Tu te reconnaîtras

1973 song by Anne-Marie David

"Tu te reconnaîtras"

Single by Anne-Marie David
from the album  Tu te reconnaîtras
Language| French
Released| 1973
Length| 2:40
Label| Epic
Composer(s)| Claude Morgan [fr]
Lyricist(s)| Vline Buggy [fr]
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry
Country|

Luxembourg

Artist(s)|

Anne-Marie David

Language|

French

Composer(s)|

Claude Morgan

Lyricist(s)|

Vline Buggy

Conductor|

Pierre Cao

Finals performance
Final result|

1st

Final points|

129

Entry chronology
◄ "Après toi" (1972)
"Bye Bye I Love You" (1974) ►

"Tu te reconnaîtras" (French pronunciation: [ty tə ʁəkɔnɛtʁa]; "You'll Recognise Yourself"), is a song recorded by French singer Anne-Marie David, with music composed by Claude Morgan [fr] and lyrics written by Vline Buggy [fr]. It represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 held in Luxembourg, winning the contest.

## Background[edit]

### Conception[edit]

"Tu te reconnaîtras" was composed by Claude Morgan [fr] with lyrics by Vline Buggy [fr]. Anne-Marie David recorded the song in five languages: French, English as "Wonderful Dream", German as "Du bist da", Spanish as "Te reconocerás", and in two entirely different Italian versions entitled "Il letto del re" and "Non si vive di paura" respectively.[1]

### Eurovision[edit]

The Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) internally selected "Tu te reconnaîtras" as its entry for the 18th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[2]

On 7 April 1973, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at Grand Théâtre in Luxembourg hosted by CLT and broadcast live throughout the continent. Anne-Marie David performed "Tu te reconnaîtras" eleventh on the evening, following Italy's "Chi sarà con te" by Massimo Ranieri and preceding Sweden's "You're Summer" by The Nova. Pierre Cao conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Luxembourgian entry.[3]

At the close of voting, the song had received 129 points, winning the contest in a field of seventeen, and beating the second-placed Spain's entry by 4 points and the United Kingdom's by another 2 points.[4] Spain's "Eres tú" performed by Mocedades and UK's "Power to All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard, would go on to become major hit singles in 1973 –in the case of "Eres tú" worldwide– and are today both widely considered Eurovision classics.

"Tu te reconnaîtras" is the only winning entry of Luxembourg with some level of local involvement. Although both Anne-Marie David, the composer Claude Morgan, and the lyricist Vline Buggy, were all French, the conductor Pierre Cao was Luxembourgish. It was also the first time a country won the contest two years in succession without sharing the victory, as Spain in 1969. It was succeeded as Luxembourg's entry in the 1974 contest by "Bye Bye, I Love You", performed by Ireen Sheer.

### Aftermath[edit]

Anne Marie David is one of the few Eurovision winners to return to the contest; in 1979 she represented her native France singing the song "Je suis l'enfant soleil" in Jerusalem and finished in third place after Israel's "Hallelujah" and Spain's "Su canción". David performed "Tu te reconnaîtras" in the Eurovision twenty-fifth anniversary show Songs of Europe held on 22 August 1981 in Mysen.[5] In the Eurovision fiftieth anniversary competition Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 October 2005 in Copenhagen, she performed the song as part of the interval acts.[6] She performed the song in the Eurovision sixtieth anniversary show Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits held on 31 March 2015 in London.[7][8]

## Chart history[edit]

### Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1973)  | Peak
position

|

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] | 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] | 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] | 2
Norway (VG-lista)[12] | 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 7
West Germany (Official German Charts)[14] | 40

## Legacy[edit]

In 1973 Turkish pop singer Nilüfer Yumlu brought out a Turkish-language version of the song, entitled "Göreceksin kendini". The song had great success in Turkey. The same year, Finnish singer Katri Helena published a Finnish-language version of the song, "Nuoruus on seikkailu" ("Being Young is an Adventure"). In 1973 singer Věra Špinarová published a Czech-language version of the song, " Zpívej jak já" ("Sing like me") In 1974 singer Irena Jarocka published a Polish-language version of the song, "Ty i ja – wczoraj i dziś" ("You and I – Yesterday and Today").

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tu te reconnaîtras - lyrics". The Diggiloo Thrush. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023.
2. ^ "National Selections: 1973". Eurovisionworld.
3. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1973". Eurovision Song Contest. 7 April 1973. CLT / EBU.
4. ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 1973 scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest.
5. ^ "Songs of Europe". Eurovision Song Contest. 22 August 1981. NRK / EBU.
6. ^ "Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. 22 October 2005. DR / EBU.
7. ^ "Tu te reconnaîtras" on YouTube at Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits
8. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits". Eurovision Song Contest. 3 April 2015. BBC / EBU. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
9. ^ "Anne-Marie David – Tu te reconnaîtras" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
10. ^ "Anne-Marie David – Tu te reconnaîtras" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
11. ^ "Anne-Marie David – Tu te reconnaîtras" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
12. ^ "Topp 20 Single uke 21, 1973 – VG-lista. Offisielle hitlister fra og med 1958" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
13. ^ "Anne-Marie David – Tu te reconnaîtras". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Anne-Marie David – Tu te reconnaîtras" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

## External links[edit]

* "Tu te reconnaîtras" at Discogs (list of releases)

Preceded by

"Après toi" by Vicky Leandros

|  Eurovision Song Contest winners
1973 | Succeeded by

"Waterloo" by ABBA

|
|

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Countries|

| Final|

* Belgium
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

|

Withdrawn|

* Malta

Artists|

* Bendik Singers
* Martine Clémenceau
* Zdravko Čolić
* Ben Cramer
* Anne-Marie David
* Gitte
* Ilanit
* Patrick Juvet
* Marie
* Maxi
* Mocedades
* Nicole and Hugo
* Nova and the Dolls
* Massimo Ranieri
* Cliff Richard
* Marion Rung
* Fernando Tordo

Songs|

* "Baby, Baby"
* "Chi sarà con te"
* "Do I Dream"
* "Eres tú"
* "Ey Sham"
* "Gori vatra"
* "It's Just a Game"
* "Je vais me marier, Marie"
* "Junger Tag"
* "De oude muzikant"
* "Power to All Our Friends"
* "Sans toi"
* "Tom Tom Tom"
* "Tourada"
* "Un train qui part"
* "Tu te reconnaîtras"
* "You're Summer"

* v
* t
* e

Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation|

* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 2024

Artists|

* Michèle Arnaud
* Hugues Aufray
* Baccara
* Anne-Marie B
* Chris Baldo
* Solange Berry
* Sarah Bray
* Sophie Carle
* Céline Carzo
* Anne-Marie David
* Danièle Dupré
* Lara Fabian
* Camillo Felgen
* France Gall
* Sophie Garel
* Géraldine
* Corinne Hermès
* Kontinent
* Sherisse Laurence
* Vicky Leandros
* Margo
* Jeane Manson
* Jürgen Marcus
* Monique Melsen
* Modern Times
* Nana Mouskouri
* Franck Olivier
* Park Café
* Jean-Claude Pascal
* Plastic Bertrand
* Chris Roberts
* Malcolm Roberts
* Romuald
* Ireen Sheer
* Diane Solomon
* Sophie and Magaly
* Svetlana
* Tali
* Michèle Torr
* Marion Welter
* David Alexandre Winter

Songs|

* "100% d'amour"
* "À force de prier"
* "Les Amants de minuit"
* "L'amour de ma vie"
* "L'amour est bleu"
* "Amour, amour"
* "Amours mortes (tant de peine)"
* "Après toi"
* "Un baiser volé"
* "Bye Bye I Love You"
* "Catherine"
* "Ce soir je t'attendais"
* "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique"
* "Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment"
* "Children, Kinder, Enfants"
* "Cours après le temps"
* "Croire"
* "Dès que le printemps revient"
* "Donne-moi une chance"
* "Fighter"
* "Frère Jacques"
* "Un grand amour"
* "J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux"
* "Je suis tombé du ciel"
* "Monsieur"
* "Ne crois pas"
* "Nous les amoureux"
* "Nous vivrons d'amour"
* "Papa Pingouin"
* "Parlez-vous français ?"
* "Petit bonhomme"
* "Pomme, pomme, pomme"
* "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
* "Quand je te rêve"
* "Si la vie est cadeau"
* "So laang we's du do bast"
* "Sou fräi"
* "Toi"
* "Tu te reconnaîtras"

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest winners

Countries

| 1950s|

* Switzerland
* Netherlands
* France
* Netherlands

|

1960s|

* France
* Luxembourg
* France
* Denmark
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Austria
* United Kingdom
* Spain
* France
* Netherlands
* Spain
* United Kingdom

1970s|

* Ireland
* Monaco
* Luxembourg
* Luxembourg
* Sweden
* Netherlands
* United Kingdom
* France
* Israel
* Israel

1980s|

* Ireland
* United Kingdom
* Germany
* Luxembourg
* Sweden
* Norway
* Belgium
* Ireland
* Switzerland
* Yugoslavia

1990s|

* Italy
* Sweden
* Ireland
* Ireland
* Ireland
* Norway
* Ireland
* United Kingdom
* Israel
* Sweden

2000s|

* Denmark
* Estonia
* Latvia
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Greece
* Finland
* Serbia
* Russia
* Norway

2010s|

* Germany
* Azerbaijan
* Sweden
* Denmark
* Austria
* Sweden
* Ukraine
* Portugal
* Israel
* Netherlands

2020s|

* Italy
* Ukraine
* Sweden
* Switzerland

Performers

| 1950s|

* Lys Assia
* Corry Brokken
* André Claveau
* Teddy Scholten

|

1960s|

* Jacqueline Boyer
* Jean-Claude Pascal
* Isabelle Aubret
* Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann
* Gigliola Cinquetti
* France Gall
* Udo Jürgens
* Sandie Shaw
* Massiel
* Frida Boccara
* Lenny Kuhr
* Lulu
* Salomé

1970s|

* Dana
* Séverine
* Vicky Leandros
* Anne-Marie David
* ABBA
* Teach-In
* Brotherhood of Man
* Marie Myriam
* Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta
* Milk and Honey

1980s|

* Johnny Logan
* Bucks Fizz
* Nicole
* Corinne Hermès
* Herreys
* Bobbysocks!
* Sandra Kim
* Johnny Logan
* Celine Dion
* Riva

1990s|

* Toto Cutugno
* Carola
* Linda Martin
* Niamh Kavanagh
* Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan
* Secret Garden
* Eimear Quinn
* Katrina and the Waves
* Dana International
* Charlotte Nilsson

2000s|

* Olsen Brothers
* Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL
* Marie N
* Sertab Erener
* Ruslana
* Helena Paparizou
* Lordi
* Marija Šerifović
* Dima Bilan
* Alexander Rybak

2010s|

* Lena
* Ell and Nikki
* Loreen
* Emmelie de Forest
* Conchita Wurst
* Måns Zelmerlöw
* Jamala
* Salvador Sobral
* Netta
* Duncan Laurence

2020s|

* Måneskin
* Kalush Orchestra
* Loreen
* Nemo

Songs

| 1950s|

* "Refrain"
* "Net als toen"
* "Dors, mon amour"
* "'n Beetje"

|

1960s|

* "Tom Pillibi"
* "Nous les amoureux"
* "Un premier amour"
* "Dansevise"
* "Non ho l'età"
* "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"
* "Merci, Chérie"
* "Puppet on a String"
* "La, la, la"
* "Boom Bang-a-Bang"
* "Un jour, un enfant"
* "De troubadour"
* "Vivo cantando"

1970s|

* "All Kinds of Everything"
* "Un banc, un arbre, une rue"
* "Après toi"
* "Tu te reconnaîtras"
* "Waterloo"
* "Ding-a-dong"
* "Save Your Kisses for Me"
* "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant"
* "A-Ba-Ni-Bi"
* "Hallelujah"

1980s|

* "What's Another Year"
* "Making Your Mind Up"
* "Ein bißchen Frieden"
* "Si la vie est cadeau"
* "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
* "La det swinge"
* "J'aime la vie"
* "Hold Me Now"
* "Ne partez pas sans moi"
* "Rock Me"

1990s|

* "Insieme: 1992"
* "Fångad av en stormvind"
* "Why Me?"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
* "Nocturne"
* "The Voice"
* "Love Shine a Light"
* "Diva"
* "Take Me to Your Heaven"

2000s|

* "Fly on the Wings of Love"
* "Everybody"
* "I Wanna"
* "Everyway That I Can"
* "Wild Dances"
* "My Number One"
* "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
* "Molitva"
* "Believe"
* "Fairytale"

2010s|

* "Satellite"
* "Running Scared"
* "Euphoria"
* "Only Teardrops"
* "Rise Like a Phoenix"
* "Heroes"
* "1944"
* "Amar pelos dois"
* "Toy"
* "Arcade"

2020s|

* "Zitti e buoni"
* "Stefania"
* "Tattoo"
* "The Code"

Songwriters

| 1950s|

* Géo Voumard / Émile Gardaz
* Guus Jansen / Willy van Hemert
* Hubert Giraud / Pierre Delanoë
* Dick Schallies / Willy van Hemert

|

1960s|

* André Popp / Pierre Cour
* Jacques Datin / Maurice Vidalin
* Claude-Henri Vic / Roland Valande
* Otto Francker / Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
* Nicola Salerno / Mario Panzeri
* Serge Gainsbourg
* Udo Jürgens / Udo Jürgens, Thomas Hörbiger
* Bill Martin, Phil Coulter
* Manuel de la Calva, Ramón Arcusa
* David Hartsema / Lenny Kuhr
* Alan Moorhouse / Peter Warne
* María José de Cerato / Aniano Alcalde
* Emil Stern / Eddy Marnay

1970s|

* Derry Lindsay / Jackie Smith
* Jean-Pierre Bourtayre / Yves Dessca
* Mario Panas / Klaus Munro / Yves Dessca
* Claude Morgan / Vline Buggy
* Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus / Stig Anderson
* Dick Bakker / Will Luikinga / Eddy Ouwens
* Tony Hiller / Lee Sheriden / Martin Lee
* Jean-Paul Cara / Joe Gracy
* Nurit Hirsh / Ehud Manor
* Kobi Oshrat / Shimrit Orr [he]

1980s|

* Shay Healy
* Andy Hill / John Danter
* Ralph Siegel / Bernd Meinunger
* Jean-Pierre Millers / Alain Garcia
* Torgny Söderberg / Britt Lindeborg
* Rolf Løvland
* Jean Paul Furnémon / Angelo Crisci / Rosario Marino Atria
* Johnny Logan
* Nella Martinetti, Atilla Şereftuğ
* Rajko Dujmić / Stevo Cvikić

1990s|

* Toto Cutugno
* Stephan Berg
* Johnny Logan
* Jimmy Walsh
* Brendan Graham
* Rolf Løvland / Petter Skavland
* Brendan Graham
* Kimberley Rew
* Svika Pick / Yoav Ginai [he]
* Lars Diedricson / Gert Lengstrand [sv]

2000s|

* Jørgen Olsen
* Ivar Must / Maian-Anna Kärmas
* Marija Naumova / Marats Samauskis
* Demir Demirkan / Sertab Erener
* Ruslana Lyzhychko / Oleksandr Ksenofontov
* Christos Dantis / Natalia Germanou
* Mr Lordi
* Vladimir Graić / Saša Milošević Mare
* Dima Bilan / Jim Beanz
* Alexander Rybak

2010s|

* Julie Frost / John Gordon [da]
* Stefan Örn / Sandra Bjurman / Iain James Farquharson
* Thomas G:son / Peter Boström
* Lise Cabble / Julia Fabrin Jakobsen / Thomas Stengaard
* Charlie Mason / Joey Patulka / Ali Zuckwoski / Julian Maas
* Anton Hård af Segerstad / Joy Deb / Linnea Deb
* Jamala
* Luísa Sobral
* Doron Medalie / Stav Beger
* Duncan Laurence / Joel Sjöö / Wouter Hardy / Will Knox

2020s|

* Damiano David / Ethan Torchio / Thomas Raggi / Victoria De Angelis
* Ihor Didenchuk / Ivan Klimenko / Oleh Psiuk / Tymofii Muzychuk / Vitalii Duzhyk
* Jimmy Thörnfeldt / Jimmy Jansson / Loreen / Moa "Cazzi Opeia" Carlebecker / Peter Boström / Thomas G:son
* Benjamin Alasu / Lasse Midtsian Nymann / Linda Dale / Nemo Mettler

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Participants in Eurovision's Songs of Europe

Songs|

* "Refrain"
* "Tom Pillibi"
* "Nous les amoureux"
* "Un premier amour"
* "Dansevise"
* "Merci, Chérie"
* "Puppet on a String"
* "La, la, la"
* "Boom Bang-a-Bang"
* "De troubadour"
* "Un jour, un enfant"
* "All Kinds of Everything"
* "Un banc, un arbre, une rue"
* "Tu te reconnaîtras"
* "Ding-a-dong"
* "Save Your Kisses for Me"
* "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant"
* "A-Ba-Ni-Bi"
* "Hallelujah"
* "What's Another Year?"
* "Making Your Mind Up"

Performers|

* Lys Assia
* Jacqueline Boyer
* Jean-Claude Pascal
* Isabelle Aubret
* Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann
* Udo Jürgens
* Sandie Shaw
* Massiel
* Lulu
* Lenny Kuhr
* Frida Boccara
* Dana
* Séverine
* Anne-Marie David
* Teach-In
* Brotherhood of Man
* Marie Myriam
* Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta
* Milk and Honey
* Johnny Logan
* Bucks Fizz

* v
* t
* e

Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits

Represented years

| Chronological order|

* 1968
* 1969
* 1973
* 1976
* 1980
* 1982
* 1984
* 1985
* 1987
* 1992
* 1998
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2006
* 2008
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014

|

Represented countries

| Alphabetical order|

* Austria
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Ireland
* Israel
* Luxembourg
* Norway
* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* United Kingdom

|

Represented artists

| Alphabetical order|

* Anne-Marie David
* Bobbysocks!
* Brotherhood of Man
* Conchita Wurst
* Dana International
* Dima Bilan
* Emmelie de Forest
* Herreys
* Johnny Logan
* Lordi
* Loreen
* Natasha St-Pier
* Nicole
* Olsen Brothers
* Rosa López

|

Represented songs

| Alphabetical order |

* "Believe / Never Let You Go" (medley)
* "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"
* "Diva"
* "Ein bißchen Frieden"
* "Euphoria"
* "Fly on the Wings of Love"
* "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
* "Je n'ai que mon âme"
* "La, la, la / Vivo cantando / Eres tú / Europe's Living a Celebration" (medley)
* "La det swinge"
* "Only Teardrops"
* "Rise Like a Phoenix"
* "Save Your Kisses for Me"
* "Tu te reconnaîtras"
* "What's Another Year / Why Me? / Hold Me Now" (medley)

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(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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