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