Английская Википедия:Are You Sure? (The Allisons song)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox song "Are You Sure?" is a song by Шаблон:Esccnty pop duo The Allisons, that represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in English.

The song was performed 15th on the night of the contest, held on 18 March 1961, following Шаблон:Esccnty's Jean-Claude Pascal with "Nous les amoureux", and preceding Шаблон:Esccnty's Betty Curtis with "Al di là". The song received 24 points, placing 2nd in a field of 16, the third consecutive second place Eurovision finish for the UK for whom two subsequent Eurovision entrants would also be second-place finishers before "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw would give the UK its first Eurovision victory in Шаблон:Escyr. "Are You Sure?" was also the first UK Eurovision entrant to become a Top Ten hit reaching #2 UK, the best chart showing for a UK Eurovision entrant until "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw reached No. 1 in 1967.

The song was succeeded as the UK representative at the 1962 contest by Ronnie Carroll with "Ring-A-Ding Girl".

Chart performance

Chart (1961) Peak
position
United Kingdom (Record Retailer)[1] 2
United Kingdom (NME)[2] 1
United Kingdom (Record Mirror)[3] 1
U.S. Billboard [4] 102

References

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Шаблон:Eurovision Song Contest 1961 Шаблон:United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest Шаблон:Authority control

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  4. Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004