The song is an up-beat synthpop number , which despite its modest success in the actual Contest still held a record in Eurovision history until 1998 ; the lyrics consist of one single line and a total of eleven - apparently nonsensical - words ; '' " Rendez-vous , maar de maat is vol en m 'n kop is toe " '' ( '' " Rendez-vous , but that 's the limit , and I clam up " '' ) with the duo repeating the phrase on multiple occasions . The band also recorded an English-language version of the song , then with one word less than the Dutch original ; '' " Rendez-vous , better give it up , I do n't have a clue . " '' Fifteen years later Finland would go on to beat Pas De Deux 's record in the 1998 Contest with " Aava " , which in turn only contains six words repeated throughout the song . Norway currently holds the record for the winning Eurovision entry with the shortest lyrics , in 1995 they won with " Nocturne " performed by Secret Garden , with a total of twenty-four words
1998 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Rendez-vous (song)