Humanahum

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Humanahum was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981, performed in French by Jean Gabilou.
The song was performed ninth on the night (following Finland's Riki Sorsa with Reggae OK and preceding Spain's Bacchelli with Y Sólo Tú). At the close of voting, it had received 125 points, placing 3rd in a field of 20.

The song (part of a Contest tradition of songs with nonsensical titles and choruses) is set in "the year three thousand", where an old man teaches a group of children about life on Earth. Gabilou sings that because humanity "invented the war", the Earth eventually could not support life. The song, therefore, is a plea for global peace.

France famously opted out of the 1982 Contest, with the national broadcaster calling it "A monument to drival - a mediocrity". Due to public pressure, the country re-entered the Contest the next year with a new broadcaster. Thus, the song was succeeded as French representative at the 1983 Contest by Guy Bonnet with Vivre.