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The top Eurovision songs of all time

One of Chartwatch's kinder duties is to keep track of the scoring in the Eurovision Song Contest so you don't have to. The thing to remember about Eurovision is that a lot more countries vote now than used to, and the scoring systems changed recently to double up the points, so just looking at which songs have scored the most points in a contest doesn't tell you which have been most successful.

At Chartwatch we track this by awarding a score based on the maximum number of points an entry could have scored, which comes out as a percentage score. Up to the 2019 competition this is our list of the most successful Eurovision entries of all time. This list, and a lot of other Eurovision-related analysis, appears in Chartwatch 122 - available via http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html.

Pos

Title

Artist

Country

Year

Score

1

Tu Te Reconnaîtras

Ann-Marie David

Luxembourg

1973

80.63

2

Save Your Kisses For Me

Brotherhood Of Man

UK

1976

80.39

3

Ein Bisschen Frieden

Nicole

Germany

1982

78.92

4

Love Shine A Light

Katrina and The Waves

UK

1997

78.82

5

Fairytale

Alexander Rybak

Norway

2009

78.66

6

Rock'n'Roll Kids

Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan

Ireland

1994

78.47

7

Eres Tu

Mocedades

Spain

1973

78.13

8

Heroes

Måns Zelmerlöw

Sweden

2015

77.99

9

J'Aime La Vie

Sandra Kim

Belgium

1986

77.19

10

Amar Pelos Dois  

Salvador Sobral

Portugal

2017

77.03

11

Power To All Our Friends

Cliff Richard

UK

1973

76.88

12

Euphoria

Loreen

Sweden

2012

75.61

13

Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue

Sévérine

Monaco

1971

75.29

 

Apres Toi

Vicky Leandros

Luxembourg

1972

75.29

15

Everybody

Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL

Estonia

2001

75.00

16

Un, Deux, Trois

Catherine Ferry

France

1976

72.06

17

Fly On The Wings Of Love

Olsen Brothers

Denmark

2000

70.65

18

Ding Ding-a-dong

Teach-In

Netherlands

1975

70.37

19

A-ba-ni-bi

Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta

Israel

1978

68.86

20

Hold Me Now

Johnny Logan

Ireland

1987

68.25

21

En Un Mundo Nuevo

Karina

Spain

1971

68.24

22

Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley

Herrey's

Sweden

1984

67.13

 

Rise Like A Phoenix

Conchita Wurst

Austria

2014

67.13

24

Beg, Steal or Borrow

New Seekers

UK

1972

67.06

25

Never Ever Let You Go

Rollo & King

Denmark

2001

67.05

26

L'Oiseau et L'Enfant

Marie Myriam

France

1977

66.67

 

Dikiye Tantsy

Ruslana Lyzhichko

Ukraine

2004

66.67

28

What's Another Year

Johnny Logan

Ireland

1980

66.20

29

Hard Rock Hallelujah

Lordi

Finland

2006

65.77

30

Non Ho L’Eta

Gigliola Cinquetti

Italy

1964

65.33

A Playlist for the Coronavirus Lockdown

Here are some songs which might be fitting for the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown.

 

The Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns

Fever – Peggy Lee

Lost April - Nat 'King' Cole & the George Shearing Quintet

Chills And Fever – Tom Jones

Ventilator Blues – Rolling Stones

Only Living Boy In New York – Simon & Garfunkel

Isolation – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

School's Out – Alice Cooper

Zoom - Commodores

A Little Bit Of Soap - Showaddywaddy

Stayin' Alive – Bee Gees

Behind The Mask – Fleetwood Mac

Every Day Hurts - Sad Café

Don’t Stand So Close To Me – Police

Ghost Town – Specials

No-One Driving - John Foxx

Now Wash Your Hands – Marillion

Take Me To The Hospital – Prodigy

Breathe – Radiohead

Lock Down – Cypress Hill

Let's Not Go Shopping – Robbie Williams

Safe At Home - Starsailor

Don't Leave Home - Dido

So Hard To Breathe - B.o.B

Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

Work From Home - Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign

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