Английская Википедия:Colorado (Sandra Reemer song)
Шаблон:Infobox song contest entry "Colorado" was the Шаблон:Esccnty entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Dutch by the six-piece group Xandra, fronted by Sandra Reemer.
This was Reemer's third Eurovision entry; in 1972 she had finished 4th with "Als het om de liefde gaat", as part of the duo Sandra & Andres, and in 1976 9th with "The Party's Over", then as a solo artist.
"Colorado" was written by brothers Rob & Ferdi Bolland and Gerard Cox. Internationally Bolland & Bolland are arguably best known for writing and recording the original version of Status Quo's 1986 hit "In the Army Now" (#1 Austria & Switzerland, #2 UK, France & Norway, #6 Sweden, #15 The Netherlands).[1]
Xandra recorded the song in three languages: the original Dutch, English and German – all with the same title.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following Шаблон:Esccnty's Jeane Manson with "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" and preceding Шаблон:Esccnty's Ted Gärdestad with "Satellit". At the close of voting, it had received 51 points, placing 12th in a field of 19.
Despite its moderate success in the Contest, "Colorado" was one of four entries to become a Top 10 hit in Sweden in 1979, the three others being the Swedish "Satellit", the Israeli winner "Hallelujah" and Germany's "Dschinghis Khan". The English version of "Colorado" peaked at #9 and spent a total of 10 weeks on the Swedish singles chart.[2] Furthermore, "Colorado" was covered in Swedish by singer Barbro 'Lill-Babs' Svensson, who previously had represented Sweden at the 1961 contest with "April, april", and Svensson's recording of the song was also a minor hit on the Svensktoppen radio chart in June 1979.[3][4]
"Colorado" was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1980 contest by Maggie MacNeal with "Amsterdam".
External links
- Official Eurovision Song Contest, history by year, 1979
- Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, "Colorado".
- Шаблон:YouTube
References
Шаблон:Eurovision Song Contest 1979
- ↑ Leschart.com, "In the Army Now"
- ↑ Wille Wendt: Topplistan - The Official Swedish Single & Album Charts, Premium Förlag, Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Svensktoppen.nu, detailed chart info Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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