"Se på mig" (literally translating into "Look at Me"; an English version is titled "Another Night") is a song by
Swedish
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singer
Jan Johansen. It represented at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1995
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in
Dublin
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,
Ireland
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, using the colloquial spelling "Se på mej".
It was the 18th song that was performed on the night, following '
Alexandros Panayi
Alexandros Panayi (, also known as Alex Panayi, born 24 June 1970), is a Greek-Cypriot singer, composer, lyricist, producer, vocal coach, and vocal arranger. He is best known for having represented Cyprus at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 ...
with "
Sti Fotia
Cyprus was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "", written and performed by Alexandros Panayi. The Cypriot participating broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), selected its entry through a national fina ...
" and preceding 's
Aud Wilken with "
Fra Mols til Skagen". At the close of the voting, it had received 100 points, ultimately finishing 3rd out of a possible 23. It was succeeded as Swedish representative at the
1996 contest by
One More Time One More Time may refer to:
Film and television
* ''One More Time'' (1931 film), a Merrie Melodies cartoon
* ''One More Time'' (1970 film), a film by Jerry Lewis
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with "
Den vilda
Den vilda (meaning "The wild one") is a winter-related song by Swedish band One More Time, written by . It won the Melodifestivalen 1996 and hence became the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, held in Oslo, Norway.
The song was perfor ...
".
The song peaked on the Swedish ''
Sverigetopplistan
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'' singles chart at #1 twice. On 21 April 1995 it reached No. 1 on the charts, staying there for five weeks and then returned to #1 on 9 June 1995 for another four weeks.
Critical reception
Pan-European magazine ''
Music & Media
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'' wrote, "The number 3 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin proves to be a man of endurance, as radio is steadily picking up his AOR
ballad
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, which has a synth line a la
Brucie
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Philadelphia
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Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1995 songs
Eurovision songs of 1995
Eurovision songs of Sweden
Melodifestivalen songs of 1995
Number-one singles in Sweden
Songs written by Bobby Ljunggren
Songs with lyrics by Ingela Forsman
Jan Johansen (singer) songs
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