Germany was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 with the song "", composed by Christian Bruhn, with lyrics by George Buschor, and performed by Conny Froboess. The German participating broadcaster on behalf of ARD, (SWF), selected its entry through a national final.
Twelve artists and 24 songs took part in the German preselection, which consisted of four semi-finals, followed by the final on 17 February. Each show was held in a different German city. There were several past and future Eurovision representatives among the participants: Wyn Hoop (), Siw Malmkvist ( and ), Jimmy Makulis (), Carmela Corren () and Margot Eskens ().
Four semi-finals were held to select the 12 qualifiers for the final. Each artist performed two songs and a jury selected which of the two should go forward to the final.
The national final was held on 17 February at the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden, hosted by Klaus Havenstein. The winning song was chosen by voting from six regional juries and an additional jury in the theatre.
On the night of the final Froboess performed 7th in the running order, following and preceding the . "" was one of very few fun, uptempo songs in what in retrospect is usually rated as one of the dreariest contests of all. Each national jury awarded 3-2-1 to their top three songs, and at the close of voting "" had received 9 points, placing Germany 6th of the 16 entries. The German jury awarded its 3 points to contest winners .