 The cure for these, she sings, is to borrow some of the mystique of Mata Hari, to whom she addresses the song.The sexual exploits of the famous woman are implied to have been considerable.Composers Frode Thingnæs and Philip A. Kruse were invited by the Norwegian Broadcaster NRK to write a song for the Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 1976, and the result was "Mata Hari".