Sehnsucht (Jimmy Makulis song)

"Sehnsucht"
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 entry
Country	Austria
Artist(s)	Jimmy Makulis
Language	German
Composer(s)	Leopold Andrejewitsch
Lyricist(s)	Leopold Andrejewitsch
Conductor	Franck Pourcel
Finals performance
Final result	15th
Final points	1
Appearance chronology
◄ "Du hast mich so fasziniert" (1960)
"Nur in der Wiener Luft" (1962) ►

"Sehnsucht" ("Longing") was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in German by Jimmy Makulis.

The song was performed third on the night, following Monaco's Colette Deréal with "Allons, allons les enfants" and preceding Finland's Laila Kinnunen with "Valoa ikkunassa". At the close of voting, it had received one point, placing it 15th in a field of 16 (joint last place with Belgium's "September, gouden roos", performed by Bob Benny).

The song is in the chanson style and features Makulis singing about the joy which will be around him when "you" (a former lover) return to him.

Countries

Final (by final results)	Luxembourg (winner) United Kingdom Switzerland France Denmark Italy Norway Yugoslavia Spain Monaco Finland Netherlands Germany Sweden Austria Belgium

Artists

Final (by final results)	Jean-Claude Pascal (winner) The Allisons Franca di Rienzo Jean-Paul Mauric Dario Campeotto Betty Curtis Nora Brockstedt Ljiljana Petrović Conchita Bautista Colette Deréal Laila Kinnunen Greetje Kauffeld Lale Andersen Lill-Babs Jimmy Makulis Bob Benny

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Nous les amoureux" (winner) "Are You Sure?" "Nous aurons demain" "Printemps, avril carillonne" "Angelique" "Al di là" "Sommer i Palma" "Neke davne zvezde" "Estando contigo" "Allons, allons les enfants" "Valoa ikkunassa" "Wat een dag" "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" "April, April" "Sehnsucht" "September, gouden roos"

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