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Diggiloo Diggiley was the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg performed by Herreys. The song is a perfect illustration of the time period in which it was performed; a very upbeat 1980s-style dance song, performed by three impossibly clean cut young men - fellow Swedish Eurovision participant Tommy Körberg famously dubbed them "the dancing deodorants" in the press, a derogatory nickname that stuck with them for the rest of their career in Sweden - and the nonsensical title harking back to previous entries such as Boom Bang-a-Bang, Ding-a-Dong and La, La, La. The song has achieved considerable fame among fans, with a well-known archive of contest lyrics using the domain name www.diggiloo.net (The Diggiloo Thrush), named after it.

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  • Diggiloo Diggiley was the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg performed by Herreys. The song is a perfect illustration of the time period in which it was performed; a very upbeat 1980s-style dance song, performed by three impossibly clean cut young men - fellow Swedish Eurovision participant Tommy Körberg famously dubbed them "the dancing deodorants" in the press, a derogatory nickname that stuck with them for the rest of their career in Sweden - and the nonsensical title harking back to previous entries such as Boom Bang-a-Bang, Ding-a-Dong and La, La, La. The song has achieved considerable fame among fans, with a well-known archive of contest lyrics using the domain name www.diggiloo.net (The Diggiloo Thrush), named after it.
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  • Torgny Söderberg
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  • Swedish
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  • 145(xsd:integer)
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  • Britt Lindeborg
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  • Curt-Eric Holmquist
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  • 1.0
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  • 1984(xsd:integer)
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  • Diggiloo Diggiley was the Swedish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg performed by Herreys. The song is a perfect illustration of the time period in which it was performed; a very upbeat 1980s-style dance song, performed by three impossibly clean cut young men - fellow Swedish Eurovision participant Tommy Körberg famously dubbed them "the dancing deodorants" in the press, a derogatory nickname that stuck with them for the rest of their career in Sweden - and the nonsensical title harking back to previous entries such as Boom Bang-a-Bang, Ding-a-Dong and La, La, La. The song has achieved considerable fame among fans, with a well-known archive of contest lyrics using the domain name www.diggiloo.net (The Diggiloo Thrush), named after it. Despite the reception the song receives today, in the run-up to the Contest it was not an immediate favorite to win; bookmakers Ladbrokes had Ireland's Terminal 3 and Italy's I treni di Tozeur as higher favorites, so the song winning came as a surprise to many. It was the third song in 9 years to win from the first spot in the running order, a feat that had been done twice before.
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