Monté La Riviè

Monté La Riviè

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|France Monté La Riviè


caption =
year = 1992
country = France
artist = Jean-Marc Monnerville
as = Kali
with =
language =
languages = French, Haitian Creole
composer = Rémy Bellenchombre
lyricist = Rémy Bellenchombre
conductor = Magdi Vasco Novarrez
place = 8th
points = 73
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1992fr from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3CgOJG_iI from YouTube]
prev = C'Est Le Dernier Qui A Parlé Qui A Raison
prev_link = Le Dernier qui a parlé...
next = Mama Corsica
next_link = Mama Corsica

"Monté La Riviè" (English translation: "Go Up The River") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Haitian Creole and French (the first occasion on which France had not sung almost entirely in French) by Kali.
The song was performed sixth on the night (following Greece's Cleopatra with Olu Tu Kosmu I Elpidha and preceding Sweden's Christer Björkman with I Morgon Är En Annan Dag). At the close of voting, it had received 73 points, placing 8th in a field of 23.

The song deals with the suggestion that the listener "go up the river", which is ultimately shown to be a metaphor as the river is "the river of love, the river of life" and the listener is told that "One day you'll see the source of the river". Thus, the lyrics (written by Kali himself) deal with the need to find peace and love in the modern world.
The music - also composed by the performer - is often described as being inspired by the sounds of Haiti, however it also makes a nod to the synthesiser sounds increasingly popular at the Contest at the time.

The song was also recorded entirely in Haitian Creole, the only time to date that this language has ever featured at the Contest.

It was succeeded as French representative at the 1993 Contest by Patrick Fiori with Mama Corsica.


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