Boom Bang-a-Bang
 "Boom Bang-a-Bang" |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1969 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) |
Lulu
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| Language | |
| Composer(s) |
Alan Moorhouse
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| Lyricist(s) | |
| Conductor |
Johnny Harris
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
1st (tie)
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| Final points |
18
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Congratulations" (1968) | |
| "Knock, Knock Who's There?" (1970) ► | |
"Boom Bang-a-Bang" was the United Kingdom entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1969. It was sung by Lulu, and was co-written by Alan Moorhouse and Peter Warne (the latter also known as Michael Julien).
It was the joint winner with three other entries: Salomé singing "Vivo cantando" for Spain, Lenny Kuhr singing "De troubadour" for the Netherlands, and Frida Boccara singing "Un jour, un enfant" for France.
The song was the second consecutive entry with a nonsense title to win the contest (after Massiel's triumph in 1968 with "La La La"), and became infamous in the comedy world - most notably inspiring Monty Python's Flying Circus to parody it with "Bing Tiddle-Tiddle Bong" (Python precursor I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again had previously had Bill Oddie do something similar with a song for which the title was rendered entirely in sound effects).
Lyrically, the song is a plea from the singer to her lover to "cuddle me tight". She then goes on to explain that "my heart goes boom bang-a-bang boom bang-a-bang when you are near", complete with appropriate musical accompaniment. The single made No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and was a major hit throughout Europe.
The song was succeeded as the winner in 1970 by Dana singing "All Kinds of Everything" for Ireland.
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