Good Evening, Europe! is a national final song for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was performed by musical theatre singer Birgitte Einarsen in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2003, where it ended third, placing after Jostein Hasselgård and Alfie. It has since become a tiny gay anthem in parts of Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Birgitte performed the song at a concert during EuroPride 2005 in Oslo.

The song is an uptempo disco tune. As the title indicates, Good Evening, Europe!, the song plays on the phrase used every year when the Eurovision hosts are addressing the millions of televiewers across Europe. The lyrics have plenty of references to the contest and lyrical parts are direct "steals" or copies of Eurovision song titles, and/or lyrics, plus songs performed by famous Eurovision participants like ABBA.

Good Evening, Europe! is composed by Arve Furset, who among other songs also penned Jostein Hasselgård's I'm Not Afraid To Move On which did a great fourth place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Latvia.

words&music by Mads Rogde, Arve furset, Benedicte Swendgaard

The heat is on

the music starts

the lights are bright

captured in a love storm

it feels all right

surrounded by a force I never felt before

magic come

emotions rise

I know the score

stars above are shining bright

lighting up the darkest night

smile when I say cheese

take me to your heaven please

Good evening Europe

let's start the celebration

join the party

let's get groovy

dance the night away

good evening Europe

this is an invitation

let's have a ball

you know the winner takes it all

There's magic every time I hear the camera zoom

everybody listen

my heart goes boom

rhythm is a dancer on the stage tonight

in every corner of my mind

love shines a light

walking down the milky way

every day's a holiday

ten thousand stars above

upon the wings of love

Good evening Europe...

Shadows fall

another day is ending

the evening star is breaking through

time for dance and time for joy and singing

I wanna celebrate with you

Good evening Europe...

Good evening Europe

stay united in the name of love

good evening Europe

you shine in any colour

let's have a ball

the winner takes it all

come take my hand

in every country, every land

the greatest thing is to sing

Good evening, Europe!

Allusions

• Carola (Captured in a lovestorm)
• Charlotte Nilsson (Take me to your heaven)
• ABBA (The winner takes it all)
• Charmed (My heart goes boom)
• Katrina & The Waves (Love shines a light)
• Olsen Brothers (Fly on the wings of love)
• Ruslana (Wild Dances ; The Same Star)

External links

• Good Evening Europe on Youtube