Lane moje

"Lane moje" (Serbian Cyrillic: Лане моје, pronounced [lâne mǒje]; literally "My Fawn", figuratively "My Darling") is a song by Serbian musician Željko Joksimović. It was written for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, in representation of Serbia and Montenegro, in which it finished second. Inspired by traditional Serbian music (also called ethno), in the style of a ballad, it won in the semi-finals but ultimately lost closely to Ukraine's "Wild Dances", finishing second by scoring 263 points, becoming the first non-winning song in the contest, along with Greece's entry "Shake It", to score over 200 points. The song set a trend of world music strategy in the competition by the former Yugoslav republics.^[1]

Released2004

Songwriters

• Željko Joksimović
• Leontina Vukomanović

Country

Serbia and Montenegro

Artist

Željko Joksimović

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"Lane moje"
Single by Željko Joksimović
Released	2004
Songwriters	Željko Joksimović Leontina Vukomanović
Eurovision Song Contest 2004 entry
Country	Serbia and Montenegro
Artist	Željko Joksimović
With	Ad Hoc Orchestra
Language	Serbian
Composer	Željko Joksimović
Lyricist	Leontina Vukomanović
Finals performance
Semi-final result	1st
Semi-final points	263
Final result	2nd
Final points	263
Entry chronology
"Zauvijek moja" (2005) ►

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The song has become popular amongst many Eurovision fans and it is often rated as one of the best non-winning songs.^[2][3][4]

Joksimović went on to compose Bosnia's 2006 entry, Serbia's 2008 entry, to host the 2008 Contest, to perform Serbia's 2012 entry and to compose Montenegro's 2015 entry.