Alltid sommer
"Alltid sommer" (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̀ɫːtiː(d) ˈsɔ̂mːər];[1] "Always Summer"; English title: "All I Ever Wanted (Was You)") was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Norwegian by Lars Fredriksen.
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 entry | |
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| Composer(s) | David Eriksen |
| Lyricist(s) | Linda Andernach Johansen |
| Conductor | Geir Langslet |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 8th |
| Final points | 79 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "San Francisco" (1997) | |
| "Living My Life Without You" (1999) ► | |
The song is an up-tempo number, with Fredriksen telling his lover what a change she has made in his life. He likens this change to the arrival of a perpetual summer, and tells her that she "won [his] life".
The song was performed twenty-second on the night, following Finland's Edea with "Aava" and preceding Estonia's Koit Toome with "Mere lapsed". At the close of voting, it had received 79 points, placing 8th in a field of 25.
It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1999 contest by Van Eijk with "Living My Life Without You".
References
- Berulfsen, Bjarne (1969). Norsk Uttaleordbok (in Norwegian). Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard). pp. 22, 298.