Eighties Coming Back

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Eighties Coming Back was the Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English by Ruffus. It was not the people's favorite and has received a lot of negativity.

The song was performed twenty-third on the night (following Belgium's Urban Trad with Sanomi and preceding Romania's Nicola with Don't Break My Heart). At the close of voting, it had received 14 points, placing 21st in a field of 26.

The song is inspired by the return to favour of 1980s culture at the time, with the band describing the unusual fact that "everybody's wearing their hair the way you did fifteen years ago" and the prominence of "those big synthesiser sounds" in dance music of the time.

Also of note is the fact that this is the first occasion on which britpop made an appearance at the Contest. The song features many of the key points of that style, including piano runs, a singalong chorus and even quasi-British accents in the vocals.

A cover version exists by Dave Benton.

It was succeeded as the Estonian representative by Neiokõsõ with Tii.