"Under stjernerne på himlen" (; "Under the stars of the sky") was the entry in the

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, performed in

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by the Tommy Seebach Band. Seebach wrote the song as a lullaby to his daughter, and his family encouraged him to suggest it as a finalist for the Danish final in 1993, where it won. At the Eurovision Song Contest, the song was performed fifth on the night, following 's Annie Cotton with "

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" and preceding 's Katerina Garbi with " Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos". At the close of voting, it had received 9 points, placing 22nd in a field of 25. The disappointing result at this contest, coupled with the expansion of the contest following the

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and the

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, meant that Denmark was relegated from competing in the 1994 contest, causing them to miss a finale for the first time since 1977. The media reacted poorly to this, putting the blame on Seebach personally, which his son later revealed was one of the main reasons for his father's descent into alcoholism and depression, which led to his divorce and ultimately his early death ten years later. Although Seebach had overcome his alcoholism by this time, there was already permanent damage to his heart, which led to the deadly heart attack in 2003. "Under stjernerne på himlen" was played at Seebach's funeral, as the coffin was carried out of the church. It was succeeded as Danish representative at the 1995 contest (to which Denmark had been invited) by

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with "

Fra Mols til Skagen Denmark was represented by Aud Wilken, with the song "Fra Mols til Skagen", at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Dublin. "Fra Mols til Skagen" was chosen as the Danish entry on 25 March. Before Eurovision Dansk Me ...

Rasmus Seebach version

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recorded a cover of his father's song. The track is included in Rasmus' second album ''

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'' and was released in October 2011 as a single reaching #3 in the

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, the Danish Singles Chart.danishcharts.dk: "Under stjernerne på himlen" song page
/ref> It was certified 3× Platinum for the track and an additional Platinum for streaming.

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Lyrics and translation

Hear Tommy Seebach's versionHear Rasmus Seebach's version

References

Eurovision songs of Denmark Eurovision songs of 1993 Danish-language songs 2011 singles Rasmus Seebach songs Songs with lyrics by Keld Heick 1993 songs Songs with music by Tommy Seebach {{Eurovision-stub