The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "", composed by Ted Powder, with lyrics by René de Vos, and performed by Anneke Grönloh. The Dutch participating Broadcaster, (NTS), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
(NTS) held the national final the Tivoli in Utrecht, hosted by Elles Berger. 206 songs were submitted for the national final. The selection committee included , Melle Weersma, , Bert Paige, , and Ton Kool.
Four of the songs that were not selected to the national final were recorded by Grönloh herself. These songs include:
Three songs were performed and voted on by a professional jury and regional juries from all eleven Dutch provinces, with all of the juries splitting 30 total points to their desired songs. The winner was the song "", composed by Ted Powder and written by René de Vos.
On the night of the final Grönloh performed second in the running order, following and preceding . Only an audio recording of Grönloh's performance is known to exist. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5, 3 and 1 points to their top three songs, and at the close of voting "" had received 2 points (1 each from and the ), placing the Netherlands joint 10th (with ) of the 16 entries. The Dutch jury awarded its 5 points to runaway contest winners .
The Dutch conductor at the contest was Dolf van der Linden.