Mata Hari (Anne-Karine Strøm song)

"Mata Hari"
Single by Anne-Karine Strøm
B-side
  • "Noen År I Fred" (Norwegian release)
  • "Please Don't Go Away" (English release)
Released1976
Length3:05
LabelTriola
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Philip A. Kruse
Anne-Karine Strøm singles chronology
"Saloniki"
(1975)
"Mata Hari"
(1976)
"Et Lite Smil"
(1977)
"Mata Hari"
Eurovision Song Contest 1976 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
  • Norwegian (original version)
  • English (Eurovision version)
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Philip A. Kruse
Conductor
Frode Thingnæs
Finals performance
Final result
18th
Final points
7
Entry chronology
◄ "Touch My Life (With Summer)" (1975)
"Casanova" (1977) ►

"Mata Hari" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in English by Anne-Karine Strøm.

The song is an up-tempo number, in which Strøm sings about the difficulties she faces in life. The cure for these, she sings, is to borrow some of the mystique of Mata Hari, to whom she addresses the song. The sexual exploits of the famous woman are implied to have been considerable.