Džuli

"Džuli" (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Џули; English version: "Julie") was the Yugoslav entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983, performed in Serbo-Croat by Montenegrin singer Daniel.^[1] It was performed 12th on the night, following the Netherlands' Bernadette with "Sing Me a Song" and preceding Cyprus' Stavros & Constantina with "I agapi akoma zi". At the close of voting, it received 125 points, and came 4th in a field of 20.

B-side"Come To My Adria"

Released1983

Recorded1982

GenrePop

Quick facts Single by Daniel Popović, from the album Julie ...

"Džuli (Julie)"
Single by Daniel Popović
from the album Julie
B-side	"Come To My Adria"
Released	1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop
Length	2:58
Label	Jugoton (original version) Ariola Records (English version)
Composer	Daniel Popović
Lyricists	Mario Mihaljević (both versions) Rajko Simunović (English version)
Producers	Mato Došen (Jugoton) Giorgio Osana (Ariola)
Eurovision Song Contest 1983 entry
Country	Yugoslavia
Artist	Daniel
Language	Serbo-Croatian
Composer	Milan Popović
Lyricist	Mario Mihaljević
Conductor	Radovan Papović
Finals performance
Final result	4th
Final points	125
Entry chronology
◄ "Halo, Halo" (1982)
"Ciao, amore" (1984) ►
Music video
"Džuli" (original) on YouTube

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Daniel Popović also recorded the song in English (as "Julie") and Hebrew (as "Julia", under the pseudonym Daniel Popenthal).^[2][3]

It became a hit in Europe, being covered by artists such as Swedish dansband Wizex on the 1983 album Julie (as "Julie") with Swedish lyrics by Tommy Stjernfeldt [sv].^[4] According to a list of top five best Croatian songs of all time compiled by RTL television show Croatian Number One published in 2021 and taking in account week at number one on charts, number of sales and air time, "Cesarica" ranked at number five.^[5]

It was succeeded as Yugoslav representative at the 1984 contest by Ida & Vlado with "Ciao, amore".