Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "", written by Hanne Haller, and performed by the band Wind. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (BR), selected their entry through a national final. This was the first of three appearances by Wind at Eurovision; they would also represent and .
====== (BR) held the national final on 21 March 1985 at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, hosted by Wolfgang Mascher and Margit Geissler. 12 songs took part and the winner was chosen by a panel of approximately 500 people who had been selected as providing a representative cross-section of the German public.
On the night of the final Wind performed 10th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 105 points, placing Germany second. The German jury awarded its 12 points to eventual contest winners Norway.
The show was watched by 13.22 million viewers in Germany.