Rock Bottom (Eurovision song)
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1977 entry | |
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2nd
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121
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| ◄ "Save Your Kisses for Me" (1976) | |
| "The Bad Old Days" (1978) ► | |
"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.
The song says that when people are in a bad situation they should work to solve problems and not be pessimistic about tragedies. Apparently it represents the situation at the time; Eurovision 1977 was almost cancelled due to budget restrictions and it was delayed by 5 weeks due to a strike by cameramen and technicians. The BBC, who had to host the contest that year, did not give the song its whole-hearted support.
The song was performed ninth on the night, following Portugal's Os Amigos with "Portugal no coração" and preceding Greece's Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy with "Mathima Solfege". At the close of voting, it had received 121 points, placing second in a field of 18.
It was preceded by "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man as the British representative at the Eurovision Song Contest and succeeded by Co-Co with "The Bad Old Days".
"Rock Bottom" charted in several European countries, topping the charts in Switzerland, no. 2 in Austria, no. 4 in Germany, no. 6 in Sweden (no. 4 on the Poporama chart), no. 7 in Ireland and Norway and no. 10 in France. In the UK Singles Chart, it reached no. 19. It also made no. 13 on the Radio Luxembourg Top 30. On the basis of sales from the record-buying public of Europe, it was the winning entry, outperforming the contest's winner, a quarter of a million copies being sold in Germany alone.
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