Fly on the Wings of Love

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Fly On The Wings Of Love was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed for Denmark by the Olsen Brothers, singing in English.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Spain's Serafín Zubiri with Colgado De Un Sueño and preceding Germany's Stefan Raab with Wadde Hadde Dudde Da?). At the close of voting, it had received 195 points, placing first in a field of 24.

The song is a love ballad, with the singers describing the beauty of a woman. Unusually for any pop song (let alone one in the Contest), the lyrics strongly imply that this is a beauty which has improved with age - a theme made more explicit in the Danish original Smuk Som Et Stjerneskud ("Beautiful As A Shooting Star").

The song was not expected to score highly, as it was an old-fashioned ballad and performed by two of the oldest performers to enter the Contest. In spite of this, it led the voting from start to finish (a feat not achieved since ABBA won in 1974) and became a great favourite among fans of the Contest, being named one of the best entries at the Congratulations special in late 2005. The brothers in fact performed part of the song onstage and were greeted with rapturous applause (perhaps due to the special's location in Copenhagen). Renars Kaupers, hosting the show, made several references to "being beaten by a pair of Danish brothers" (which his band Brainstorm was).

The song is also memorable for the effects given to the voice during the final chorus, which allow it to sound something like a robot. These effects were the subject of a protest by the Russian delegation, however they were not found to be illegal and the result stood.

The song was succeeded in 2001 as Contest winner by Tanel Padar and Dave Benton representing Estonia with Everybody.
It was succeeded as Danish representative at the 2001 Contest by Rollo & King with Never Ever Let You Go.

[edit] Covers

Fly On The Wings Of Love was remixed by XTM and had similar chart topping success.

Preceded by Take Me to Your Heaven by Charlotte Nilsson

Eurovision Song Contest winners 2000

Succeeded by Everybody by Tanel Padar , Dave Benton & 2XL