Keep Me Warm

"Keep Me Warm"
Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry
Country Finland
Artist(s) Carita Holmström
As Carita
Language English
Composer(s) Eero Koivistoinen
Lyricist(s) Frank Robson
Conductor Ossi Runne
Finals performance
Final result 13th
Final points 4
Appearance chronology
◄ Tom Tom Tom (1973)   
Old Man Fiddle (1975) ►

"Keep Me Warm" (original Finnish title "Älä mene pois" - "Don't Go Away") was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, performed in English by Carita.

The song was performed first on the night (preceding the United Kingdom's Olivia Newton-John with "Long Live Love"). At the close of voting, it had received 4 points, placing 13th in a field of 17.

The song is sung from the perspective of a young woman asking a "friend" to stay with her and "keep me warm". She suggests that she can do the same for him, and there is a general implication that she wants there to be a relationship between the two of them.

It was succeeded as Finnish representative at the 1975 Contest by Pihasoittajat with "Old Man Fiddle".

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