"" (; "Dancing Closely") is a song recorded by

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singer Sergio Dalma, written by Julio Seijas and Luis Gómez Escobar. It is best known as the entry at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1991 The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rome, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song " Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno and was organised by the European Br ...

, held in

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Background

The song is a romantic ballad in which Dalma sings: "dancing closely is dancing like the sea dances with the dolphins / heart to heart in just one ballroom". Dalma also recorded the song in French as "Danser contre toi" and

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as "Ballare stretti".

Eurovision

The song was performed nineteenth on the night, following 's

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with "

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" and preceding 's

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A Message to Your Heart "A Message to Your Heart", written and composed by Paul Curtis, was the 's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed by singer and actress Samantha Janus. Paul Curtis had also penned the previous year's entry, "Give a Little Love Back t ...

". At the close of voting, it had received 119 points, placing 4th in a field of 22. It was succeeded as Spanish entry at the 1992 contest by

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singing "

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". In 2008, the song was named the best Spanish Eurovision entry of all time at the ''Europasión'' special show organized by

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

External links

Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1991.

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