Chacun Pense À Soi

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Chacun Pense À Soi (English translation: "Everyone Thinks of Himself") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in French by Ortal.
Despite France having placed 15th in the 2004 Contest, their position as one of the "Big Four" (along with Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom) guaranteed an automatic final berth. Thus, the song was performed twenty-fourth on the night (following Latvia's Walters & Kazha with The War Is Not Over). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 23rd in a field of 24.
This low position (coupled with the performances of the other "Big Four" countries) resulted in considerable controversy about the automatic final berths for these countries, as they were perceived as having licences to submit low-quality entries.

The song is an up-tempo number (with some hip-hop influences), with Ortal singing about the problems caused in the world by the fact that everyone thinks primarily of themselves. She sings that as a result, we forget about those who love us.

It was succeeded as French representative at the 2006 Contest by Virginie Pouchain with Il Était Temps.