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"'Rock Me'" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed by Riva, representing , the only time that the country won the contest. It was originally performed in Croatian, but the lead vocalist Emilija Koki sang it in English during the winners' encore.

The song's victory led to international awareness of Yugoslav and Croatian rock.

Riva's frontwoman Koki continued to appear in various shows but had no significant success after the 1989 victory.

The song was succeeded as winner in by Toto Cutugno representing with "Insieme: 1992". It was succeeded as Yugoslav representative that year by Taji with "Hajde da ludujemo".

In 2022, 'The Independent' named it 44th best Eurovision-winning song of all time.

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Category:Eurovision songs of Yugoslavia

Category:Eurovision songs of 1989

Category:Croatian songs

Category:Eurovision Song Contest winning songs

Category:1989 songs

Category:Macaronic songs

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