
Songwriter
Ralph Siegel
born 1945 citizen of 🇩🇪 Germany written about in 16 languages
Honours beyond Eurovision: Echo Pop Honorary Award
24 entries between 1974 and 2017 for 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇲🇪 Montenegro and 🇸🇲 San Marino. 1 win.
Wrote for 4 countries beyond their own: 🇱🇺🇨🇭🇲🇪🇸🇲. Countries in the same line of succession count as one.
Career
1974–2017- 1974: writer
- 1976: writer
- 1979: writer
- 1980: writer
- 1981: writer
- 1982: writer
- 1985: writer
- 1987: writer
- 1988: writer
- 1990: writer
- 1992: writer
- 1994: writer
- 1997: writer
- 1999: writer
- 2002: writer
- 2003: writer
- 2006: writer
- 2009: writer
- 2012: writer
- 2013: writer
- 2014: writer
- 2015: writer
- 2017: writer
songwriter
Behind the song
24- 1974 “Bye Bye I Love You” for 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, sung by Ireen Sheer 14 pts · 18% 4
- 1976 “Sing, Sang, Song” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Les Humphries Singers 12 pts · 6% 15
- 1979 “Dschinghis Khan” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Dschinghis Khan 86 pts · 40% 4
- 1980 “Theater” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Katja Ebstein 128 pts · 59% 2
- 1980 “Papa Pingouin” for 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, sung by Sophie and Magaly 56 pts · 26% 9
- 1981 “Johnny Blue” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Lena Valaitis 132 pts · 58% 2
- 1982 “Ein bißchen Frieden” 🌍 21 for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Nicole 161 pts · 79% 1
- 1985 “Children, Kinder, Enfants” for 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, sung by Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Malcolm Roberts, Ireen Sheer and Diane Solomon 37 pts · 17% 13
- 1987 “Laß die Sonne in dein Herz” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Wind 141 pts · 56% 2
- 1988 “Lied für einen Freund” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Maxi & Chris Garden 48 pts · 20% 14
- 1990 “Frei zu leben” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac 60 pts · 24% 9
- 1992 “Träume sind für alle da” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Wind 27 pts · 10% 16
- 1994 “Wir geben 'ne Party” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Mekado 128 pts · 44% 3
- 1997 “Zeit” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Bianca Shomburg 22 pts · 8% 18
- 1999 “Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Sürpriz 140 pts · 53% 3
- 2002 “I Can't Live Without Music” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Corinna May 17 pts · 6% 21
- 2003 “Let's Get Happy” for 🇩🇪 Germany, sung by Lou 53 pts · 18% 11
- 2006 “If We All Give a Little” for 🇨🇭 Switzerland, sung by six4one 30 pts · 7% 16
- 2009 “Just Get Out of My Life” for 🇲🇪 Montenegro, sung by Andrea Demirović Semi
- 2012 “The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh – Oh Oh)” 🌍 14 for 🇸🇲 San Marino, sung by Valentina Monetta Semi
- 2013 “Crisalide (Vola)” for 🇸🇲 San Marino, sung by Valentina Monetta Semi
- 2014 “Maybe” for 🇸🇲 San Marino, sung by Valentina Monetta 14 pts · 3% 24
- 2015 “Chain of Lights” for 🇸🇲 San Marino, sung by Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola Semi
- 2017 “Spirit of the Night” for 🇸🇲 San Marino, sung by Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson Semi
Worked with
Shared creditsBernd Meinunger ×17 Norbert Daum ×6 Valentina Monetta ×4 Ireen Sheer ×2 Mauro Balestri ×2 Michael Kunze ×2 Wind ×2 Wolfgang Rödelberger ×2 Andrea Demirović Anita Simoncini Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola Bianca Shomburg