 Coincidentally enough, the Norwegian broadcaster NRK branded the 1996 contest as "Eurosong 96" in its logo.The song was written by Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews and Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy).According to the writer's commentary, the video for "My Lovely Horse" was based on a 1975 lifestyle video for "That's What Friends are For" by The Swarbriggs, which was Ireland's entry for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, which they consider the funniest music video of all time.