"Tu te reconnaîtras" (; "You'll Recognize Yourself"), sung in French by French singer Anne-Marie David representing , was the winning song at the

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– the first time a country won the contest two years in succession without sharing the victory, as in .

Vicky Leandros Vasiliki Papathanasiou ( el, Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου; born 23 August 1949), generally known as Vicky Leandros ( el, Βίκυ Λέανδρος, links=no), is a Greek singer living in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, music ...

had won the 1972 contest for Luxembourg with " Après toi" and the 1973 edition was consequently held in the Luxembourgish capital. Performed eleventh on the night – after 's

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with "

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" and before 's Nova with "

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" – it was awarded a total of 129 points, placing it first in a field of 17. Spain's "

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" performed by

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finished second and

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's " Power to All Our Friends" third, both songs 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. The voting was also a very close one, Luxembourg won with 129 points, with Spain finishing only 4 points behind and the United Kingdom another 2 points after. "Tu te reconnaîtras" is the only winning entry of Luxembourg with some level of local involvement. Although both Anne-Marie David, the composer , and the lyricist , were all French, the conductor

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was Luxembourgish. David recorded her winning entry in five languages; French, English ("Wonderful Dream"), German (as "Du bist da"),

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("Te reconocerás") and – very unusually – in two entirely different

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translations, entitled "Il letto del re" ("The King's Bed") and "Non si vive di paura" ("You Can't Live By Fear") respectively. In 1973 Turkish pop singer

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brought out a Turkish-language version of the song, entitled "Göreceksin kendini". The song had great success in Turkey. The same year, Finnish singer

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published a

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version of the song, "Nuoruus on seikkailu" ("Being Young is an Adventure"). 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"). It was succeeded as Luxembourg's entry in the 1974 contest by " Bye Bye, I Love You", performed by

Ireen Sheer Ireen Sheer (born 25 February 1949) is a German-English singer. She had a top five hit on the German singles chart with "Goodbye Mama" in 1973. She went on to finish fourth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 representing Luxembourg, sixth at t ...

. 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

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and finished in third place after 's "

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" and 's "

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". David was also one of the artists participating in the ''

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'' special in October 2005.

Charts

References

External links

Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1973.

Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Tu te reconnaîtras".
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