1958 - Austria
Performed by: Liane Augustin
Music by: Günther Leopold, Kurt Werner
Lyrics by: Günther Leopold, Kurt Werner
Conductor: Willy Fantl
Language: German
Placing: 5th (8 points)
Liane Augustin was born in Berlin, Germany in 1927. Her postwar successes as a nightclub singer in the Viennese Boheme Bar led to numerous recordings, mostly for the Vanguard label; she was often joined by her regular accompanists, the Boheme Bar Trio, which included Michael Danzinger as pianist, Laszlo Gatti on guitar, and Willi Fantel as bassist. She also made frequent radio broadcasts and a number of international live performances.
She was chosen to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe" (The Whole World Needs Love). The song finished 5th out of 10 songs, and gained a total of 8 points.
She died in 1978 (aged 50), in Vienna, and was memorialized on 26 May 2009 as a co-namesake with Marx Augustin of the Augustinplatz in Vienna, a public square bounded by the Neustiftgasse, Kirchengasse and Kellermanngasse.
Lyrics:
Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe
Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe
Wer ist schon gern allein?
Ein kleines bißchen Liebe
Soll's bei mir anders sein?
Im großen Weltgetriebe
Hat selbst der kleinste Stein
Ein kleines zweites Steinchen
Soll's bei mir anders sein?
Nein
Auch mein Herz hat Sehnsucht
Und braucht ein zweites Herz
Das mich zu versteh'n sucht
In Freuden, doch auch im Schmerz
Die Welt wär' kalt und trübe
Küßt' sie kein Sonnenschein
Und jedes Herz braucht Liebe
Soll's bei mir anders sein?
Nein, 's kann gar nicht anders sein
Die Wange will umschmeichelt sein
Der Mund braucht Zärtlichkeit
Die Hand, sie will gestreichelt sein
So ist es heut' und alle Zeit:
Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe
Auch mein Herz hat Sehnsucht
Und braucht ein zweites Herz
Das mich zu versteh'n sucht
In Freuden, doch auch im Schmerz
Die Welt wär' kalt und trübe
Küßt' sie kein Sonnenschein
Und jedes Herz braucht Liebe
Soll's bei mir anders sein?
Nein, 's kann gar nicht anders sein
ENGLISH:
The whole world needs love
The whole world needs love
Who likes to be alone?
A little bit of love
Should it be different with me?
In the big gear of the world
Even the smallest stone has
Another little stone
Should it be different with me?
No
My heart too has longing
And it needs a second heart
That tries to understand me
In happy days, but also in bad days
And if the world were cold and gloomy
It wouldn't be kissed by sunshine
And every heart needs love
Should it be different with me?
No, it can't be different
The cheek wants to be touched softly
The mouth needs tenderness
The hand, it wants to be caressed
That's how it is today and for all times
The whole world needs love
My heart too has longing
And it needs a second heart
That tries to understand me
In happy days, but also in bad days
And if the world were cold and gloomy
Then it wouldn't be kissed by sunshine
And every heart needs love
Should it be different with me?
No, it can't be different