Love Is (Vikki Watson song)

Love Is (Vikki Watson song)

Infobox ESC entry
artist = Vikki Watson
song = flagicon|United Kingdom Love Is
country = United Kingdom
year = 1985
as = Vikki
with =
language = English
languages =
composer = James Kaleth and Vikki Watson
lyricist = Kaleth and Watson
conductor = John Coleman
place = 4th
points = 100
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1985uk from Diggiloo Thrush]
place_semi =
points_semi =
clip =
prev = Love Games
prev_link = Love Games (Belle and the Devotions song)
next = Runner in the Night
next_link = Runner in the Night

"Love Is", written and composed by James Kaleth and Vikki Watson, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by the latter composer, Vikki Watson, credited at Eurovision as Vikki.

Vikki won the right to perform at Gothenburg by winning the UK national final, "A Song for Europe", where she was the first singer to perform. At Gothenburg, the song was performed fourteenth on the night, after Norway's Bobbysocks with "La det swinge", and before Switzerland's Mariella Farre and Pino Gasparini with "Piano, Piano." At the end of judging that evening, "Love Is" took the fourth-place slot with 100 points. At the time, it was one of the few entries that managed to receive 100 points without receiving any 12 point allotments from any jury. It was also the UK's strongest showing since winning the 1981 Contest with "Making Your Mind Up."

The song was a contemporary ballad about a man and a woman who are both too afraid to plunge head-first with their emotions into a love affair; while both of them want to be loved by the other, both of them are letting their heads rule their hearts. In the chorus, Vikki sings that "love is" the product of a number of impulsive decisions, such as "taking a chance on two hearts beating as one." Vikki nominally used a single chair as a prop, first sitting in it while singing the song, then circling it and abandoning it entirely by the second half of the song.

Despite the high showing at Gothenburg, the song placed at #49 on the UK Singles Chart.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Love Games (Belle and the Devotions song) — Infobox ESC entry artist = Kit Rolfe, Laura James and Linda Sofield song = flagicon|United Kingdom Love Games country = United Kingdom year = 1984 as = Belle and the Devotions with = language = English languages = composer = Paul Curtis and… …   Wikipedia

  • List of contestants from the UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest — Eurovision: Your Country Needs You is the most recent name of the BBC TV show broadcast annually to select Britain s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. Shows of similar formats have previously gone under several other names, including… …   Wikipedia

  • Großbritannien beim Eurovision Song Contest — Bilanz Übertragende Rundfunkanstalt BBC Erste Teilnahme 1957 Anzahl der Teilnahmen 49 Höchste Platzierung 1 (1967, 1969, 1976 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste der britischen Beiträge beim Eurovision Song Contest — Bilanz Übertragende Rundfunkanstalt BBC Erste Teilnahme 1957 Anzahl der Teilnahmen 49 Höchste Platzierung 1 (1967, 1969, 1976 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vereinigtes Königreich beim Eurovision Song Contest — Bilanz Übertragende Rundfunkanstalt BBC Erste Teilnahme 1957 Anzahl der Teilnahmen 53 Höchste Platzierung 1 (1967, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1997) Höchste Punktzahl 227 (1997) Niedrigste Punktza …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 — The 1985 edition of A Song for Europe was held at the BBC Television Centre on April 9th, hosted by a suited Terry Wogan. The theme music (as it has been in previous years) was Te Deum. There was an orchestra used to perform the songs, again this …   Wikipedia

  • Congratulations (song) — This article is about the Cliff Richard song. For other songs with the same title, see Congratulations (disambiguation). Congratulations Single by Cliff Richard B side High n Dry (Cook Greenaway) Released 20 March 1968 …   Wikipedia

  • United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest — United Kingdom Member station BBC National selection events Internal selection (2011 ) Eurovision: Your Cou …   Wikipedia

  • Cry Baby (Jemini song) — For other uses, see Crybaby. Cry Baby Eurovision Song Contest 2003 entry Country United Kingdom Artist(s) …   Wikipedia

  • Mary Ann (song) — Mary Ann Eurovision Song Contest 1979 entry Country United Kingdom Artist(s) Alan Barton, Co …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”