Séverine (born Josiane Grizeau; 10 October 1948) is a French singer. Séverine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 for

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, performing "

Un banc, un arbre, une rue "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (; "A Bench, a Tree, a Street") was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 performed in French language, French by French people, French singer Séverine (singer), Séverine, representing . The song is a ...

" (''A bench, a tree, a street''), with music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and words by Yves Dessca. It was recorded in English as "Chance in Time", in German as "Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" and

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as "Il posto". The original French version made #9 in the

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in May 1971, whereas the English version, released on

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rather than

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, did not chart. The song charted highly in most other European markets. Séverine had further success in France and Germany, but never again on an international scale. Séverine made two further attempts at winning the Eurovision Song Contest, participating in the German national finals of 1975 and 1982. Neither song won. She accompanied Monaco's delegation to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in

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, Greece.

Discography and chart success

" (#1 Sweden, #1 Canada, #2

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, #3 France, #3 Ireland, #9 UK, #23 Germany) *"Chance in Time" *"Mach die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)" (#23 Germany) *"Il posto" (#53

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) *"Vivre pour moi" (#32 France) *"Ja der Eiffelturm" (#27 Germany) *"Comme un appel" (#24 France) *"J'ai besoin de soleil" (#29 France) *"Olala L'Amour" (#19 Germany) *"Là ou tu n'es pas" (#44 France) *"Mon tendre amour" (#47 France) *"Der Duft von Paris" (#40 Germany) *"Il faut chanter la vie" (a

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Eurovision entry " Power to All Our Friends") (#46 France) *"Vergessen heißt verloren sein" (#47 Germany) *"Du bist für mich der größte Schatz" (#49 Germany) *"Sieben Tränen" (a

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's 1981 hit "Seven Tears")(#49 Germany)

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