Nous les amoureux

"Nous les amoureux"
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 entry
Country	Luxembourg
Artist(s)	Chevalier de Villemont
As	Jean-Claude Pascal
Language	French
Composer(s)	Jacques Datin
Lyricist(s)	Maurice Vidalin
Conductor	Léo Chauliac
Finals performance
Final result	1st
Final points	31
Appearance chronology
◄ So laang we's du do bast (1960)
Petit bonhomme (1962) ►

"Nous les amoureux" ("We, the Lovers" or "Us Lovers") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French for Luxembourg by French singer Jean-Claude Pascal.

The song is a return to the more serious style of entry, with Pascal singing about himself and another (rumoured to be another man) who others want to separate. He sings, however, that "Heaven is with us lovers", a declaration of hope in spite of the difficulties.

The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Denmark's Dario Campeotto with "Angelique" and preceding the United Kingdom's The Allisons with "Are You Sure?"). By the close of voting, it had received 31 points, placing it first in a field of 16 and thus helping Luxembourg to achieve the rare feat of moving from last to first in successive years.

Due to the contest overrunning in time, the reprise of this song was not shown in the UK. The UK's coverage ended shortly after the voting had finished and the winning song was declared

The song was succeeded as Contest winner in 1962 by Isabelle Aubret singing "Un premier amour" for France.

It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1962 Contest by Camillo Felgen with "Petit bonhomme".

Sources and external links

• Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1961.
• Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Nous les amoureux".

Preceded by Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer

Eurovision Song Contest winners 1961

Succeeded by Un premier amour by Isabelle Aubret