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| Eurovision Song Contest 1984 | ||||
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| Country |  Germany | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ein Lied für Luxemburg | |||
| Selection date(s) | 29 March 1984 | |||
| Selected entrant | Mary Roos | |||
| Selected song | "Aufrecht geh'n" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 13th, 34 points | |||
| Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Germany was represented by Mary Roos, with the song "Aufrecht geh'n", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. "Aufrecht geh'n" was the winner of the German national final, held on 29 March. Roos had previously represented Germany in the 1972 contest in Edinburgh, where she had finished third.
The song is a power ballad, with Roos bidding a former lover goodbye at the end of a relationship. She tells herself to "walk tall" and tells him that she will not be waiting for him if he comes back - as she assumes he will. Roos also recorded the song in English and French, then entitled "I'll Walk Tall" and "Du blues et du bleu" respectively.