I Can't Live Without Music
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I Can't Live Without Music was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English (the first occasion on which the German entry had not featured at least some lyrics in German) by Corinna May.
The song was performed eighteenth on the night (following France's Sandrine François with Il Faut Du Temps (Je Me Battrai Pour Ça) and preceding Turkey's Buket Bengisu & Group Sapphire with Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde). At the close of voting, it had received 17 points, placing 21st in a field of 24.
Written and composed by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, the song is an up-tempo number, with the singer expressing the joy she gets from hearing music. As Corinna May is blind, the lyrics are particularly important, as she is physically incapable of experiencing anything visually.
This was in fact her second attempt at entering the Contest, with her entry for the 1998 Contest being disqualified because it had already been released.
It was succeeded as German representative at the 2003 Contest by Lou with Let's Get Happy.