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

Drivetime: Top 100 Songs About Cars

This is a list of the biggest scoring tracks related to cars, bikes, driving and travelling on the road. Records scored by the Chartwatch 2010 scoring system and a track is scored by dividing the record score by the number of tracks.

1	Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol	772
2	Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf	724
3	Baby Driver - Simon & Garfunkel	538
4	Fast Car - Jonas Blue ft Dakota	528
5	Drive - Cars	480
6	Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf & Ellen Foley	441
7	I Get Around - Beach Boys	413
8	I'm In Love With My Car - Queen	412
9	Fast Car - Tracy Chapman	408
10	Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard & The Shadows	393
11	Drive By - Train	368
12	Shut Up And Drive - Rihanna	346
13	Bicycle Race - Queen	304
14	Lonesome Road - Bing Crosby	288
15	Cars - Gary Numan	276
16	Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea	271
17	Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf	250
18	Crazy Horses - Osmonds	236
19	Pushbike Song - Mixtures	222
20	Joyride - Roxette	219
21	Hey Porsche - Nelly	217
22	Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys	215
23	(I'm A) Road Runner - Junior Walker & The Allstars	210
24	Ride Wit Me - Nelly ft City Spud	203
25	Car Building - Hans Zimmer	199
26	Car Wash - Rose Royce	198
27	Lonesome Road - Esther & Abi Ofarim	197
28	Silver Machine - Hawkwind	196
=	Drive - R.E.M.	196
30	O'Rafferty's Motor Car - Val Doonican	188
=	Greased Lightning - John Travolta	188
32	Travellin' Man - Ricky Nelson	182
33	Road To Nowhere - Talking Heads	180
34	I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper	173
35	Road Rage - Catatonia	169
36	I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison	168
37	Route 66 - Nat "King" Cole	162
38	On The Road Again - Canned Heat	157
39	Long And Winding Road - Beatles	149
40	Country Roads - Hermes House Band	146
41	2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band	145
42	Long And Winding Road - Will Young & Gareth Gates	144
43	Road Ode - Carpenters	141
44	Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean	139
45	Radar Love - Golden Earring	138
=	Back On The Road - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood	138
47	Driving Instructor - Bob Newhart	137
48	Endless Highway - Bob Dylan	135
49	No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry	134
50	Drive My Car - Beatles	131
51	Driving In My Car - Madness	124
52	By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell	121
53	Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen	120
54	Everyday Is A Winding Road - Sheryl Crow	119
55	Traffic - Stereophonics	118
56	Headlights On Dark Roads - Snow Patrol	114
57	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Rolling Stones	113
58	Truckin' - Bread	110
=	Convoy - C. W. McCall	110
60	This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity	109
61	Road Trippin' - Red Hot Chili Peppers	104
62	Drive Time - M People	103
=	Kings Highway - Nelly ft Kelly Rowland	103
=	Take Me Home Country Roads - Olivia Newton-John	103
=	Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin	103
66	Road To Hell - Chris Rea	101
67	Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are - Meat Loaf	98
=	(It’s A) Long, Lonely Highway - Elvis Presley	98
69	From A Buick 6 - Bob Dylan	96
70	Night Drive - Automatic	94
=	Long Lonesome Road - C. W. McCall	94
=	Passenger - Iggy Pop	94
73	I Stopped To Fill My Car Up - Stereophonics	88
74	Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole	86
75	Born To Be Wild - Slade	84
76	Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett	83
77	Theme From Z Cars - Johnny Keating	79
=	Travelling Home - Val Doonican	79
79	Hard Road To Travel - Jimmy Cliff	78
80	Mustang Sally - Commitments
=	Just A Ride - Jem	77
=	Davy's On The Road Again - Manfred Mann's Earth Band	77
=	Motor Of Love - Sherbet	77
84	Roadblock - Stock, Aitken & Waterman	76
85	Don’t Drive My Car - Status Quo	75
86	Car Wash - Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott	74
=	Let's Take A Ride - Justin Timberlake	74
88	On The Road - T'Pau	73
89	Riders On The Storm - Doors	72
=	Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy & The Rebels	72
=	Travellers Tune - Ocean Colour Scene	72
=	Buick Mackane - T. Rex	72
93	Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles	71
=	Happy (Is A Bumpy Road) - Supremes	71
=	Hitchin' A Ride - Vanity Fare	71
96	Back Of My Old Car - Wurzels	69
97	Maximum Overdrive - 2 Unlimited	68
98	Open Road - Gary Barlow	67
99	Car 67 - Driver 67	66
=	Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival	66
101	Jump In My Car - David Hasselhoff	65
=	Down The Road Apiece - Rolling Stones	65
=	You Can't Catch Me - Rolling Stones	65
=	Hard Ride - Status Quo	65
105	Stay On These Roads - a-ha	63
=	Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver	63
=	Fork In The Road - Miracles	63
108	Going Up The Country - Canned Heat	62
=	Lake Shore Drive - Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah	62
110	Highway To Nowhere - Jim Reeves	61
=	Let Us Take You For A Ride - Cliff Richard	61
112	Motor Biking - Chris Spedding	60
=	Don't Cha Wanna Ride - Joss Stone	60
114	Sleeping In My Car - Roxette	59
115	Highway Chile - Jimi Hendrix Experience	58
=	Roadrunner Once, Roadrunner Twice - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	58
117	Cadillac Car - Bronski Beat	57
=	Low Rider -War	57
=	Helen Wheels - Wings	57
120	Back Seat Of My Car - Paul & Linda McCartney	56
=	Road To Home - Amy MacDonald	56
122	Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial	55
=	Roads - Portishead	55
124	Long Dark Road - Hollies	52
=	Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai	52
126	Highway To Hell - AC/DC	51
=	Ride Wit U - Joe ft G-Unit	51
128	Highway 5 - Blessing	50

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