Love shine a light - United kingdom 1997 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra

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"Love shine a light"
Country : United Kingdom
Year : 1997
Performed by : Katrina & the Waves:
Lyrics : Kimberley Rew
Music : Kimberley Rew
Arrangement : Don Airey, Mike Nocito
Conductor : Don Airey

[@DavidL1986]

When I was a child in 1997, I never understood how we won with this song. Now as an adult.. now I understand why we won. The songs fucking amazing. What a voice

[@Mitjitsu]

Tony Blair had just won an election, which meant every everyone liked us.

[@adzy166]

Magnificent.

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

Also a time without Tories.

[@hardcoreheaven4]

@@jason_a_smith_gb Labour won the election two days before this performance…

[@valwas6581]

See my comments above. That's why UK was allowed to win. Paving way to the WAR!!

[@markers663]

Who is watching this in 2024?

[@blacktron9162]

Unforgetable

[@k.i.u.k7345]

I recently rediscovered it and it's my current earworm 🎶❤️

[@lindak485]

Why hadn't I heard this when it came out in the mid 90s? It is gorgeous! I hope it returns with many cover versions in 2024 ❤❤❤

[@HempsteadGaz]

The best British entry EVER.

[@timanderson5981]

I am just digging through older Eurovision videos. This song is amazing compared to some of the trash that now passes for "music" in 2024.

[@emmakreuk9918]

My church choir and I sing this every now and then. I also sang it in my my choir at primary school. The song is great for occasions when younger people are in the church. It's easy to sing along and sounds very happy but with a good message.

[@pacus1970]

Love forever Katrina & the Waves. Hello and hugs for those who dream of a better world without hatred and violence of any kind.

[@HeH-uk1dh]

A very moving song and a deserving winner, one of my favourites. Should be released again. Very apt in these troubled times xx

[@Eric-lt3xq]

Nobody gives you any vote because Europe Don t like the UK because of the brexit!!

[@JeSuisRene]

Erik Eindhoven Eindhoven not just brexit. We REALLY started to do bad in 2003, incidentally the year Blair messes up foreign policy (i.e Iraq)

[@bwlboy123]

Eurovision gold. Still a brilliant song.

[@emin9504]

Perfect song. Love from Turkey to England🇹🇷❤️🇬🇧 You should listen Dinle-Şebnem Paker. It's perfect song

[@kehiduvan9171]

I was born in that year, But so far in every winning song in eurovision song this song has a strong connected with me, that's why I replay this song again and again

[@paultown6572]

Just realised Deep Purple Keys player Don Airy conducting.

[@FJMLAM]

me! on 3 July actually

[@juzekjuzex6334]

The times when really good song won the eurovision song contest...

[@christineanderson8136]

The last time the UK took it seriously......

[@oumiecisse-ba1353]

@@christineanderson8136 sam ryder 2022 was amazing

[@timcook1928]

"Well, if that doesn't win, we might as well pack up the tents and go home." - Sir Terry.

[@adamknight7904]

In 1997 it won because back in those days it was about the best song winning, in 2022 its all about virtue signalling gesture politics. Sam Ryder should have won this year as it was easily the UK's best entry since Katrina although if you ask me this song is still considerably better.

[@simonfootie6255]

@@adamknight7904 we will win next year as long as someone bombs us

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

Say that again to the faces of the kids dancing to Stefania in bomb shelters in Kyiv. Music is a powerful thing, and there’s a whole world out there

[@rayphillips6060]

What a legend Sir Terry was R.I.P sir Terry

[@masond7573]

@@adamknight7904 even though I really liked Ukraine's song and am fine with it winning..yeah, it probably wouldn't have won without the war. Still, the overwhelming majority of the televote is what propelled it to victory.

[@clarepartrick1066]

That his how you perform a winning song, even now I get a little emotional as was and still is a memorable song Katrina you did the UK proud.

[@sidpheasant7585]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJDbnn2ZnJaceLc - when it won in 2020 too, despite the pandemic...

[@m98609]

The last eurovision winner with a live orchestra

[@richardevans3680]

Not quite, the 1998 Eurovision from the UK was the last with a live orchestra.

[@oxyo3531]

you didn't have to have an orchestra and Israel, the winner, chose not to have one.

[@alexliverpyl5583]

@@richardevans3680 UK wasn't winner in 1998

[@richardevans3680]

@@alexliverpyl5583 Yes I know.

[@LordDavid04]

Bring back the orchestra! They don't need to perform each song, just the theme music like you would at the Oscars.

[@puddle_puddle]

No gimmicks, no dancers, just a damn good song.

[@sidpheasant7585]

a heavenly good song

[@britishguy]

Katrina's voice was truly stunning in this. Perfectly synced vibrato and extremely powerful. Her lovely smile, live orchestra and fantastic song. This performance could never have failed to win.

[@peterzozulak569]

..it was like a Shinkansen. Came, perfect speed, everybody was taken by it, and there you are, winners were created.

[@AbdulAZADChowdhury]

Without question the daddy of all Eurovision .that has stood the test of time ,with a beautiful message sung to perfection....Katrina & Waves 1st...the rest now where...just magic

[@esesver5587]

You'r right. 😢

[@LauraTryUK]

Hey, I'm just over here with full goosebumps - just incredible! 0:32 tambourine lady's face on the right 0:47 nervous/excited laugh 1:17 guitar mans face 1:26 Just wow! 1:49 "woah!" - pure joy 2:05 flutey thing 2:08 the trumpet 🎺 - it totally gets me! 2:46 final chorus 💖😭 Nailed it Katrina. Just love it! I was 15 in 1997 and didn't think anything of this. Now I can fully appreciate how wonderful this song is. Pure goosebumps.

[@tulgabadrakh3110]

When the UK takes Eurovision seriously they can strike absolute gold, instead of sending the same generic or outdated dross for the last decade.

[@usualsuspect7484]

Yes - you're right The Beatles / The Who / The Rolling Stones / Oasis / Take That The UK has nothing to contribute to pop music...

[@CeruleanSword]

@@usualsuspect7484 Our pop groups are the most successful in the entire world 🙂 One Direction and Little Mix. Better than USA pop music, made more 💰.

[@peefuzz351]

@@usualsuspect7484 they were talking about Eurovision smart arse.

[@andyontour2093]

Yes you got it 100%

[@williamchapple8886]

Looks as if things could be changing in 2022.... currently 3rd in the odds with 1 week to go

[@SeverityOne]

Why, UK, why? You're the most commercially successful music producing nation in Europe, and you can send in brilliant entries like this one. So why on earth all that drivel of the past years? You don't get nil points because of Brexit (well, maybe a little) but because your songs suck.

[@madabbafan]

Some of it is because most established acts in the UK won't go near it. The reason - they are already successul and the UK has the second biggest music industry second only to the USA. They don't need the exposure of Eurovision and the risk of not winning is too high for them to risk it. I remember what Bjorn from ABBA once said 'If we had been British or American we would have never have had to resort to Eurovision. But at that time it was really the only way to get noticed outside of Sweden.

[@vladyslavkovalenko4454]

The last winner with live orchestra. AMAZING song, I'm sure even now this song could win

[@celestialtrash2576]

Vladyslav Kovalénko There was still an orcherstra in '98, but in '99 they removed it because they don't have enough money for that. I miss the orchestra, it brings magic on a Eurovision song. :'(

[@vladyslavkovalenko4454]

Diva was performed without orchestra :/ so it remains the last

[@celestialtrash2576]

Vladyslav Kovalénko Oh, is that so? I guess I still need to learn more about ESC. Thanks. :)

[@vladyslavkovalenko4454]

it's OK, you were almost right, just 98 had some performances with orchestra and some without. Israel refused to use the orchestra

[@rolfott2147]

...and the conducter plays now the keyboards for Deep Purple.

[@bazbasil3653]

I get goosebumps every time I watch this performance. It is one of the best Eurovision performances of all time! With love from Ukraine. And thank you very much for your support!!! 🇬🇧 ❤ 🇺🇦

[@Loganberrybunny]

Love from the UK back to you in Ukraine!

[@richardcallaghan7454]

❤

[@martintomas1570]

Best UK entry ever, can’t see that performance being beaten.

[@JeSuisRene]

Absolutely!

[@thelucy53]

Not in the same league as Bucks Fizz

[@wargreymonandi2342]

No Brotherhood of Man were better than Cathrina

[@mariozondag2576]

@@wargreymonandi2342 Sandie Shaw was better. Your first winner for Christ sake.

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Not with it now being so political

[@christuffer]

Say what you want, but that's a great live vocal performance.

[@escLIVEmusic1]

Yes. It's a really great live vocal performance. Katrina nailed it that evening. And together with her backingsingers and the musicans from the RTE Orchestra they created a moment of magic. Unfortunatly live interaction between musicians and vocalists is not longer allowed in the contest today (since they only allow prerecorded music nowadays )

[@thedistractedbaker7401]

@@escLIVEmusic1 Do you mean the backing music has to be prerecorded?

[@escLIVEmusic1]

@@thedistractedbaker7401 Yes, it's a sad story. Since 1999 there have been no live music in Eurovison, apart from the vocals. Those acts which includs instrumentalist, bands etc. nowadys just mime playing their instruments.

[@aleksasabados1864]

Agreeee

[@fritzh.8553]

One of the really beautiful ESC winning songs. Wonderful voice, great melody. I am walking on sunshine every time I hear it.

[@mikiebart6312]

Fantastic winner,a classic!! Gotta say the stage is freakin cool especially for the 90’s🙌🏻

[@Ianu57]

After 2020 version, but this was great, deserve won!

[@daneeh]

Those were the times when music was what mattered. One of the best winning songs ever. Astonishing performance! Let's make Eurovision great again!

[@jeremybarun]

Im here after they announced Europe Shine a Light, lets hope that you will perform during this show.

[@kevos9562]

Hopefully they will ask her to do it don't want to see the song butcherd by some wannabe

[@karlt2766]

@Srijan ESC really???

[@arielrojas6887]

They will, and all countries who are active and associated members of the EBU will broadcast the Eurovision Europe Shine The Light including Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

[@Ianu57]

THEY PERFORM IN A BETTER WAY, 40 COUNTRIES AND SHE WAS EPIC

[@beatsbycossack]

They had every 2020 act sing this song (edit: except Belgium)

[@a.l.rockliffe]

A shout for Don Airey. He was the conductor/arranger on the night and was responsible for all the sublime "extra bits" that are sorely missing in the studio version. Wikipedia is your friend here - I was gobsmacked when I read how many (and which) bands he has performed with!

[@michaellorentzen1051]

The deep purple family is a winner here too!

[@lilylaw1517]

@@michaellorentzen1051 Sadly good as Don is, he always looks second rate for those of us who experienced Purple with the sublime Jon Lord.

[@jurgenradics155]

This is a timeless classic with a timeless magic that has stood the test of time and is still very relevant today. 2.12.21

[@allilouxia]

that was not a song but rather a typhoon..I still remember me and my parents discussing ''Here we have a winner''

[@sylviewindsor607]

Loved it straight away and still got shivers hearing it.x👏

[@stevetaylor6995]

@@sylviewindsor607 Absolutely! 23 years ago and I *still* get shivers watching this!

[@philipburke9812]

For me one of the greatest eurovision songs absolutely great harmonies and the backing singers was immense, kimberley, what a fantastic singer.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Katrina Leskanich sings it, Rew wrote it.

[@michaelocyoung]

@@LarryFleetwood8675 not only that, Kimberley Rew is actually a man!

[@michaelocyoung]

Rew's the dude with the guitar. (EDIT: NO HE'S NOT - SEE BELOW)

[@Bizz55]

The bass guitar.

[@michaelocyoung]

@@Bizz55 Turns out it's none of them - he didn't perform on the night. Vincent de la Cruz is on guitar, Phil Nicholl is on bass.

[@fotismpalopitas7196]

Old good days of Eurovision! Best song ever and biggest win ever (81% points receive from available points 227 out of 276)!

[@jameslevens2121]

Thank you very much for that great remark!

[@rebeccahooper7968]

Way to go out cause we not won since

[@fotismpalopitas7196]

You know each country can’t vote itself so 23*12=276 available.

[@fotismpalopitas7196]

I gave you the official page of Eurovision my friend.So 24!

[@dianequinn2785]

A hole in one well said no1 best ever song in the Eurovision !

[@FQuintanaMarrero]

The last time UK won the Eurovision Song Contest.

[@gazowenowen250]

And will ever be

[@Euroviking86]

So far!

[@Chris-ln6so]

@@gazowenowen250 I doubt that. The UK will win again.

[@brocklod3673]

This was 19 days before my sister was born and she’ll be 24 this year. That’s how old the last UK victory is.

[@jamesclow108]

If there could be a world anthem, I'd choose this.

[@jamieshannon9809]

A good song but personally I would choose Celebrate The World by Womack and Womack.

[@marjol3in]

Me too

[@tubeall1169]

Good one💞 (My own favorite 'anthem of the world' is 🎶Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer🎵😉😌🌌🌟🍀🛡

[@lizlizchristian]

That's so sweet. We should have a anthem 😊

[@diefer9999]

To be fair, when Eurovision was cancelled in 2020, and they had that weird show, this was THE anthemic song everybody knew.

[@marstar-vh8ge]

That trumpet in 02:08 and 02:11 still gives me chills even after 22 years!!!

[@driverdoozer]

It's a little touch, along with the flute that you really notice is missing from the studio version but makes such a difference. There's a live orchestra version of Charlotte Perrelli's Hero that is exactly the same: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWHNhpVurNJ5qLc

[@thomasmaes1263]

Totally agree. You just KNOW it's coming when you listen to it and even that gives me goosebumps. :-D

[@marcelleratafia2360]

why?

[@allilouxia]

@@marcelleratafia2360 because you dont have good taste in music

[@blargh7571]

Lol, I scrolled to this comment like 1 second before that trumpet 😂

[@JeSuisRene]

Really appropriate for these troubled, unpredictable times

[@MrsMonaco2]

Was so proud and still am. Our finest moment in this contest. Such a pro.

[@rebeccahooper7968]

You bet it was

[@Msclaret]

our best moement in Eurovision, to date, It wont be beaten x stay safe everyone xx

[@adrianpallis4568]

Most are forgetting Katrina and the waves were a legit band long before ESC.

[@rebeccahooper7968]

@@adrianpallis4568 how many established singers did we use. Michael Ball, sonya cliff Richard. Your point being. Ireland used same singer for years

[@mariozondag2576]

@@adrianpallis4568 so? That was ABBA to before they won with Waterloo

[@eightiesmusic1984]

They paid their dues as touring and recording musicians for many years leading up to this spectacular moment. Most of the time I watch and enjoy this without getting emotional but sometimes.....there's a few tears owing to the majesty of the performance and the sentiment in the song. More frequently, it gives me goose bumps because it is one of the best performances I will ever see and I love it every time I hear it. I saw KATW twice, once in 1988 and then in 1995, with both performances extremely polished. It came as no surprise that they were able to pull this off so brilliantly to walk away with the crown as the highest scoring act of all time ( I don't know if that has changed as I haven't watched the contest for over 15 years). I hope the band read the comments about them on You Tube so they know how much their fan base appreciates them, as I for one, believe they are one of the most unsung and underrated bands Britain has seen. I am glad to be among those who have been lucky enough to know the value of their music since the mid eighties.

[@snowcold5932]

The record has been broken 4 times by now. I really recommend you get back in the contest, as there's a surprising amount of quality music in it :)

[@johnking6573]

Loved it then ,and still do in 2019 👍😇🙋

[@robertlower6212]

In those days the quality of song writing was better. Nowadays the contest seems to be about the staging, suspect costume and wind machines! All very distracting! The contest would be better if the number of entries in the final was restricted to 10 or 12 then each of those entries performed twice with two different arrangements! That way it's all about the song!

[@Euroviking86]

It's funny to think that both an American and a Canadian have won Eurovision.

[@ajc8815]

I really think it's about time America and Canada should be permitted to join Eurovision given that Australia is already allowed to compete

[@Mitjitsu]

@@ajc8815 You don't want to be in it. The voting has always been hyper politized.

[@cupcakefairy87]

I'd like to see an Australian winner one day

[@ChipZ2011]

who after 2020 tribute

[@oliviercalmel2]

24 years after, this song would win the Eurovision

[@nearlyretired7005]

No it wouldn't! It's now a political movement not a song contest. The UK is the highest contributer to Eurovision. It creates millions of jobs in the UK... wait a minute....it brings millions to the British economy hang on- May be not....Let's get rid of it,yes.

[@rebeccahooper7968]

@@nearlyretired7005 and the scandal runs deep. Money that we give to broadcasters like fox cnn.. It needs exposing

[@DavidL1986]

In 1997 as a child I never understood how we won with this song.. now as an adult.. now I understand. The song is fucking amazing

[@mayazir]

21 years ago.. i remember it as if it was yesterday... i liked the song..

[@hikaru78-]

@@nearlyretired7005 that's not True. Don't be a sore loser. It wasn't politic, UK was average so a lot of people forgot It. Didn't deserve zero points tho but wasn't amazing. UK have to bring masterpiece like this one to win ^^

[@cultfiction3865]

We need more entries like this one for UK

[@fodsaks]

We'd lose, no matter what we entered.

[@veggie42]

No that was the times, times have changed, we needed Raya and Kerrie Anne

[@mariozondag2576]

@@veggie42 the fun part is that originally she an American. Not even a Brit.😂😂😂😂😁

[@DanDan-cd6ht]

@@fodsaks We had andrew lloyd webber one year and we still lost!

[@francescob3439]

U got it this year loool

[@stepeasoup]

Absolutely AMAZING song! I get so so emotional listening to it. I'm 33 now and had just started high school, this winning was such a big deal. What a truly golden and innocent age; both in Eurovision and in the state of this country/world now. I would give ANYTHING to go back to those times.

[@LukepSH88]

Wow, I felt this comment. I agree with every word. Thank god we had the 90s I was only a small kid but so glad I had some experience of it.

[@FlaviusHH]

This is good stuff. A true Eurovision anthem.

[@kikianne8788]

Funny how we never win the actual contest anynore. But Europe chooses this great song to promote eurovision 2020. Ironic and highly amusing

[@annetteduffy6394]

I agree

[@watermelonludmilla5555]

Cuz u don’t send good songs anymore

[@shimmieparry1182]

Best UK entry ever, still love it to this day 🇬🇧❤🇬🇧

[@deepskywalker66]

After NEW SEEKERS, 1972.

[@finnpetersen1066]

It's just one of those songs - you from the beginning knows will win❤🥰❤

[@mreurovisionau]

A great winner. In my top 10 best ever Eurovision songs.

[@vm1672]

Omg! I remember watching this as a kid in Switzerland. She was the one my mom hoped would win😊

[@rjmcallister1888]

1997: The closest the US will ever come to winning Eurovision. Katrina Leskanich is an American, but spends most of her time based in London. Guitarist Kimberley Rew wrote this; it extended their career a few more years.

[@jameslevens2773]

Yes, it probably is the closest that the US will get to winning the Eurovision Song Contest, but what a magnificent victory for an American-born singer! (And I mean that sincerely!)

[@Euroviking86]

That's actually funny to think about, that the Eurovision has been won both by an American and a Canadian.

[@alexandrathrift4241]

Katrina is ours now :)

[@paulholdcroft]

Vocals like this are a reminder of how bad vocals are today.

[@piafle4620]

Saw the show yesterday, there where many great voices, but not many good songs..

[@mariozondag2576]

Agree

[@andybaistow9368]

Who's listening to this during lockdown 2020?

[@nickpalmer3076]

Yes.

[@Msclaret]

hell yes! my favourite song to date,!

[@rebeccahooper7968]

Me.

[@RATATOUILLE-z4p]

Me ! 👍👏👏 16 mai 2020

[@andybaistow9368]

Thankyou for the likes and been here listening to this brilliant song through lockdown. It's the most likes I've ever had for anything on KZbin. 👍

[@moboha]

Bring back that orchestra!!!!!

[@charlotte69woking74]

The last UK Winner

[@flowerofthesouth]

Hopefully One day the UK will win again!

[@OO-gd7]

@@flowerofthesouth greetings from İstanbul i hope so

[@GAZSCOTLAND41]

@@flowerofthesouth That is only going to happen when they start voting for the actual Songs not the Countries !

[@tanyarees844]

And last because it's now political shite and not actually about the song

[@stevetaylor6995]

Last and best

[@liambehan6940]

Who is watching this in 2021?

[@ruibento7045]

We never knew this song would mean a lot that we are in struggle in the world now

[@sophieharbers8953]

I love this! the melody, the beautiful lyrics (about brotherhood & love). How beautiful that 23 years, after this performance, people from all across europe sang this song together!

[@jolanta1706]

Jaka szkoda , że już nie ma takich pięknych piosenek , Eurowizja już przestała być miejscem muzyki , promowanie dziadostwa zboczeństwa .....Eurowizjo !!!! nie jest ci żal ......

[@ItIsGuido]

Fabulous entry and well deserved winner!

[@alexeyfarforov4777]

Полностью с тобой согласен.

[@xxxxxxxx8634]

Turkey should've won

[@ItIsGuido]

@@alexeyfarforov4777 Спасибо

[@tvmraf]

Without any shadow of a doubt the all-time best Eurovision song winner.

[@tourmaline07]

This excellent song would go to another level with the visuals and staging we have today , I'd love to have seen her perform this in Liverpool earlier this year!

[@vincentmichaelleguesse6021]

Thanks Katrina and the waves for uniting the World with this wonderful arrangement!

[@SuperJNG18]

You see, UK? It's not politics! Just send songs as good as this with performers as strong as Katrina and you can totally win again! This is one of my favorite Eurovision entries ever and no other British entry comes close. Brilliant song and performance and quite possibly the best orchestral arrangement of any song (Hemel en aarde from the following year is also fantastically-arranged). Also, it was funny seeing Katrina come back to give the British points in 2017 and one of the co-hosts remarked that they were born that year. She looked somewhat bemused. (And then the UK, wisely, gave 12 to Portugal, a testament to how things can change in twenty years: the UK and Ireland struggling for results while Portugal, who got zero points the year Katrina won, walked away with the biggest victory ever seen up to that point - the very achievement Katrina did back in '97!)

[@paulhann1665]

The greatest Eurovision moment since 1974

[@fotismpalopitas7196]

U.K 1997: 227 points 1st place U.K 2007: 19 points 22th place What happened BBC?

[@GAZSCOTLAND41]

Nothing to do with the BBC,Political voting thats what happened,why the UK even bothers entering these days baffles me

[@jamiestainer9389]

The way eurovision has become more about spectacle than the songs. I was so happy when Salvador Sobral won, finally a great song with a varied chord progression, subtlety and excellent lyircs.

[@EurovisionFan91]

I think UK just tries to find excuses why they fail every year, rather than send just a f*cking good song

[@jamiestainer9389]

@@EurovisionFan91 I agree with this, but Lucie Jones' 'Never Give Up On You' deserved a better score.

[@elenika1456]

UK 2019: 26th place

[@sweeperboy]

Totally deserved winner and a real anthem to World Peace, something we need in early 2022 as much as ever. Incredible vocal performance from Katrina. It's strange that a group that, to be honest, never really made it as a _massive_ act nonetheless had two monster hits: "Love Shine A Light" and 12 years previously, "Walking On Sunshine". You can fluke a single hit, but if you can put out two songs like that in a career, regardless of other success, there's quality there.

[@peterzozulak569]

it is a sign of geniouses. In this Katrina ( and the Waves) is a genius.

[@papparon8897]

The times when the UK had no problem getting good results...

[@HK-hc4id]

The BEST Eurovision song ever!

[@gazowenowen250]

Best UK entry best ever debatable

[@mariozondag2576]

Sandie Shaw: puppet on a string. Also good

[@JS-ir4sh]

Nahh best song ever is Sound of Silence from Dami Im

[@lisascarrott6142]

It is beautiful

[@nickpalmer3076]

What a great performance Katrina did us proud.

[@javierd.d]

Love for everybody. United against coronavirus. Much love from Spain. 🇪🇸💪🏻

[@paulcrosbie1589]

When Eurovision peaked !

[@martius021]

Proof that United Kingdom can send a perfect songs unlike what they've sent last years.

[@soccer1970-f5f]

They have had decent songs, They cant stop eastern europe from cheating and voting for each other.

[@martius021]

@@soccer1970-f5f i agree but all countries do the same. Uk gives Ireland, Scandinavian countries give one each other .

[@poetryanne1]

It's more to do with politics I think. The UK have become unpopular in the EU.Things can only get worse with BREXIT I feel

[@CricketEngland]

Sorry but we could put up Adel, Ed Sheeran, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, The Rolling Stones or any one in the current U.K. top 40 to represent the U.K. and we would still lose as no one in Eurovision likes the U.K. anymore

[@paigewallace3771]

@@CricketEngland apparently they liked us this year 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

[@themusicbugz]

2020 and still one of the best winner entries!

[@burhanyil5724]

In our hard times due to the virus, this song gives hope to the hearts.

[@KDG2794]

the flutes and trumpets at 2:04 still give me chills till now.. the best performance..

[@KiyokaMakibi]

I'm here after our atrocious entry this year. Now I feel better.

[@NeilStagg]

A truly wonderful song, a wonderful performance and wonderfully orchestrated 🙂

[@Massiiiiiiii]

So e deserved winner❤still love this, greetings from Italy🇮🇹

[@edmundtory6931]

still remember watching this with my parents when it won. It was (and still is) one of our favourites

[@abbieprice3430]

I grew up listening to Katrina and the Waves, especially their song Walking On Sunshine! But I didn’t know that they won Eurovision in 97 until recently!

[@henningandersen4728]

By far the greatest Eurovision song of all time, in my ears.

[@JUNO_EDM]

Yeah no.

[@lupiinternational]

Great great song !!!! With love from Albania, Luan's motherland (Gangs of London) ❤️

[@OO-gd7]

Live music and orchestra vocal is perfect

[@SpuddersSpud-ps6dd]

Knew this was the winner within a minute of hearing it. That melody. Without question the last great Eurovision song.

[@moow950]

This will be the theme of the Saturday’s broadcast of the replacement show of the Eurovision Contest due to the Corona virus!

[@kimberleylloyd9835]

If we sang another like this we would win with ease should be our national anthem

[@KeithApp]

The only time UK has ever won the contest throughout my lifetime. Possibly the last time it ever will.

[@rainbowveil]

There are some Eurovision songs that you can’t imagine being second or third,they just feel like winning songs.This is definitely one of them .

[@aburrki6732]

sounds like an ending credits song for this era of eurovision.

[@arivretos2314]

One of the best winners ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 I can't help myself but I must to listen to this song when I am in UK so right now ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@matthewdonovan1240]

Just the kind of song we all need right now. What a powerful song.

[@richardmcdonagh2813]

where do the years go 1997 I was 9 remember watching this with mum dad and brothers rip mam xx

[@jatojo]

There are Eurovision winner songs that are typical of their time - and then there are winning songs that still sound great today. Like this one.

[@josiemcgrath4949]

Really brilliant song .powerful voice

[@sipadborn]

Das war noch Musik.

[@agnieszka1094]

Och jakie to piękne ❤LOVE słuchamy tego bardzo często. Pozdrowienia z Polski 2024😊❤❤❤

[@edmundtory6931]

such a wholesome song

[@Nuron666]

commanding performance from Katrina There are not many female singers that could do this.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

One of my favourite bands. They played my university hall of residence at Christmas 1988 and were utterly professional, playing a blistering set. One of the best concerts I have ever seen. I saw them in 1995 at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden and they were great then too at a time when their career was on a downward trajectory to put it mildly. The 1997 Eurovision win was of Lazarus like proportions and a superb triumph. Everything about it is brilliant from the delivery to the clothes. I also love Katrina's comment about two great victories for Britain in a week, also referring to the election win for Labour. Halcyon days or so it seemed.

[@sma9662]

such a "feel good" song, my favorite Eurovision entry of all times

[@SJAutomotiveDesign]

Before the woke mob took over Eurovision, you could actually find great songs like this one in the show.