Halayla / הלילה - Israel 1981 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra

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CREDITS:
"Halayla"
Country: Israel
Year: 1981
Performed by: Habibi
Lyrics: Shlomit Aharoni, Yuval Dor
Music: Shuki Levi
Arrangement: Shuki Levi, Eldad Shrem
Conductor: Eldad Shrem

[@pinitsioni5038]

השיר הכי טוב באותה תחרות. ועד היום השיר נשאר יפייפה כמו יין טוב משתבח עם השנים. מדהים שהיא בחודש השביעי להריון ונתנה שואו של החיים. זה שיר שגורם צמרמורת אפילו היום 42 שנים אחרי. מספר 1🏆🥇

[@el_naif]

This might be the most sophisticated Israeli Eurovision entry ever. Simply mesmerizing.

[@kerenn0]

It is!

[@steinarmogen3166]

Yes - and 2012

[@eparg8059]

I beg your pardon,but..the most ever W H A T ?!!! Sophisticated ??!!!!!!!@*&%×#/€_ And simply what...mesmerizing ?!!! Yeah, sure,..but oniy inside Israel. On the other hand,from Israel there are songs,which are more worth to be remembered and indeed are remembered,as for example : A BANI BI ABO E BE IM NIN ALU RONA plus HAVA NAGILA,JERUSALEM OF GOLD (which by the way are not jewish originally,but have Ucrainian and Basque roots) And just by the way, I AM NOT ANTISEMITIC

[@Botafogoplayground]

I do agree 100%. Anyway, much better than the winning song.

[@ferretmanboy]

One of Israel's best entrys

[@AgnessaMo]

Israel was in my opinion the strongest ESC country in the 70's and they opened the new decade with style! One of the cases when the live version surpasses the studio by a mile. Fantastic song, energetic performance, even 7th place is underrated in this case.

[@yaniva.7626]

How pity is that the Eurovision version was not as good (much faster) than the national final version.

[@Eurovloggs]

Israels golden age at Eurovision was 1973 - 1985

[@JanKowalski-vj9py]

@@yaniva.7626 National version was little slower but far less energetic which in case of a song refering to a night or evening should not be considered as mistake. I personally prefer studio version.

[@SergeESC]

@@yaniva.7626they had to make it fit the time limit

[@escliam7667]

So good. This catchy song deserved a better place.

[@Botafogoplayground]

One of the best Israeli entries ever.

[@TheShislon]

Amazing she's performing so well at almost 8 months pregnant! Just wonderful!

[@marcosm9118]

Israel was the best country in the 80s (great songs in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985…). This song is excellent: really smart with a wonderful performance. It deserved top 3. For me, in 1981 should have been: 1. Switzerland 2. Germany 3. Israel xx from Spain.

[@abcxyz8787]

Shlomit Aharon was so pretty :) ודרך אגב אחד הביצועים בלייב הכי טובים של ישראל. בלי הזיופים הרגילים כתוצאה מהתרגשות היסטרית שרואים בדר"כ אצל זמרים ישראלים באירוויזיון.

[@JanKowalski-vj9py]

At a time seven or eight month pregnant....

[@ponyclub3198]

This is the mono version. There's a stereo version of that evening, making the backing singers much more prominent. This might be the reason the song didn't do as expected.

[@elifineart]

Still is beautiful, inside out.

[@marlakash]

מעניין שהעלו את הקצב קצת ביחסית לגרסה בקדם, מה שלדעתי קצת פגם באיכות השיר. גם הרגיש כאילו היו כמה פאשלות שם בתזמורת שקצת לא היו מסונכרנים זה עם זה בקצב. מעניין אם יש סיפור מאחורי זה. עדיין הופעה מחשמלת והבחור עם הקול הציףציף גנב את ההצגה!!

[@terlanisgenderov4375]

12 points from Azerbaijan ❤️

[@eparg8059]

but certainly not from Armenia,from where MINUS 12 Points.

[@tuviasaar6488]

מקסימים!!!! שלומית, אחת הזמרות הענקיות, קול מדהים!!!!

[@mrtorstai5336]

One of the best israelian songs in all ESC. Very catchy and a remarkable choreography with all those microphone cables not to end up in a knot. Her confidence grows during the performance and at the end she shows, what she is capable of. A brilliant example how every one gains from team work. They gave all their best and it swepted over to the others. Should have been a top 3 result at least. Love it. There was always a cover in finnish language, which tells, how we loved this song.

[@abcxyz8787]

Can you write down a link to the Finnish song?

[@mrtorstai5336]

@@abcxyz8787 sorry, there is no KZbin link...there was a double cd with ESC entries sung in finnish.

[@abcxyz8787]

@@mrtorstai5336 It's ok :)

[@AsafYus]

It will be lovely to find - maybe the name of the artist?

[@mrtorstai5336]

@@AsafYus Dear friend, I found a video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWHIfZWwn76LiZo

[@pilimba]

All Israeli entries in 1980s are awesome!

[@addicbrillon7565]

השיר הטוב ביותר שישראל שלחה אי פעם לאירוויזיון. לאחריו ריטה עם שרה ברחובות.

[@Lommy9999]

כן

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

Agree

[@lupo6263]

נכון. וגם דרך המלך. שלושתם באותה ליגה.

[@daviddvirtalias3198]

אחד הביצועים היפים שלנו מבחינה קולית

[@zivraviv7378]

איזו מיקצוענות!

[@yogiaol]

A very underrated song

[@HDMB4ALL]

The boogie sound in the back..so 80s...bring them back !!!

[@gieltroosters6769]

Quite impressive how they maneuver their way through that spaghetti of microphone chords!

[@yaniva.7626]

True - And during the Portuguese song, one of the back singer was almost caught in those cords. Lucky for the camera moved from him to the lead singer.

[@JanKowalski-vj9py]

Interesting why they used such relict. Wireless micros were available since early seventies.

[@Euroviking86]

@@JanKowalski-vj9py Eurovision began using wireless chords from '83 onwards.

[@davidkasquare]

Oh, what energy! I studied Hebrew for many years but didn’t use the language at all for just as many years now - it’s quite funny to realise I understand close to 100% of the words they’re singing in this song ...

[@ponyclub3198]

The thing about Hebrew nowadays is that nobody is pronouncing the "R" the way it was sung in this song.

[@davidkasquare]

PonyClub Exactly, they have the “French r”. Wonder when it started changing? During the late 80’s, the 90’s, beginning of the 00’s?

[@ponyclub3198]

@@davidkasquare That pronunciation requires more effort, and it was a more official way. It just became obsolete. I think it started fading away late 80s and nobody uses the R sound like this today. Being casual and informal is what Israeli culture is all about, which is something I like.

[@davidkasquare]

PonyClub Yes, I know, and I always also learnt and was speaking Hebrew with the “French r”. (I started learning Hebrew in the year 2004)

[@ponyclub3198]

@@davidkasquare It's both ancient and very new. Most Israelis do not speak correct Hebrew, but I think this is true in all other countries.

[@Euroviking86]

Fabulous! So gripping and catchy, and the performance and harmonies are beautiful. One of my favorites from Israel, and one of my top faves from '81! (Edit) You're not gonna believe this, but this song is composed by an Israeli-American named Shuki Levy, who's behind an incredible amount of your favorite cartoon theme songs all throughout the 80s and 90s, from He-Man, Dragon Ball Z and Digimon Tamers to She-Ra and Spider-Man! No wonder this song is awesome!

[@Lommy9999]

Wow I did not know that. Very cool!

[@keroualle]

Thank you for that bit of info, I had no idea! I heard this song at the Eurovision contest in ‘81, and I instantly fell in love with it! Then, I looked for it , for loooong YEARS! And some time ago, not too long, I found it on KZbin! Hehe! It really brought back wonderful memories, and listening to it for the first time in sooo many years, I realized how much I still love it. That part didn’t change. I think , if I’m not mistaking, the composer is married to the singer?

[@saar144]

Actually, Shuki Levy was the producer of Power Rangers, the theme was composed by the great Ron Wasserman, who is also responsible for the X-Men theme.

[@Euroviking86]

@@saar144 Thanks for that correction!

[@livni2]

do you realize she performed this song pregnant in third trimester? that dress was designed to hide the bump. and she does it on those huge heels

[@shlomitcnaan7123]

I admire this designer, whoever she/he is. Aharoni also does a good job with her femme-fatale body language, it doesn't really cross your mind the lady might be 8 mths preg. And 1:32 is responsible!!

[@esterherschkovich5002]

A delicate fashion from those days...now the baby etc..all hanging out!! lol...I loved her dress..pretty.

[@frederjao9201]

Israeli Music Playlists de

[@Botafogoplayground]

Had no idea.

[@kobishami8495]

One of the best song israel sent ever.. Text, Composition, Processing and Execution

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

השיר הכי יפה ששלחנו.

[@stoneimpala]

איזו מהממת הזמרת

[@zivraviv7378]

שלומית אהרון. אכן שרה מדהים

[@louisdewit4429]

Now 40 years ago and still fantastic melodious catchy. Compare with the Eurovision garbage watching last night in Rotterdam. Israel was always the best during those years. Evergreens. Love it. (Eden’s entry for 2021 was good. Pity, Corona).

[@ninashenhav4526]

פשוט מושלם שלומית אהובתי:)

[@Eurovloggs]

Great song and great performance

[@איתיבכר-י4ג]

Wow wow I love so much this song it’s so beautiful

[@pinitsioni5038]

For me they are the real winners.

[@Botafogoplayground]

Anyway, ESC 1981 is for me one of the best editions ever. Just one thing sent wrong: the winning song.

[@Euroviking86]

Yeah. Bucks Fizz are some of the luckiest Eurovision winners ever. They only got 2 sets of 12 points, the lowest ever for a winner!

[@JeSuisRene]

@@Euroviking86 as a Brit, I can say that Bucks Fizz did not deserve to win. For me it should have been Germany, Switzerland or Israel.

[@Euroviking86]

@@JeSuisRene I completely agree, I'll throw Cyprus's excellent debut in the mix. I would've been fine with any of those as a winner, though Switzerland is my top pick.

[@ponyclub3198]

@@Euroviking86 one of those 12 points were given by Israel

[@ponyclub3198]

@@Euroviking86 I think that to date, 1981 is the only contest I cannot choose a clear winner. I personally prefer France.

[@espressophonics]

I sneezed 6 times when watching this I love this song 12 points from uk

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

God bless you, I hope it's not an allergy to Hebrew

[@ThePjescaniSat]

Fantastic everything about this song!

[@eilat64]

אירווזיון מדהים איזה שיר ❤

[@clu756]

another one of israel's masterpieces *-*

[@alphabibo]

amazing!

[@esterherschkovich5002]

I was working in a hotel in Haifa...watching this :) memories...but not making the beds!!

[@veredcohen9079]

ואו איך אהבתי את השיר הזה אז איזה זמנים 🧡💛🤍

[@Elad_40]

מדהימה שלומית אהרון כשהיתה כאן בהופעה בעיריית רחובות לפני איזה 5 שנים הצטלמתי איתה אחרי כן

[@itsik577]

Israeli music from the 80's is the bomb

[@berk6479]

"Bomb" 💀

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

True

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

@@berk6479 Bomb (Ptsatsa פצצה) is a Hebrew slang for an excellent thing. You should learn Hebrew before you react. It's like Harika in Turkish.

[@itsik577]

@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist אולי קודם תעשה רפורמה באיך שאתה מדבר לאנשים. וכתיב באותיות קטנות בלבד הוא מקובל מאוד באינטרנט.

[@kaik368]

Fantastic!!!

[@michaelkirmayer]

** I Love this very much & it is very beautiful & wonderful!

[@ukendtkendt5130]

The performance is great and a beautiful song but the Composition is well made, thank you Composer to made it possible

[@sendowitos8303]

Muy buena interpretación de la chica, y los chicos a la altura. Bonito tema el israelí.

[@Christophevalere]

J'ai l'impression que les chansons de l'eurovision des années 1970 et 1980 étaient de bien meilleure qualité que celles qui concourent de nos jours

[@randrianabel]

Il suffit d'écouter la chanson italienne ( gente di mare)de 1987 et la chanson grecque de 1991( anixi).....

[@josemariasp4111]

Beautiful

[@keithw9290]

Brilliant.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

This song is composed by one of the men who created Power Rangers! Yes, that's true; his name is Shuki Levy.

[@rimmagarnitsky692]

"כל המילים כל הצלילים ביניני"..המדינה האהובה שלי❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ACFTheNerd]

Interesting Fact: Unlike the majority of Eurovision Hebrew songs, Halayla doesn't make the 'ch' sound (ח) once during the song.

[@ACFTheNerd]

@EZ הייתי מתאר לעצמי שזה קשור לעברית מודרנית, מכיוון שהם כבר לא כוללים את צליל ה- 'ר' המתגלגל.

[@el_naif]

I guess Shlomit has more of a Sephardic or Mizrahi pronunciation. Or did everyone speak the Rs like that back then?

[@abrahansaezsanchez9191]

Típica canción israelí con folk y ritmo atractivo y pegadizo.

[@ייעיננ]

Lyrics : SHLOMIT Ahron /Yuval DOR Music : SHUKY LEVY

[@Владимир-т9ш7у]

איזה ריש יפה היו אומרים פעם

[@juanpablo6686]

I can't stop thinking that after this performance someone had to get paid to detangle the microphone cords.

[@ponyclub3198]

Lol, yeah. In the Portuguese song one of the backing singer almost got himself trapped

[@lilithl1]

I just love it....❤ Israel, 12 points...

[@laveeg1]

Pretty Pretty Pretty Good 👌🏽

[@rimmagarnitsky692]

"מה שהיה, מה שהיה, מה שהיה בינינו"...הלילה.

[@gracebezak5523]

Milk and honey annd habibi are the best groups shalom Israel

[@7beers]

Great song. Would be even better if they would have slowed it down a drop.

[@ranroby1]

Yep, the original performance was a bit slower. The tempo has been increased to fit the contest requirements. Search the original version on KZbin.

[@szlanty]

~~the woman’s then unborn baby is the youngest person on the Eurovision stage~~

[@HDMB4ALL]

Totally :)

[@lepiaf6452]

*Her baby is now 38 or 39 years old.* 😅

[@landon306]

What about Ira Losco’s baby, that performed with her in 2016?

[@lepiaf6452]

@@landon306 *What about Jana's (Macedonia 2017 baby?*

[@JeSuisRene]

What about Denmark 1988?

[@BlackPixel1]

FYI, Shlomit Aharon was 7 months pregnant then... someone once said that Tzedi Tzarfati the director of the Israeli entry sewed the glitters on her dress one by one and than again on the night before the contest after having to make adjustment one more time

[@Elad_40]

הבנים-בנים הבת - בת כמו שצריך! אולי בזכות זה השם זיכה אותנו בשירים יפים כאלה...

[@משההמאירי]

פעם היו שירים בתחרות הבזויה הזו כיום(וכל המדינות שרו בשפת האם)

[@איתיבכר-י4ג]

בדיוקקקק, עדיף פי מיליון שכל מדינה תשיר בשפת האם שלה, במיוחד אנחנו לא עם השירים באנגלית האלה שלנו

[@o-b-1]

רוב הזוכים של השנים האחרונות הם שירים שלא בשפת האם של המדינה אבל נכון, שירים בעברית יותר יפים

[@dinury1]

Shlomit the lead singer was 6 months pregnant during this ESC. Was married to Yuval (first from the right) at the time

[@Lommy9999]

OMG GWEN STAFANI is a VAMPIRE!!! 😯😯😯

[@nikodagaev5189]

Обращаю Внимание на Композитора 💎Шуки Леви💎. Великолепно исполнял на французском в дуэте с певицей Авива свои красивейшие Композиции.

[@Lommy9999]

They passed on Halleluja in 1978. This band was originally going to sing the song that won for Israel that year.

[@o-b-1]

In 1979

[@Lommy9999]

@@o-b-1 thanks

[@ro6493]

Before we say goodbye Before the day goes down Many things will be said between us A thousand words A thousand sounds Until tonight Seems like it's already happened Seems like it's already been Seems like (things) were already been said between us All the words All the sounds Night, night Whatever was, whatever was That has been between us Whatever was, whatever was That we both said All the words, all the sounds Night, night That we both said.. Whatever was, whatever was That has been between us Whatever was, whatever was That we both said All the words, all the sounds Night, night Night, night.. Tonight, tonight This will be the night We will say things that we have never said before Tonight, tonight This will be the night In which we'll say with no words, with no sounds We will say things of love Whatever was, whatever was That has been between us Whatever was, whatever was That we both said All the words, all the sounds Night, night That we both said.. Whatever was, whatever was That has been between us Whatever was, whatever was That we both said All the words, all the sounds Night, night Night, night..

[@הראלהצ]

do you realize that haleluya song was written for this group but they refuse to take it.

[@itsik577]

yes and also a-ba-ni-bi!

[@joaovitormatos8147]

considering how this song is about horny people while Hallelujah is about being happy to the world, i can see why

[@belleepoque2544]

Really?!!?!

[@belleepoque2544]

@@joaovitormatos8147 lol, I need context...

[@sonylarantes4835]

The singer was eight month pregnant. 1:34 with the responsible!!

[@felipepacheco5334]

Great singer, is she still singing?

[@ponyclub3198]

Yes indeed

[@Dari899]

Yes! she's in her 70's and still looks and sounds great! she's a real professional with good genetics 🙂 Her name is Shlomit Aharon

[@eparg8059]

with a cover in English,it might have entered international charts,but not the top 10 or 20.

[@adriancalin8688]

❤ovidiu

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

Ovidius is a Roman poet, not Jewish

[@maitree001]

...just a wonderful song !!! For the last three years Isral hasn´t reached the final....Is this a SONG contest or is it f.....ing political ?? Please send Songs like this to the ESC next year...the best song Composer and Producer should do this for the Country !!! Nice weather...!

[@יעליעקב-ת4מ]

🌹🙋‍♀️❤

[@steinarmogen3166]

Their 2nd best -After Time

[@paulalourenco136]

Want this music in youtube music

[@Lommy9999]

It's actually two different songs in one!

[@megavide0]

Shuki Levy composed this! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halayla

[@fainam8142]

Девочка - русскоязычная?

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Great song, should have done better.

[@zivraviv7378]

אלדד שרימפס

[@stevengoode7194]

This group turned down Hallelujah

[@ara.aguillon]

Hermosa canción, después de 20 años de haberla bailado en la congregación por fin vuelvo a encontrarla. Me hace feliz, recordar bellos momentos de mi adolescencia. Gracias Dios!!

[@zivk1422]

פגז

[@Dan1969-l5x]

מקום 7 אם זכור לי נכון

[@verdantia]

80s LOL

[@Szokell]

I like this song but sounds a little bit outdated for 1981.

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

Not at all.

[@klarinetta]

Don't get this one and neither the Cypriot one. Both very irritating to me. Lyrics in the Cypriot entry and sort of screaming in the Israeli one.

[@notneeded7581]

European people in a European song contest.

[@belleepoque2544]

Most are Mizrachi or Sephardi, not European

[@דניאלהנאסב-ל2פ]

חבל על הפריצות הזאת..

[@XSwordStoneX]

חבל שאביך לא שם קונדום

[@ponyclub3198]

יש מלא פריצות ביוטיוב, איזה כיף זה! תהנה, ואל תשכח להפטר מהגרב.

[@דניאלהנאסב-ל2פ]

@@ponyclub3198 קו האמת-🔥 054-7115488-Daniyel-🌍

[@o-b-1]

אז מה אתה עושה בפריצות הזאת?

[@abcxyz8787]

חבל שאתה סוטה.

[@booraqhg.2751]

What a bad "song".

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

Arabic propaganda

[@booraqhg.2751]

@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist It is an ugly Apartheid regime song sung by an Arabian singer with Jewish belief (Misrahim).

[@ponyclub3198]

Another internet troll

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

@@booraqhg.2751 You are not very smart

[@booraqhg.2751]

@@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist little Apartheid Nazi

[@theformerflightattendant]

Rubbish.

[@clu756]

another one of israel's masterpieces *-*