- Um Grande, Grande Amor
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song = "Um Grande, Grande Amor"
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year = 1980
country = Portugal
artist =José Cid
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language = Portuguese
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composer = José Cid
lyricist = José Cid
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place = 7th
points = 71
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1980pt from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link ="Um Grande, Grande Amor" (English translation: "A Big, Big Love") was the Portuguese entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1980 , performed in Portuguese byJosé Cid .The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Cid describing his unbounded love. Unusually, the multilingual chorus features him bidding "farewell" to his lover, explaining that his love is sufficiently boundless that he will still be singing and happy even when it ends.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following the
United Kingdom 's Prima Donna with "Love Enough For Two " and preceding theNetherlands 'Maggie MacNeal with "Amsterdam"). At the close of voting, it had received 71 points, placing 7th in a field of 19 - Portugal's best result at the time.It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1981 Contest by
Carlos Paião with "Play-Back ".
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