Millennium Of Love
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| Millennium Of Love | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 2000 entry | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Artist(s) | Eamonn Toal |
| Language | English |
| Composer(s) | Gerry Simpson |
| Lyricist(s) | Raymond J. Smyth |
| Place | 6th |
| Points | 92 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Millennium Of Love was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in English by Eamonn Toal.
The song is a dramatic ballad, inspired by the coming of the new Millennium (arguments about the start of this period aside). Toal sings about the negative aspects of the modern world, but expresses hope that humanity will overcome these in the next thousand years.
The song was unkindly dubbed 'Millenium Of Cheese' by cynics in Ireland, who accused it of being yet another bland ballad with schmaltzy lyrics.
The song was performed twenty-third on the night (following Turkey's Pınar Ayhan & The SOS with Yorgunum Anla and preceding Austria's The Rounder Girls with All To You). At the close of voting, it had received 92 points, placing 6th in a field of 24.
It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 2001 Contest by Gary O'Shaughnessy with Without Your Love.
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