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I love songs with titles that have words that repeat like this Abba song. In fact they have several songs with repeat titles.
Last week I compiled a one hour radio show just with songs with repeat words in the title and the show started off with Joe Dolan’s It’ you, its you, its you and closed off with this Abba song.
Now I want to hear which EUROVISION song you love with a repeat title. Mine favourite is probably VIDEO VIDEO by Brixx from Denmark (1982) and this song ended second after Ein bischien frieden for me that year.
Luxembourg’s 1987 song “Amour, amour” by Plastic Bertrand is probably my favourite song with a repeat song title but I like the chorus way more than the verses. The song is very 80’s, camp and pretty fun. Bertrand’s choice of the purple bolero jacket screams Eurovision and the era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMqt27s0s5k
The first song came to my mind was 1968’s Spanish entry, La, la, la, the winner of that year. And I can’t replace it with anything else, because if I try to think about others, I can’t get Massiel’s song out of my head.
Hmmmmm. The first one I thought of was Haba Haba which I absolutely adore! Such an joyful, fun and uplifting song. Don’t even start me on its placing! If la la love counts, I’ll put that one in second!
How can I go past my favourite Armenian entry, Jan Jan??? I can’t. Inga and Anush were brilliant on stage and their vocal prowess was awesome to behold… And the key change!!!!
I simply LOVE this song, and to this day it still graces party playlist and people dance like idiots to this awesome ethno power pop!
I have to go back to 1977, and Austria with ‘Boom Boom Boomerang’ a super-hit for girls and boys. yeah…
It was from the vocal group Schmetterlinge, who although finshing in 17th position (last but one) they went on to have a rather successful career in the German speaking countries. Just proving eurovis non-success cannot mean the end of world for a talented artist.
Also it was perhapes the first time any Australian themes was used in the song’s chorus, for a Eurovision entry.
I like it still a lot …
The Australian theme used in the song was to show how silly the music industry was becoming at the time. Their song was a protest song and they were at the forefront of the satirical protest songs of there timeor as described in Austria as a Folk-Politrock-Band.They were first established in 1969, so actually had been successful before Eurovision. Interestingly, the female lead singer , Beatrix Neundlinger, had already participated in 1972 in the group Milestones, with a beautiful song called Falter im Wind, which came fifth. Not a Eurovision song, but my all time favourite is Yuppi du sung by Adriano Celentano, a huge hit in 1975,76, which is similar to La, la, la but just consists of those two words.
Posted too early but it was the likes of this song they were protesting and I love Schmeterlinge.
An oldie for me – Mary Hopkin Knock Knock Who’s There.
What a classic!
I even forgot about this song, clearly repeating words have happened from the early days
Another Armenian entry in this category is Boom Boom by Emmy in Dusseldorf 2001. Despite a good performance and staging by Emmy, she sadly missed out on qualifying for the final, coming 12th in her semi final.
Boom boom has the honour of being the worst performing Armenian entry as it has been the only time that Armenia failed to qualify for the Grand Final
Sticking with the classics, I go for Diggi-loo Diggi-ley! In addition to the repeat, the brothers looked almost like copies of each other, and who can resist the big smiles, the 80s haircuts, and that amazing thing he did with his hand!
For me, apart from Boom, boom boomerang, it really has to be Masiel and La, la, la! That song pushed the favourite Cliff Richard in to second place. I mean, the song that was to be one of the most successful in Eurovision got beaten by a song that is largely forgotten.
Hey hey! OK, so if “almost repeating” songs like DIGGILOO DIGGILEY (1984) or DING DONG (2011) or MISS KISS KISS BANG (2009) don’t really count, I’d say my two faves are both infectious dance tunes: the rousing OLE OLE (Israel, 1985) by 1978 winner Yizhar Cohen and QELE QELE (Armenia, 2008, which also has the drums from a previous question!). Bye bye!
Richard, I even forgot about OLE OLE – I think repeating words are more often used than I thought at first
I’ve got to go with 1978’s A Ba Ni Bi by Izhar Cohen (Israel). It sticks in your head and never leaves. Whatever you do, don’t listen to it!!!
Wow, I had to go way back for this one, but I’m going with Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui by Jean Philippe, the 1959 French entry. I just found it on YouTube – what a fun, happy song. 🙂
Does “Woki Mit Deim Popo” qualify? There was a LOT of repetition in the song even if there wasn’t much in the title. Anyway, Woki Mit Noch Baku!
Definitely “La La La” by Massiel. As soon as I hear “and now, a Eurovision classic” on ESCRadio, I start singing it (whether or not that’s what they actually play).
I really can’t help but love Boom Boom from Armenia in 2011. It had lots of repeating words in the chorus, it’s so catchy. So sad that it failed to qualify.
Not sure if this counts because I a) referenced this song in another answer and b) only has two repeating words in the title….but it’s the only one I can think of! 😉
No, No, Never by Texas Lightning from 2006.
It qualifies, as a word has been repeated.
I love Massiel La La La as it is a song everyone knows the words to the chorus and can sing along!
“Bonjour Bonjour” from Switzerland, 1969
I love these games that have been devised for people to comment on as it has given great reason to review all the songs from the very start of Eurovision. So to come up with something for this particular ABBA edition I have done just that and of course came across the delightful Margot Heilscher – Telefon Telefon from 1957. What a blast. Love the use of the phone.
I aimed to find a song that no one had mentioned!
Pomme Pomme Pomme (Apple, Apple, Apple) by Monique Melsen (Luxembourg 1971). She even co-ordinated her outfit with the song!
But my favourite would be La La Love by Ivi Adamou (Cyprus 2012). She had one of the best performances in Baku. It’s such a classic Eurovision lyric, I’m sure we will hear it again. Su Canción by Betty Missiego (Spain 1979) has 152 La La Las!
My favorite Eurovision anthem: Spain’s “La La La.”
And I know this is not exactly a repeat title song, but it’s worth mentioning it: France’s “Allez! Ola! Olé!”