Bernd Meinunger

German lyricist and record producer

Bernd Meinunger
Also known as	John O'Flynn
Born	(1944-09-30) 30 September 1944 (age 79) Meiningen, Germany
Occupation(s)	lyricist, record producer
Years active	1970s–present

Website	Dr. Bernd Meinunger

Musical artist

Bernd Meinunger (born 30 September 1944 in Meiningen) is a German lyricist and record producer (with Hanne Haller) who frequently works with Ralph Siegel and David Brandes. Several of his songs have represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Career

Meinunger co-wrote the song "Tut-Ench-Amun" with Horst Hornung and Christian Dornaus. It was recorded by Penny McLean and released on Jupiter 100 698 in 1979.^[1]

Selection of Works

"Dschinghis Khan" (with Ralph Siegel)
"Theater" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Papa Pingouin" (composed by Bernd Meinunger and Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Pierre Delanoë and Jean-Paul Cara)
"Johnny Blue" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Ein bißchen Frieden" (A little peace) (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)^[2]
"Children, Kinder, Enfants" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Jean-Michel Beriat and Bernd Meinunger)
"Laß die Sonne in dein Herz" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Lied für einen Freund" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Felicità" (German version of a famous Italian song composed by Dario Farina, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Papillon" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger and Robert Jung [de])^[3]
"Träume sind für alle da" (Dreams are there for everyone) (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Wir geben 'ne Party" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Zeit" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Reise nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"I Can't Live Without Music" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Let's Get Happy" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Cool Vibes" (composed by David Brandes and Petra Brändle (a.k.a. Jane Tempest), lyrics by Bernd Meinunger (a.k.a. John O'Flynn))
"Run & Hide" (composed by David Brandes and Petra Brändle (a.k.a. Jane Tempest), lyrics by Bernd Meinunger (a.k.a. John O'Flynn))
"If We All Give a Little" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger)
"Just Get Out of My Life" (composed by Ralph Siegel, lyrics by Bernd Meinunger and José Juan Santana Rodriguez)

Eurovision Song Contest participations

Year	Song	Artist	Country	Position
1979	"Dschinghis Khan"	Dschinghis Khan	Germany	4th
1980	"Theater"	Katja Ebstein	Germany	2nd
1980	"Papa Pingouin"	Sophie & Magaly	Luxembourg	9th
1981	"Johnny Blue"	Lena Valaitis	Germany	2nd
1982	"Ein bißchen Frieden"^[2]^[4]	Nicole	Germany	1st
1985	"Children, Kinder, Enfants"	Ireen Sheer, C. & M. Roberts, Olivier, Solomon	Luxembourg	13th
1987	"Laß die Sonne in dein Herz"	Wind	Germany	2nd
1988	"Lied für einen Freund"	Maxi & Chris Garden	Germany	14th
1992	"Träume sind für alle da"	Wind	Germany	16th
1994	"Wir geben 'ne Party"	Mekado	Germany	3rd
1997	"Zeit"	Bianca Shomburg	Germany	18th
1999	"Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat"	Sürpriz	Germany	3rd
2002	"I Can't Live Without Music"	Corinna May	Germany	21st
2003	"Let's Get Happy"	Lou	Germany	11th
2005	"Cool Vibes"	Vanilla Ninja	Switzerland	8th
2005	"Run & Hide"	Gracia	Germany	24th
2006	"If We All Give a Little"	six4one	Switzerland	17th
2009	"Just Get Out of My Life"	Andrea Demirović	Montenegro	11th (semifinal)
2015	"Chain of Lights"	Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini	San Marino	16th (semifinal)

References

^ Ultratop - Penny McLean – Tut-Ench-Amun
^ ^a ^b "Ein bißchen Frieden". hitparde.ch (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-22.
^ "Papillon (credits and chart positions)". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
^ Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today at Wikinews

External links

Bernd Meinunger discography at Discogs

Eurovision Song Contest winners

Countries

1950s	Switzerland Netherlands France Netherlands
1960s	France Luxembourg France Denmark Italy Luxembourg Austria United Kingdom Spain France Netherlands Spain United Kingdom
1970s	Ireland Monaco Luxembourg Luxembourg Sweden Netherlands United Kingdom France Israel Israel
1980s	Ireland United Kingdom Germany Luxembourg Sweden Norway Belgium Ireland Switzerland Yugoslavia
1990s	Italy Sweden Ireland Ireland Ireland Norway Ireland United Kingdom Israel Sweden
2000s	Denmark Estonia Latvia Turkey Ukraine Greece Finland Serbia Russia Norway
2010s	Germany Azerbaijan Sweden Denmark Austria Sweden Ukraine Portugal Israel Netherlands
2020s	Italy Ukraine Sweden Switzerland

Performers

1950s	Lys Assia Corry Brokken André Claveau Teddy Scholten
1960s	Jacqueline Boyer Jean-Claude Pascal Isabelle Aubret Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann Gigliola Cinquetti France Gall Udo Jürgens Sandie Shaw Massiel Frida Boccara Lenny Kuhr Lulu Salomé
1970s	Dana Séverine Vicky Leandros Anne-Marie David ABBA Teach-In Brotherhood of Man Marie Myriam Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta Milk and Honey
1980s	Johnny Logan Bucks Fizz Nicole Corinne Hermès Herreys Bobbysocks! Sandra Kim Johnny Logan Celine Dion Riva
1990s	Toto Cutugno Carola Linda Martin Niamh Kavanagh Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan Secret Garden Eimear Quinn Katrina and the Waves Dana International Charlotte Nilsson
2000s	Olsen Brothers Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL Marie N Sertab Erener Ruslana Helena Paparizou Lordi Marija Šerifović Dima Bilan Alexander Rybak
2010s	Lena Ell and Nikki Loreen Emmelie de Forest Conchita Wurst Måns Zelmerlöw Jamala Salvador Sobral Netta Duncan Laurence
2020s	Måneskin Kalush Orchestra Loreen Nemo

Songs

1950s	"Refrain" "Net als toen" "Dors, mon amour" "'n Beetje"
1960s	"Tom Pillibi" "Nous les amoureux" "Un premier amour" "Dansevise" "Non ho l'età" "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" "Merci, Chérie" "Puppet on a String" "La, la, la" "Boom Bang-a-Bang" "Un jour, un enfant" "De troubadour" "Vivo cantando"
1970s	"All Kinds of Everything" "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" "Après toi" "Tu te reconnaîtras" "Waterloo" "Ding-a-dong" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "Hallelujah"
1980s	"What's Another Year" "Making Your Mind Up" "Ein bißchen Frieden" "Si la vie est cadeau" "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" "La det swinge" "J'aime la vie" "Hold Me Now" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Rock Me"
1990s	"Insieme: 1992" "Fångad av en stormvind" "Why Me?" "In Your Eyes" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Nocturne" "The Voice" "Love Shine a Light" "Diva" "Take Me to Your Heaven"
2000s	"Fly on the Wings of Love" "Everybody" "I Wanna" "Everyway That I Can" "Wild Dances" "My Number One" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Molitva" "Believe" "Fairytale"
2010s	"Satellite" "Running Scared" "Euphoria" "Only Teardrops" "Rise Like a Phoenix" "Heroes" "1944" "Amar pelos dois" "Toy" "Arcade"
2020s	"Zitti e buoni" "Stefania" "Tattoo" "The Code"

Songwriters

1950s	Géo Voumard / Émile Gardaz Guus Jansen / Willy van Hemert Hubert Giraud / Pierre Delanoë Dick Schallies / Willy van Hemert
1960s	André Popp / Pierre Cour Jacques Datin / Maurice Vidalin Claude-Henri Vic / Roland Valande Otto Francker / Sejr Volmer-Sørensen Nicola Salerno / Mario Panzeri Serge Gainsbourg Udo Jürgens / Udo Jürgens, Thomas Hörbiger Bill Martin, Phil Coulter Manuel de la Calva, Ramón Arcusa David Hartsema / Lenny Kuhr Alan Moorhouse / Peter Warne María José de Cerato / Aniano Alcalde Emil Stern / Eddy Marnay
1970s	Derry Lindsay / Jackie Smith Jean-Pierre Bourtayre / Yves Dessca Mario Panas / Klaus Munro / Yves Dessca Claude Morgan / Vline Buggy Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus / Stig Anderson Dick Bakker / Will Luikinga / Eddy Ouwens Tony Hiller / Lee Sheriden / Martin Lee Jean-Paul Cara / Joe Gracy Nurit Hirsh / Ehud Manor Kobi Oshrat / Shimrit Orr [he]
1980s	Shay Healy Andy Hill / John Danter Ralph Siegel / Bernd Meinunger Jean-Pierre Millers / Alain Garcia Torgny Söderberg / Britt Lindeborg Rolf Løvland Jean Paul Furnémon / Angelo Crisci / Rosario Marino Atria Johnny Logan Nella Martinetti, Atilla Şereftuğ Rajko Dujmić / Stevo Cvikić
1990s	Toto Cutugno Stephan Berg Johnny Logan Jimmy Walsh Brendan Graham Rolf Løvland / Petter Skavland Brendan Graham Kimberley Rew Svika Pick / Yoav Ginai [he] Lars Diedricson / Gert Lengstrand [sv]
2000s	Jørgen Olsen Ivar Must / Maian-Anna Kärmas Marija Naumova / Marats Samauskis Demir Demirkan / Sertab Erener Ruslana Lyzhychko / Oleksandr Ksenofontov Christos Dantis / Natalia Germanou Mr Lordi Vladimir Graić / Saša Milošević Mare Dima Bilan / Jim Beanz Alexander Rybak
2010s	Julie Frost / John Gordon [da] Stefan Örn / Sandra Bjurman / Iain James Farquharson Thomas G:son / Peter Boström Lise Cabble / Julia Fabrin Jakobsen / Thomas Stengaard Charlie Mason / Joey Patulka / Ali Zuckwoski / Julian Maas Anton Hård af Segerstad / Joy Deb / Linnea Deb Jamala Luísa Sobral Doron Medalie / Stav Beger Duncan Laurence / Joel Sjöö / Wouter Hardy / Will Knox
2020s	Damiano David / Ethan Torchio / Thomas Raggi / Victoria De Angelis Ihor Didenchuk / Ivan Klimenko / Oleh Psiuk / Tymofii Muzychuk / Vitalii Duzhyk Jimmy Thörnfeldt / Jimmy Jansson / Loreen / Moa "Cazzi Opeia" Carlebecker / Peter Boström / Thomas G:son Benjamin Alasu / Lasse Midtsian Nymann / Linda Dale / Nemo Mettler

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