"Nocturne" is a song recorded by Irish-Norwegian duo Secret Garden –Fionnuala Sherry and Rolf Løvland– with music composed by Løvland and lyrics written by Petter Skavlan [no].

For their performance at the contest, they featured three guest musicians: Norwegian vocalist Gunnhild Tvinnereim [no], Hans Fredrik Jacobsen on penny whistle, and Swedish nyckelharpist Åsa Jinder.

[2] On 13 May 1995, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Point Theatre in Dublin hosted by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and broadcast live throughout the continent.

Secret Garden performed "Nocturne" in Norwegian fifth on the night, following Bosnia and Herzegovina's "Dvadeset prvi vijek" by Davorin Popović and preceding Russia's "Kolibelnaya dlya vulkana" by Philip Kirkorov.

Secret Garden was accompanied on stage by three guest musicians: Norwegian vocalist Gunnhild Tvinnereim [no], Hans Fredrik Jacobsen on penny whistle, and Swedish nyckelharpist Åsa Jinder.

Additionally, it represented the first time in four years that Ireland had not won the contest –although Sherry herself is Irish–, thus bringing to an end the only hat-trick of victories in Eurovision history.

[6] The previous holder of the record of shortest lyrics in Eurovision history was Belgium and their 1983 entry "Rendez-vous", with a total of 11 words.