- Parlez-Vous Français?
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Luxembourg Parlez-Vous Français?
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year = 1978
country = Luxembourg
artist =Baccara
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language = French
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composer = Rolf Soja
lyricist = Frank Dostal, Péter Zentner
conductor = Rolf Soja
place = 7th
points = 73
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1978lu from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link = J'Ai Déjà Vu Ça Dans Tes YeuxParlez-Vous Français? (English translation: "Do You Speak French?") was the
Luxembourg ish entry in theEurovision Song Contest 1978 , performed in French byBaccara .The song is an up-tempo
disco duet, with the singers describing the importance of speaking French - described as "The language of love and summer". One of them at least has recently been on holiday and required a working knowledge of that language in order to have a holiday romance.The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following
Denmark 's Mabel with Boom Boom and precedingIsrael 'sIzhar Cohen andAlphabeta withA-Ba-Ni-Bi ). At the close of voting, it had received 73 points, placing 7th in a field of 20.Despite not winning, the song has become a favourite among Contest fans, most recently being performed as part of a medley by
Dana International during the Congratulations special in late 2005.It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1979 Contest by
Jeane Manson withJ'Ai Déjà Vu Ça Dans Tes Yeux .
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