Love City Groove

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Love City Groove represented the UK in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, with a self-titled song after being the runaway winner in a public vote. The pop/rap song finished 10th with 76 points and peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. Love City Groove were Stephen Rudden, Jay Williams, Yinka Charles and Paul Hardy.

Despite the success of their Eurovision entry which went onto sell 250,000 copies in the UK earning the group a silver sales award disc they had trouble repeating the trick. The follow up Soft Spot missed out on the UK Top 75 charts, peaking at number 84. This was followed by J.U.M.P which stalled at number 106. Their debut album Hard Times received a limited release and sold in small quantities. The group then split from their record lable Planet 3.

The band returned a year later under the name of 'Love City' with a cover of the track I Found Lovin'. Despite the rave reviews for the record, they were unable to shake off the Curse of Eurovision and again the track charted at a low number, in this case, 98.

With several line up changes, the group returned to make an appearance in the 'Song For Europe' to try for a second stab at Eurovision glory. They changed their name to 'The Collective' and ended up coming 5th of 5 performers with their song When We're Alone (We Dream). The track was released but missed out on a Top 200 chart position.

Preceded by Frances Ruffelle

UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Succeeded by Gina G