United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

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Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Country|  United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process| Artist: Internal selection
Song: A Song for Europe 1964
Selection date(s)| 7 February 1964
Selected entrant| Matt Monro
Selected song| "I Love the Little Things"
Selected songwriter(s)| Tony Hatch
Finals performance
Final result| 2nd, 17 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The United Kingdom held a national selection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. It was held on 7 February 1964 and presented by David Jacobs.

Matt Monro was chosen to sing the entry and juries made up of members of the public in sixteen UK cities selected I Love the Little Things for him to sing at the Eurovision final, where it placed 2nd in the contest. Monro released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single A Song for Europe, which reached number 16 in the EP top 20 chart. He subsequently released the winning song on single, with the runner up on the B-Side, but this single failed to reach the official UK Singles Chart.

## Before Eurovision[edit]

### A Song for Europe 1964[edit]

Draw  | Song  | Place  | Points

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1  | "Choose"  | 4  | 16
2  | "It's Funny How You Know"  | 6  | 11
3  | "I Love the Little Things"  | 1  | 87
4  | "I've Got the Moon on My Side"  | 2  | 43
5  | "Ten Out of Ten"  | 5  | 15
6  | "Beautiful, Beautiful"  | 3  | 20

## At Eurovision[edit]

"I Love the Little Things" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest.

At the Eurovision the BBC TV commentary was provided by David Jacobs, whilst Ian Fenner provided radio commentary for British Forces Radio.

The Austrian entry in the 1964 contest "Warum nur, warum?", performed by songwriter Udo Jürgens, caught Monro's ear, despite its sixth-place finish, and he recorded an English version titled "Walk Away" (lyric by Monro's manager Don Black), earning him another hit single late in 1964.

### Voting[edit]

Points awarded to the United Kingdom[1] | Score  | Country

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5 points  |

* Norway
* Switzerland

3 points  |  Finland
1 point  |

* Austria
* France
* Germany
* Netherlands

Points awarded by the United Kingdom[1] | Score  | Country

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5 points  |  Italy
3 points  |  Finland
1 point  |  Netherlands

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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Songs|

* "All"
* "Are You Sure?"
* "The Bad Old Days"
* "Beg, Steal or Borrow"
* "Believe in Me"
* "Better the Devil You Know"
* "Bigger than Us"
* "Boom Bang-a-Bang"
* "Children of the Universe"
* "Come Back"
* "Congratulations"
* "Cry Baby"
* "Dizzy"
* "Don't Play That Song Again"
* "Embers"
* "Even If"
* "Flying the Flag (For You)"
* "Give a Little Love Back to the World"
* "Go"
* "Hold On to Our Love"
* "I Belong"
* "I Can"
* "I Love the Little Things"
* "I Wrote a Song"
* "I'm Never Giving Up"
* "It's My Time"
* "Jack in the Box"
* "Knock, Knock Who's There?"
* "Let Me Be the One"
* "Long Live Love"
* "Looking High, High, High"
* "Love City Groove"
* "Love Enough for Two"
* "Love Games"
* "Love Is..."
* "Love Shine a Light"
* "Love Will Set You Free"
* "Making Your Mind Up"
* "A Man Without Love"
* "Mary Ann"
* "A Message to Your Heart"
* ~~"My Last Breath"~~
* "Never Give Up on You"
* "No Dream Impossible"
* "One Step Further"
* "One Step Out of Time"
* "Only the Light"
* "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
* "Power to All Our Friends"
* "Puppet on a String"
* "Ring-A-Ding Girl"
* "Rock Bottom"
* "Runner in the Night"
* "Save Your Kisses for Me"
* "Say It Again"
* "Say Wonderful Things"
* "Sing, Little Birdie"
* "Space Man"
* "Still in Love with You"
* "Storm"
* "Teenage Life"
* "That Sounds Good to Me"
* "Touch My Fire"
* "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)"
* "Where Are You?"
* "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong"
* "You're Not Alone"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete

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Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Artists|

* Hugues Aufray
* Arne Bendiksen
* António Calvário
* Gigliola Cinquetti
* Robert Cogoi
* Anneke Grönloh
* Udo Jürgens
* Sabahudin Kurt
* Lasse Mårtenson
* Matt Monro
* Nora Nova
* Rachel
* Romuald
* Bjørn Tidmand
* Tim, Nelly and Tony
* Anita Traversi

Songs|

* "Caracola"
* "Le Chant de Mallory"
* "Dès que le printemps revient"
* "I Love the Little Things"
* "I miei pensieri"
* "Jij bent mijn leven"
* "Laiskotellen"
* "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne"
* "Non ho l'età"
* "Oração"
* "Où sont-elles passées"
* "Près de ma rivière"
* "Sangen om dig"
* "Spiral"
* "Warum nur, warum?"
* "Život je sklopio krug"

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