Hi (song)

"Hi" (Hebrew: ‫חי‬, English: "Alive") was the Israeli entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Hebrew by Ofra "Hi"
Haza. The song title was transliterated at the contest as "Hi", and
has also been credited in other media as "Khay", "Jai", "Hay"
and "Chai".

The song is a moderately up-tempo number. The singer begins by

singing that she is still alive, and that despite her thorns, she also
has many flowers. As the song continues, this is revealed to be a
metaphor for the people of Israel (the song is ambiguous as to
whether this refers to the modern state or the global Jewish
community) surviving various attempts at destroying it. The song
had further profound meanings since it was performed on German
soil with the Holocaust background and in the city of Munich, the
site of the Munich massacre in 1972. Haza performed the entry Single by Ofra Haza
with five backup singers, who were all dressed in yellow from the album reputation
costumes.
B-side "High"
The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Released 1983
Denmark's Gry with "Kloden drejer" and preceding Portugal's
Armando Gama with "Esta balada que te dou". At the close of Label Hed Arzi · Jupiter
voting, it had received 136 points, placing 2nd in a field of 20. Songwriter(s) Avi Toledano · Ehud
Haza also recorded the song in English, German and French, Manor
entitled "High", "Frei" and "Va, Va, Va" respectively.
Ofra Haza singles chronology
Israel opted not to enter the 1984 Contest, but returned to the "Hi" "Galbi"
contest the following year. Thus, the song was succeeded as Israeli (1983) (1984)
representative at the 1985 Contest by Izhar Cohen with "Olé,
Olé". Eurovision Song Contest 1983
entry
Ofra Haza went on to have a worldwide hit in 1988 with a dance
Country Israel
remix of the Yemeni/Jewish traditional "Im Nin'alu", which
became the start of a very successful international career. This was Artist(s) Ofra Haza
cut short in 2000, when Haza very unexpectedly died at the age of Language Hebrew
42.
Composer(s) Avi Toledano
Lyricist(s) Ehud Manor
References
Conductor Silvio Nanssi
Official Eurovision Song Contest Site, history by year (ht Brandes
tp://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?eve
Finals performance
nt=299)
Diggiloo Thrush, detailed info & lyrics, "Chai". (http://ww Final result 2nd
w.diggiloo.net/?1983il) Final points 136
MTV News, Israeli singer Ofra Haza dies. (http://www.mt
Entry chronology
v.com/news/articles/1429988/20000224/story.jhtml)
◄ "Hora" (1982)
 "Olé, Olé" (1985) ►

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