In 1979, Belgium was represented by Micha Marah, who performed a handful of songs during a national final. Contrary to what she expected, the song she liked least, 'Hey nana', won the vote. She was in total shock. She hated the song with its naïve and childish lyrics in which the singer suggests marriage to her lover and paints a picture of domestic bliss. As it turned out, the song ended up in a shared last place at the Eurovision Song Contest, together with Austria's Christina Simon and her 'Heute in Jerusalem'.
Micha never recorded the song. In the end, composer Charles Dumolin recorded the song himself and released it as a single. I wonder if it reached the charts... but probably not.
My collection: 7" single no. 6957
Found: Record fair, Den Bosch, 22 April 2023
Tracks: 'Hey nana' / 'Queen Cherbourg'
