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"Eläköön elämä" (English translation: "Long Live Life") was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 , performed in Finnish by Sonja Lumme . The song was composed by Petri Laaksonen .
The song was performed second on the night (following Ireland 's Maria Christian with "Wait Until The Weekend Comes " and preceding Cyprus ' Lia Vissi with "To Katalava Arga "). At the close of voting, it had received 58 points, placing 9th in a field of 19.
The song is sung from the perspective of a woman who has "stayed in the park" at night with "a good friend" (possibly a lover or a prospective one). She describes the scene and wishes that it would never end. Lumme also recorded the song in English, then titled "There is Life on Earth".
It was succeeded as Finnish representative at the 1986 Contest by Kari Kuivalainen with "Never the End ".
References
Participation Artists Songs
"Aava "
"Addicted to You "
"Aina mun pitää "
"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus "
"Aurinko laskee länteen "
"Blackbird"
"Bye Bye Baby"
"Cha Cha Cha "
"Da Da Dam"
"Dark Side "
"La dolce vita "
"Eläköön elämä "
"Fantasiaa "
"Fri? "
"Hard Rock Hallelujah "
"Hengaillaan "
"Huilumies "
"Hullu yö "
"Jezebel "
"Katson sineen taivaan "
"Keep Me Warm"
"Kuin silloin ennen "
"Kun kello käy "
"Laiskotellen "
"Lapponia "
"Leave Me Alone"
"A Little Bit"
"Look Away "
"Looking Back "
"Lose Control"
"Marry Me "
"Missä miehet ratsastaa "
"Monsters "
"Muistathan "
"Muistojeni laulu "
"När jag blundar "
"Nauravat silmät muistetaan "
"Never the End"
"Niin kaunis on taivas "
"No Rules! "
"Nuku pommiin "
"Old Man Fiddle"
"Playboy"
"Pump-Pump"
"Reggae OK"
"Sata salamaa "
"Sing It Away"
"Something Better"
"Takes 2 to Tango"
"Tie uuteen päivään "
"Tipi-tii"
"Tom Tom Tom"
"Tule luo "
"Työlki ellää "
"Valoa ikkunassa "
"Varjoon – suojaan "
"Why?"
"Yamma, yamma"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"Bra vibrationer "
"Children, Kinder , Enfants "
"Didai didai dai"
"Eläköön elämä "
"Femme dans ses rêves aussi "
"La fiesta terminó "
"Für alle "
"Kinder dieser Welt "
"La det swinge "
"Laat me nu gaan "
"Love Is... "
"Magic Oh Magic"
"Miazoume "
"Olé, Olé "
"Penso em ti, eu sei "
"Piano, piano "
"Sku' du spørg' fra no'en? "
"To katalava arga "
"Wait Until the Weekend Comes"