from the album La Banquise | ||||
Released | 27 February 2006[1] | |||
Length | 3:09 | |||
Label | Sony BMG Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger, Pierre Delanoë, Jean-Paul Cara | |||
Producer(s) | Christophe Berthier, Philippe Kassenbeck | |||
Pigloo singles chronology | ||||
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A remake of this song performed by animated penguin Pigloo became a hit in France in 2006, reaching number one on the SNEP Singles Chart for three weeks. The single remained on the chart for 27 weeks, becoming the fifth-best-selling single in France that year. The song also charted on Swiss Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 24. A German version title "Papa Pinguin" also charted in German-speaking Europe, reaching number four in Austria and number six in both Germany and Switzerland.
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France (SNEP)[14] | Gold | 292,224[15] |