"Love Shine a Light" is a song by British rock band Katrina and the Waves. It represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997. It was released as a single on 28 April 1997 and was later included on the band's ninth studio album,Walk on Water (1997),serving as the album's lead single.
"Wild Dances" is a single by Ukrainian singer-songwriter Ruslana. The song,representing her country,won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Istanbul with a score of 280 points. A Ukrainian-language version called "Dyki tantsi" was released in Russia and Ukraine. In 2022,The Independent named it 55th best Eurovision-winning song of all time.
Gina G is an Australian singer who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996,with the song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit",which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. The song also reached the US top 20 in 1997 and earned her a 1998 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. Her other UK Top 30 hits are "I Belong to You" #6 (1996),"Fresh" #6 (1997),"Ti Amo" #11 (1997) and "Gimme Some Love" #25 (1997).
Javine Dionne Hylton,often known simply as Javine,is an English singer and songwriter. She represented the UK at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv with "Touch My Fire". Hylton has also had a string of singles in the UK. Javine's cover version of "You've Got a Friend" was the theme music to Garfield:The Movie in 2004.
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by the English pop band Dead or Alive,featured on their second studio album,Youthquake (1985). Released as a single in November 1984,it reached No. 1 in the UK in March 1985,taking 17 weeks to get there. It was the first UK number-one hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. On the US Billboard Hot 100,it peaked at No. 11 on 17 August of that year,becoming their highest charting single there.
"My Number One" is a song recorded by Greek-Swedish singer Helena Paparizou,written by Manos Psaltakis,Christos Dantis,Natalia Germanou and produced by Christos Dantis. It was the Greek winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005,held in Kyiv,awarding the country its first victory in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola. The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir,I Can Boogie",which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female group,eventually selling more than 16 million copies worldwide. A successful follow-up single and European tour led to a number of album releases,numerous television appearances and the duo's selection to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978.
"Hold Me Now" is a song composed and performed by Irish singer Johnny Logan,which became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 for Ireland. Logan had previously won with "What's Another Year?" in the 1980 contest and would go on to write the winner of the 1992 contest. The song is usually sung by Bohemians at home matches in Dalymount Park.
"Mambo!" is Helena Paparizou's fifth CD single and the first from her international album The Game of Love. There were two versions of the song;a Greek version and an English version. The Greek version was released in November 2005 in Greece and was a major hit going straight to number one for ten weeks including during Christmas. In total,the song charted for 23 weeks,leaving Helena with her most successful CD single to date. The single was released as a CD single and Sony BMG also re-released Helena's debut album Protereotita for a third time with her single under the name of Protereotita:Euro Edition + Mambo!.
"Je t'adore" is a song by Belgian singer Kate Ryan. It was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006,performed in English. It was the seventh song to be performed in this contest and the 999th by counting all songs which had ever performed on Eurovision Song Contest. "Je t'adore" was released in 2006 as the lead single from Ryan's third studio album Alive (2006).
"Ein bißchen Frieden" is a German-language song,written by prolific German Eurovision-writing duo Ralph Siegel (music) and Bernd Meinunger (lyrics) for the Eurovision Song Contest 1982,held in Harrogate,United Kingdom. It was performed by 17-year-old German high-school student Nicole Hohloch,resulting in Germany's first win at the Eurovision Song Contest by a record margin of 61 points,setting a new record for the largest winning margin that lasted until the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Nicole's single is still the only Eurovision entry to top the sales charts in every territory it was released in.
"Best of My Love" is a song by English singer and songwriter Javine. The single was released on 14 June 2004 and was the third single from her album Surrender (2004). The single reached the #18 in the UK Singles Chart,her third consecutive top 20 song.
"Out of Touch" is a song by American duo Daryl Hall &John Oates from their twelfth studio album Big Bam Boom (1984). The song was released as the lead single from Big Bam Boom on Thursday,October 4,1984,by RCA Records. This song was their last Billboard Hot 100 number-one single,topping the chart for two weeks in December 1984. It also became the duo's fourteenth consecutive top 40 hit since 1980.
"Bathwater" is a ska punk song written by Tom Dumont,Tony Kanal,and Gwen Stefani for No Doubt's fourth studio album Return of Saturn (2000). It was released as the album's fourth and final single on November 14,2000.
"Touch" is a song by American singer Amerie from her second studio album of the same name (2005). Written by Amerie,Lil Jon,Sean Garrett,Craig Love,LRoc,and LaMarquis Jefferson and produced by Lil Jon,the track was released on May 31,2005,as the album's second single. While "Touch" reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom and Ireland and number 33 in Australia,it failed to match the success of "1 Thing" in the United States,missing the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number 95 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
"Rock Bottom" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977,performed in English by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran. It was also written and produced by de Paul and Moran and released on the Polydor record label. Originally it was written for the group Blue Mink;and submitted unbeknown to de Paul and Moran as an entry for A Song For Europe by the publishers;when it was selected,de Paul agreed to perform the song if Moran would join her. On 9 March 1977,"Rock Bottom" was selected to represent the UK at the A Song for Europe 1977 event held at the New London Theatre,presented by Terry Wogan.
Popstars (UK) is a British reality television show produced for ITV that aired for two series. The first series,Popstars,aimed to find five singers to form a new pop group. During the second series,Popstars:The Rivals,two music groups were formed to compete for the Christmas number-one single in the United Kingdom.
"Ante Up" is a song by American hip hop duo M.O.P. from their fourth studio album Warriorz (2000). Seen as their breakthrough single,it was released in 2000 and reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. A remix of the song features Busta Rhymes,Remy Martin and Teflon. The remix CD includes an additional version which features Funkmaster Flex.
"Everyway That I Can" is the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 sung in English by Sertab Erener for Turkey. The song was written by Demir Demirkan in early 2003 and produced and arranged by Ozan Çolakoğlu,famous for his works with pop idol Tarkan. Initially,it sparked controversy in Turkey for its subject matter and English-language lyrics,and was not considered a favorite to win the contest.
John Themis is an Australian-born musician,songwriter and record producer,best known for his long-term work with Boy George and Culture Club,collaborating on many of their songs and albums since the 1990s. He also worked on Taboo,a musical roughly based on Boy George's life.
