Nous Les Amoureux
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| Nous Les Amoureux | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1961 entry | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Artist(s) | Chevalier de Villemont |
| As | Jean-Claude Pascal |
| Language | French |
| Composer(s) | Jacques Datin |
| Lyricist(s) | Maurice Vidalin |
| Place | 1st |
| Points | 31 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
Nous Les Amoureaux (English translation: "We The Lovers") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French for Luxembourg by Jean-Claude Pascal.
The song is a return to the more serious style of entry, with Pascal singing about himself and another (rumoured on diggiloo.net to be another man) who others want to separate. He sings, however, that "the sky is with us, the lovers", a declaration of hope in spite of the difficulties.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Denmark's Dario Campeotto with Angelique and preceding the United Kingdom's The Allisons with Are You Sure). At the close of voting, it had received 31 points, placing 1st in a field of 16 and thus helping Luxembourg achieve the rare feat of moving from last to first in successive years.
The song was succeeded as Contest winner in 1962 by Isabelle Aubret singing Un Premier Amour for France.
It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1962 Contest by Camillo Felgen with Petit Bonhomme.
