My 50 favourite songs from old Eurovision
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2022
- In the older contests, before most of us watching were even born, there's a lot of hidden gems that not nearly enough people know about. I hope that this video can make you discover some really great songs, and appreciate the classics :)
Be sure to leave a comment and tell me which one of these is your own favourite, or if I've missed a song that you adore, and then go play with the nearest dog.
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![All Winners of Eurovision Song Contest [1956-2023]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V5bu_lZMb8E/mqdefault.jpg)
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50. Artist: Luci Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić
Song: Jedan dan
Place: Tied for 7th
49. Artist: Stella
Song: Si tu aimes ma musique
Place: 4th
48. Artist: Bucks Fizz
Song: Making Your Mind Up
Place: 1st
47. Artist: Wind
Song: Für alle
Place: 2nd
46. Artist: Elpida
Song: Sokrati
Place: 8th
45. Artist: Teach-In
Song: Ding-a-dong
Place: 1st
44. Artist: Sandie Shaw
Song: Puppet On A String
Place: 1st
43. Artist: Tonicha
Song: Menina do alto da serra
Place: 9th
42. Artist: Domenico Modugno
Song: Nel blu, dipinto di blu
Place: 3rd
41. Artist: Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran
Song: Rock Bottom
Place: 2nd
40. Artist: Céline Dion
Song: Ne partez pas sans moi
Place: 1st
39. Artist: Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy
Song: Mathima solfege
Place: 5th
38. Artist: Daniel
Song: Džuli
Place: 4th
37. Artist: Karina
Song: En un mundo nuevo
Place: 2nd
36. Artist: Baccara
Song: Parlez-vous français ?
Place: 7th
35. Artist: Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson
Song: Sing, Little Birdie
Place: 2nd
34. Artist: Carola Häggkvist
Song: Främling
Place: 3rd
33. Artist: Avi Toledano
Song: Hora
Place: 2nd
32. Artist: Gigliola Cinquetti
Song: Non ho l'età
Place: 1st
31. Artist: Monica Aspelund
Song: Lapponia
Place: 10th
30. Artist: Dana
Song: All Kinds Of Everything
Place: 1st
29. Artist: Cliff Richards
Song: Congratulations
Place: 2nd
28. Artist: ABBA
Song: Waterloo
Place: 1st
27. Artist: Françoise Hardy
Song: L'Amour s'en va
Place: Tied for 5th
26. Artist: Sean Dunphy
Song: If I Could Choose
Place: 2nd
25. Artist: Milk and Honey
Song: Hallelujah
Place: 1st
24. Artist: Vicky
Song: L'Amour est bleu
Place: 4th
23. Artist: Lucía
Song: Él
Place: 10th
22. Artist: Tonia
Song: Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel
Place: Tied for 4th
21. Artist: Da Vinci
Song: Conquistador
Place: 16th
20. Artist: Mocedades
Song: Eres tú
Place: 2nd
19. Artist: Monica Zetterlund
Song: En gång i Stockholm
Place: Tied for 13th
18. Artist: Isabelle Aubret
Song: La Source
Place: 3rd
17. Artist: Åse Kleveland
Song: Intet er nytt under solen
Place: 3rd
16. Artist: Brotherhood Of Man
Song: Save Your Kisses For Me
Place: 1st
15. Artist: Birthe Kjær
Song: Vi maler byen rød
Sannnn
Place: 3rd
14. Artist: Umberto Tozzi and Raf
Song: Gente di mare
Place: 3rd
13. Artist: Marie Myriam
Song: L'Oiseau et l'Enfant
Place: 1st
12. Artist: Maria Guinot
Song: Silêncio e tanta gente
Place: 11th
11. Artist: Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler
Song: Skibet skal sejle i nat
Place: 3rd
10. Artist: Maggie MacNeal
Song: Amsterdam
Place: 5th
9. Artist: Nicole
Song: Ein bißchen Frieden
Place: 1st
8. Artist: Simone de Oliveira
Song: Desfolhada portuguesa
Place: 15th
7. Artist: Pas de Deux
Song: Rendez-vous
Place: 18th
6. Artist: France Gall
Song: Poupée de cire, poupée de son
Place: 1st
5. Artist: Betty Missiego
Song: Su canción
Place: 2nd
4. Artist: Anne-Marie David
Song: Tu te reconnaîtras
Place: 1st
3. Artist: Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann
Song: Dansevise
Place: 1st
2. Artist: Ofra Haza
Song: Si la vie est cadeau
Place: 2nd
1. Artist: Alice and Franco Battiato
Song: I treni di Tozeur
Place: Tied for 5th
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2. Artist: Ofra Haza
Song: HI (and not Si la vie est cadeau)
Place: 2nd
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My favourite of all the Eurovision songs is Apres toi/1972. 🔝Vicky Leandros❤️
Same song!
Yes spot on. Her 1967 try was pretty poor.
My favourite is Save your kisses for me by The Brotherhood of Man when I was 13 in 1976. Tony in Portsmouth England.
It was so wonderful to hear native languages at ESC ! Danish, german, dutch, portugues, norvegian....! But, these last years, lots of songs in native languages climb in the top 10 ! Each language has its own music and beat! Monaco and Luxembourg often won with french singers ( Françoise Hardy , France Gall, Anne- Marie David....)
Everyone in Eurovision sings in English even the Martians, and the Ur anus Planet all sing in English.
How much more charm did Eurovision have in the past, when everyone sang in their own language, nowadays there is too much English, (but I have nothing against English).
You're right! It's ridiculous and most of the time the part in English isn't even a translation of the main language, so it isn't even so "everybody" can understand the meaning of the song! The concept of Eurovision Contest was to bring Europe together in our diversity: showing what make each country unique and learn grom each other! Now, it's: "let's pretend we all are anglophone, so we all can get along!" This concept that people just can get along if people are alike it very american-ish for my taste! Cultures are diverse and we can get along learning from each other! We aren't doll in the factory, where the goal is to produce a lot of exactly the same doll over and over again!
@@vervideosgiros1156 So true. Europe is exactly that; the diversity of culture, language, tradition, and today many times at Eurovision you don't even know which country the song represents because it is sung in English and follows some instant music trends in the end all sound the same.
Indeed, that gave the Contest an extra dimension. Lot’s of charm. Once a year you got to hear Dutch, Finnish and Portuguese. Those were the days!
I’m definitely past it! Older! Not wiser! I honestly thought ( in the past, not recent years! ) 90% sang in English!
Apsolutno!!!
This collection is a treasure! A real flash back in time.
2) Chai chai chai. R.I.P. Ofra Haza. From a portuguese fan 🇵🇹
Great collection!. My favorite from this time is undoubtly 1963 Denmark. Completly ahead of it's time for the contest and simply stands out of all the 1960s winners.
Eurovision is such a crazy freak show now. It's nice to look back on a time when it still had class, and it was more about the music than about outlandish performances.
No. 20 Eres Tu, and No. 1 i treni are my all time favorites
Eres tú..es una joya!! Gracias
Quanti ricordi di bambina, Umberto Tozzi ed il grande Battiato ,gli Abba ,non ne perdevo una di puntata grazie
Old Eurovision was great
" Eres tú" del grupo español " Mocedades" ,es una joya.. dificilísimo cantar esa melodía.Sin duda,la mejor❤
lots of favorite classic eurovision songs here
Fabolous songs !!!, every song is a nice song!!!!masterpiece!!!🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦
A full 20 of your picks appear on my top 100. Denmark 1963, Israel 1983 and Luxembourg 1973 are in my top 10 as well! Wonderful to see a “best of Eurovision” list that doesn’t include a single song from the 20th Century.
Thank you for making this collection❤
my best 5 eurovision song from all time
1 spain 1979
2 portugal 1979
3 cyprus 1982
4 greece 1974
5 germany 1982
YEs, Italy 1984 bring back memories, beautiful song.
The 70s were great, I love the fashion
Beautiful video. Brings back wonderful memories , songs I forgot and others before my time.
Watched the first in 71 with 13 on the old black tv from my fantastic late grandma. Miss her still.
Abba won in Brighton on my 16th birthday on April 6th, 1974.
Five years later I bought both top songs from Israel and Spain.
Greetings from Germany
The names of the artists and placings in the competition need to be included !
Don't worry I did that part already. See pinned comment
1967 VICKY'S LEANDROS FORST REPRESENTATION FOR LUXEMBOURG 🇱🇺 L'AMOUR EST BLEU.
I agreed in some songs, but... I desagreed in mamy of them... I´m missing, the Number One from Greece, Logan, Salomé, Massiel, Loreen, Elena Foureira, Chanel, .... and others.... Thancks
it is the top of classic eurovision songs which are before 1990
Wonderful compilation. Thank you so much for posting it.
¡Que alegría! Mi canción favorita de Eurovisión también es "I treni di Tozeur".
Those songs in history has brought back some happy memories for me.
For me, your 12th song Portugal 1984, will always be number 1 for me. Followed closely by Il treni di tozur, your number 1.
Well done. Thanks for the vlog.
Excellent compilation👍
Thank you so much for this beautiful compilation!
Agreed with some , disagreed with others but nevertheless it was such a joy to hear these old songs - when the competition was about the music and not about being half naked on stage with crazy fireworks.
Thank you - it was lovely!
I don't know how I got to your list here...but I love it!! Wish I had born on those days. Thank you!!
Come What May…A Favourite Of Mine
Happy to see "Rendez-Vous" in your Top 10 :-)
I need the full version of this collection as a playlist
1964 winner is the best ever IMO
I was in suspense what your number one would be. "Il treni di Tozeur" is a very good choice, a true ESC gem. Bravo!
Wooooooooooow! While watching I hoped the treni di Tozeur would be included, as it would be my nr 1. Unbelievable that it was only 6th in 1984. It was regularly on the Dutch radio. THANK YOU, completely agree with your favorite.
Wow. A compilation without Ireland’s Johnny Logan 😮
But still some very nice songs😊
Interesante recorrido por el festival de eurovision
Real live Eurovision bring it back.
Terrific exercise, fantastic selection, congrats!
I started watching 7 or 8 yrs old because i liked english a lot mid 70's
That was a great choice. I tried to do my own version of it and it turns out we would have has 27 in common. Considering the sheer amount of entries (I prefer "songs" raelly but some are clearly more entries.. ) that's surprisingly many. I particularly loved that Sandie Shaw, Françoise Hardy, Mocedades, Monica Zetterlund, Maria Guinot and Maggie Macneal in common and your #1 was my #2 - such a mix of winners/high-placers and way underrated performances. Very cool indeed :-)
Volare🤣🤣 Rest in Peace Lynsey de Paul🌹, Baccara ⚫⚪ 🌹
Muy buen recopilatorio 😘👌🎵❤️
Brilliant songs...thank you 👏 🙂Well perhaps the odd one no...but enjoy this..
I missed Frida Boccara, un jour, un enfant
One of my favourite..Fridda Boccara..wonderful...Un jour, un enfant...
YUGOSLAVIA’s “Julie” sung by Daniel is #1 for me! JMHO. 👍🏻
Mum had the single on record
Enjoyed thank you.
This is such a good list. Kinda predictable at times but still great.
I really miss Germany 1979, Spain 1985 and 1969, Monaco 1976 and Portugal 1979. Thanks for France 1968 and Greece 1979 :)
Ahaha I am pretty predictable in general
Germany 1979 should be there I just forgot about it somehow, so pretend it is
La fiesta terminó is a banger, Vivo Cantando and Monaco 76 are pretty good but not some of my favourites, and Portugal 79 is really cute too
Now Spain 1985. Paloma San Basilio - that was a beautiful song. I (British) was living in Spain at the time and watched the contest on my little black and white T.V in my little flat in Valencia. That song brings back so many memories of my intercalary study year in Spain 1985/85 as part of my degree. Lovely song.
a lot of good songs throughout the years
Excellent compilation .. and some very good choices .. I love Pouppee De Cire Pouppee De Son
Nobody over here in France would know her as Isabelle, even though it is her name ! Don't forget she was immensely popular as "France Gall" for practically fifty years.
Ah mais ça je sais bien, mais je tenais à la remercier non seulement en tant qu'artiste mais également en tant que personne :)
Divine Anne-Marie David " Tu te reconnaîtras " ! 1973 Luxembourg
Un vídeo espléndido, gracias!!
France Gall...charming, so pretty
My Top: U,K. 1981, Germany 1985, Netherlands 1975, UK 1967, Italy 1958, Switzerland 1988, Spain 1971, Luxembourg 1978, Italy 1964, Ireland 1970, Sweden 1974, Ireland 1967, Israel 1979, Spain 1973, France 1968, UK 1976, Denmark 1989, Italy 1987, France 1977, Portugal 1984, Neeetherlands 1980, Germany 1982, Portugal 1969, Luxembourg 1965, Spain 1979, Luxembourg 1973, Italy 1984.
the last one is by far the very best, it's immortality!!
I'm songwriter of Abba , Anne Marie David and Céline Dion . And l'm Jean Jacques 1969 from Monaco ...
excellent post
Few of these artists became superstars with long career : Abba, obviously, Celine Dion, and France Gall, wich was the best discs sellers in France in 70's and 80's (with the musics of his husband Michel Berger). I saw too Lara Fabian, and Francoise Hardy I believe, great french stars too.
Yes, a lot of francophone stars were involved with Eurovision at some point. Others are Hugues Aufray, Henri Dès, Serge Lama, Patrick Fiori, and Serge Gainsbourg wrote three different songs for the contest :)
Modugno, Gigliola for Italy
Baccaras 🌹🌹
Tonicha - menina do alto da serra , da Vinci - conquistador e Maria Guinot - silêncio e tanta gente !🙏 Thank you 🇵🇹
O problema do conquistador é de tratar-se da conquista que não agrada ao politicos europeus que poucos votos deram a Portugal e portanto ainda hoje é uma das canções mais bonitas que Portugal levou a Eurovision
E tambem Simone de Oliveira em 1969
Sing little birdy was so cute ❤
Thanks. An interesting list 👍 though very different from my choices.
Rendez-vous is my 12 points of 1983.
Oh, wow! I love Italy 1984! Great choices. 🙂
Brilliant
Il trene di tozeur as nr 1 is really nice.
Thank you.
Bellissime canzoni
You didn't pick my favourite - Un banc, un arbre, une rue - Séverine ( Monaco - 1971)😪
Italy 1964 is, must be the very best, - - just listen to the orchestra Beethoven couldn't have done any better--timeless
Muy buen video. Saludos desde "San Felipe y santiago de montevideo " (Uruguay)
Dansevise is my favorite from the B&W era
I've been diving into Eurovision for a while now, and every time I found a hidden gem, I went to the comment section and found the "OMG!, so underrated, this should have won! Personally, I think the ranking of that year should have been..." type of comment, and after uttering those word, he/she immediately proceeded to list trash after trash from the contest, and ended up placing the alleged hidden gem at number 3, below two tasteless trashy songs, of course. Every time I saw this, my faith in humanity faultered. "Do these people have rotting maggots in their ears?", I asked to myself.
Thank you for this video. Today you've proven me there are a few people out there with a decent taste for music. I don't agree with a third of your picks, the timelapse is huuuuuge (like "old Eurovision" means "anything before 10 years ago"), personal feelings and nostalgia are interfeering with a few of your choices, etc. But the list is solid, dude. The list is solid. It has many good songs. Thank you again. I thought I was alone in this world.
I have some playlists on my channel, and I'm planning to upload a video somewhat like this, one of these days. It will be more like "The true winners of Eurovision that should have won but the jury was bribed! ", kind of video. Keep up the good work!
My number one is Ajda Pekkan with her song petrol in 1980
I love this❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just like we now have a Junior Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU should organize an annual Senior Eurovision Song Contest: with singers over 30 years old, live orchestra and classic staging.
All the 🎵 Song are very good Thank you❤❤❤,
Number one is very well chosen. The rest, well everybody has a different taste.
Hello :D
My comments: (from Germany)
50. Yeeeeesss , Such a Masterpiece
Thank you for your comment, I'm glad we agree on so many :)
As for your top20, you know my thoughts on most of them, and as for the others
Diese Welt is fine, but Theater is my favourite of her entries (and I see it's yours too hahaha)
UK 1960 is my 2nd in its year right after France
Johnny Blue is a lovely song and was actually my 51st when making this video, I really wanted to include it but aaah it just barely didn't fit
Both of Johnny Logan's wins are very good, but again they just barely missed out
And AAAAAH somehow I completely forgot about Dschingis Khan😭 I think I didn't remember that it was actually an esc song, but that would definitely be somewhere in the top50
A very nice compilation. I just realised that all of the Italian entries you added here are superb and timeless in fact.
Several orhets, too. Luxembourg for instance, Israel 79 - I agree, one of the, by far, best winners ever, Isr 83 a celebration of life and YUG 83 a joyful ode to love lost, and so many more amazing songs here...
Agreed! I'd also place Push the Button in there too :)
Number 1: yes, and number 3 from Denmark, my favorite!
I love Massiel winner 1968, Spain. 💖
Interesting list, only knew about 2/3 of it. Nice to see my local all-time favorite in 2nd.
Portugal and Denmark did much better with you than with the juries 😄
I ❤all these songs
wieder super Grüße aus Berlin es grüßt der Berliner
Muy buenas canciones ❤
#40 singer. Isn't she Celine Dion? From Canada Quebec?
Yes as Switzerland
Super!
And Johnny logan????? Eres tu in 1973, this song is sung all over the world, adored in USA in spanish. So a better place is deserved.
Great No 1 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Now Ding a Dong - a happy song that most love - catchy melody too
Definitely a win for Luxembourg melody wise but wot- no Lulu?
Thanks for the post.
Glad to see Norway 1966 there. As a folk music fan I really like that one.
Siii!!
Bravo Battiato!!!
Bravo
Goog choices,!! ((Taste) 😊
Lots of fun! Who cares what the snobs say?! We don't have this in the US and if it wasn't introduced to me by some foreign music lovers I wouldn't be at all familiar with great singers like France Gall, Siw Malmkvist, Mina and several others!
In the old times, singers were real ones and had a voice, composers had an enormous talent and taste, and the songs used to be good, even outstanding. Nowadays, the Eurovision contest is currently a sh*t in comparison with all that...😢