Yamma Yamma was the Finnish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmo performed by Pave Maijanen.
The song is in praise of listening to "valve radio", with Maijanen likening it to a stadium with "a hundred musicians inside it". The unusual subject matter and title have contributed to the song becoming something of a favorite among Contest fans.
It was performed 12th on the night following Iceland and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting, it finished in last place with 4 points.
Lyrics[]
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
Siitä aikaa on kun putkiradiota kuunneltiin
Ajatuksissamme tuota laatikkoa muunneltiin
Sen sisällä sata oli soittajaa
Ne oli pieniä, eikä niitä nähdä saa
Yammaillaan ja kuunnellaan saundeja vanhan radion
Se soi kuin stadion vaikka niin snadi on
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
Kun lauloi radiossa Sinatra tai John Lennon
Noissa tuokioissa siemeniä onnen on
Oh oh oh…
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma…)
Sen sisällä sata oli soittajaa
Ne oli pieniä, eikä niitä nähdä saa
Yammaillaan ja kuunnellaan saundeja vanhan radion
Se soi kuin stadion vaikka niin snadi on
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
It’s been a long time since we listened to valve radio
In our thoughts we modified that box
There was a hundred musicians inside it
They were little and impossible to see
We yam and listen to the sounds of the old radio
It sounds like stadium though it’s so tiny
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
When Sinatra or John Lennon sung in radio
In those moments there’s seeds of happiness
Oh oh oh…
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma…)
There was a hundred musicians inside it
They were little and impossible to see
We yam and listen to the sounds of the old radio
It sounds like stadium though it’s so tiny
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
(Yamma yamma yamma yamma)
(Yamma yamma yamma ya…)
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