The Light Will Shine on Us Again Brother
| "Love Smooth a Lite" | ||||
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| Single by Katrina and the Waves | ||||
| from the album Walk on Water | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kimberley Rew | |||
| Katrina and the Waves singles chronology | ||||
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| Eurovision Vocal Contest 1997 entry | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Creative person(south) |
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| Every bit | Katrina & the Waves | |||
| Linguistic communication | English language | |||
| Composer(s) | Kimberley Rew | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Kimberley Rew | |||
| Conductor | Don Airey | |||
| Finals operation | ||||
| Final result | 1st | |||
| Final points | 227 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Ooh Aah... Merely a Footling Fleck" (1996) | ||||
| "Where Are You?" (1998) ► | ||||
"Love Shine a Lite" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed by Katrina and the Waves as the UK's Eurovision 1997 entrant and the lead single from the album Walk on Water. Information technology is the grouping's biggest success since "Walking on Sunshine" 12 years before.
Composition/Great British Vocal Contest [edit]
The vocal was composed by the group'south guitarist and regular songwriter Kimberley Rew post-obit a request from the brother of the group's drummer Alex Cooper for an anthem for Samaritans in recognition of the thirtieth anniversary of the Swindon co-operative of that arrangement – Cooper's brother being a member of that branch. In a 1997 interview Katrina and the Waves pb vocaliser Katrina Leskanich indicated that it was members of the Samaritans who opined that "Beloved Shine a Light" "was the type of song which would win the Eurovision Vocal Contest and [so] at the last minute, [Katrina and the Waves] submitted the song with our £250 [entrance fee]"[1] for consideration to vie in the Great British Song Contest, the national preselection circular for the UK in Eurovision 1997.
It was also reported that Carmina Cooper, the director of Katrina and the Waves and the wife of Alex Cooper, met up with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's breakfast presenter (and Head of Music) Dan Chisholm to play the track for him: Chisholm's response was to urge that the number be entered in the Great British Vocal Contest, and later on affording "Beloved Shine a Low-cal" its radio airplay debut Chisholm alleged it "the song which will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest".
In a 2010 interview Leskanich would state that Great British Vocal Contest executive producer Jonathan King had in fact initiated Katrina and the Waves involvement in the Great British Contest as he had contacted Leskanich to ask if her group had a song which might be a suitable contender to vie to go the UK entrant at Eurovision 1997. Leskanich would paraphrase her response to King as beingness: "Yes, we have this song called 'Love Shine A Light' which nosotros've never put on a record because it'south too cheesy, also ABBA, besides Eurovision, and so it would be perfect for you."[two]
Leskanich stated in 2010 that the original program was that an act other than Katrina and the Waves would exist found to perform "Love Shine a Light" for Eurovision consideration merely that Warner Bros. Records executive Steve Allan – who Leskanich describes every bit "a large Eurovision fan...it's always been his dream to win it" – said: "Wait, you guys have a name, we tin can still practise business in Europe. All you need is a hit song, and nosotros desire yous to do information technology. And if you do do information technology we'll give you a tape bargain"; adds Leskanich: "And then we couldn't say no." Leskanich would also state that Kimberley Rew had said of Katrina and the Waves pursuing the Eurovision 1997 title with his composition: "I'm not having annihilation to practise with it".[two] The ix March 1997 circulate of the Great British Song Contest last featured a taped interview with Rew, in which he described Eurovision equally "one of those great institutions of life"; he also accompanied Leskanich onstage to be congratulated for "Dearest Shine a Light"'s being announced as the UK entrant for Eurovision 1997.[3] Still, he didn't perform on stage for this appearance or the Eurovision 1997 final held on three May 1997.
In a 2020 interview, Leskanich revealed that she was asked if she could "endeavour and talk like an English language person" equally some people were not happy with the UK being represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by an American artist.[4]
One of 8 songs aired in the Great British Song Contest semi-concluding broadcast on BBC Radio ii on seven February 1997, "Love Smooth a Low-cal" was one of iv songs advanced by televote to the Great British Song Contest last. The Peachy British Vocal Contest final was a alive performance evidence broadcast by BBC Boob tube on nine March 1997, at the decision of which "Beloved Shine a Light" was announced as the 1997 UK entrant in Eurovision, the song having received 69,834 televotes – 11,138 more than the second-place finisher.[v]
Eurovision 1997 final [edit]
Operation [edit]
On the dark of the Eurovision 1997 final – held on three May 1997 in the Indicate Theatre, Dublin – "Dear Shine a Calorie-free" was performed 24th in a field of 25 songs being preceded by the Croatian entry "Probudi me" and followed with the Icelandic entry "Minn hinsti dans".
Leskanich would afterwards state she'd supplied her own outfit for her performance on the Eurovision 1997 finale: "the boys [ie. the Waves] were getting cute suits made by William Hunt and my outfit was an afterthought. They came [in] with five unlike designers and every single outfit made me await like a clown or a chair cover...I ended upwards wearing this green blouse I'd been wearing all week that I'd bought in the Cambridge market for £3 [with] a [dark velvet] jacket that my sister had sent me, which was a Donna Karan second and information technology only had 1 shoulder pad. So while I was doing the song, I had to remember to lift my left shoulder slightly to even it out with the other".[2] She also wore black leather trousers and black high-heeled boots.
The Eurovision 1997 finale operation of "Honey Smoothen a Calorie-free" was simply staged with Leskanich singing center phase fronting groundwork vocalists Beverley Skeete and Miriam Stockley: Skeete and Stockley, respectively nighttime-haired and blonde and clad in long dark dresses, too provided accompaniment with tambourines and handclaps. Two of Leskanich's co-members in Katrina and the Waves: drummer, Alex Cooper, and bassist, Vince de la Cruz (on this occasion playing guitar), were positioned towards the correct side of the stage, while Phil Nicholl played bass stage left.[6] Phil Nicholl was not a permanent member of Katrina and the Waves being a substitute for the group's regular guitarist – and the song'due south composer – Kimberley Rew, who Leskanich would later land had disassociated himself from the group's participating with his song in Eurovision 1997. Don Airey, who played every bit a session musician on the unmarried recording of the song, arranged and conducted the live version for Katrina & The Waves. He added strings, brass and a vibrato flute, giving the song a more anthemic experience.[7]
Scoring [edit]
In a pre-functioning interview on the night of the Eurovision 1997 finale Leskanich had stated that Katrina and the Waves winning Eurovision 1997 was "more than a dream – information technology's probably going to be a reality. I hateful we wouldn't come here unless nosotros were intending to win...For Eurovision [success] yous need a song with a universal bulletin, lighters in the air, Coca-Cola, heartwarming positive 'all-unite' [message]...[Our] song has a universality about it that unites everyone and I remember people are looking for that bulletin in Eurovision...they desire something uplifting and positive, and I recall one time in a while a song comes along that says Eurovision and I think that's what 'Love Smoothen a Light' says and I'thousand just lucky that I'm the one that gets to sing information technology."[8]
"Love Shine a Light" did indeed win Eurovision 1997 easily: with its starting time 12-point score existence awarded by Austria the fourth reporting jury "Dearest Smooth a Low-cal" causeless permanent possession of first place on the scoreboard with its final vote tally an unprecedented 227 points besting the second-identify finishing Eurovision 1997 entrant, the entrant for Republic of ireland, "Mysterious Adult female", by lxx points. The final vote tally for "Love Shine a Light" at Eurovision 1997 fix a record unsurpassed until 2004, when the introduction of the semi-concluding greatly expanded the number of countries voting in the last (indeed, entire top three polled more than 227 points that year). Information technology likewise received the maximum 12 points from 10 countries, a feat non matched until 2005 and not browbeaten until 2009.
By a more than straight comparable measure out, "Honey Shine a Calorie-free" received an average of ix.458 points per land or 78.82% of total votes available, the third-highest in the history of the nowadays voting system, backside only "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man in 1976 (nine.647 points per jury, eighty.39% of available points) and "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole in 1982 (nine.470 votes per jury, 78.91% of available points). Furthermore, the song received maximum points from 10 of twenty-four countries (41.7%), the quaternary highest of all time behind "Euphoria" by Loreen in 2012 (which received 12 points from eighteen of forty-i countries, or 43.9%), "Non ho fifty'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti in 1964 (receiving the so-maximum v points from eight of xv countries, or 53.iii%) and "Ein bißchen Frieden" in 1982 (12 points from nine of seventeen countries, or 52.9%).
Katrina Leskanich commented that it was the second landslide of the week – the Labour Political party led by Tony Blair had won the UK general election held 2 days earlier, on ane May 1997.
Aftermath [edit]
In a 2009 interview Leskanich restated her opinion of "Love Smoothen a Light": "It was such a feel-adept, lighters-in-the-air, cheesy number. It would have been embarrassing for information technology not to win. It had 'I am a winner' written all over it", while adding: "Our song was quickly forgotten considering nosotros didn't have any sensational gimmick like Bucks Fizz" and describing Eurovision equally "a joke...People who have information technology seriously are the kind of people who go into Miss Universe. How can you have a contest most what's the best song?" Leskanich as well stated that Katrina and the Waves Eurovision victory boosted the group's profile on the European cabaret circuit at the expense of their rock band credibility which heavily factored into the ring's 1999 breakdown.[2]
More performances [edit]
In 2005, Leskanich co-hosted the Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Vocal Contest alongside Renārs Kaupers and sang her winning song in the opening sequence of the show with flag holders of all the nations who ever participated in Eurovision. The commemorative ceremony show was held at the Forum, in Copenhagen on 22 October 2005. The host broadcaster was Danmarks Radio (DR).
A remix of her song was performed during the UK selection procedure final of 2008, Eurovision: Your Conclusion.
In 2009, she performed it with the Dutch SuperVoices fabricated up of 2000 Dutch choir singers.
Leskanich performed it in Uk'south Eurovision selection process Eurovision You Make up one's mind in 2016 on BBC Four.
On xv December 2019, she performed the song during Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, a Dutch live idiot box concert program starring artists of the Eurovision Song Competition equally a prelude to the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 that had been scheduled to be held in Rotterdam, the netherlands in May 2020.
On the 16 May 2020, the vocal was performed by all contestants of the Eurovision Song Contest except for Hooverphonic from Kingdom of belgium, with Leskanich being the terminal vocalization, during the COVID-xix Pandemic ongoing during the fourth dimension at which the song competition was supposed to exist held.[9]
Cover versions [edit]
- On the 1997 album Ett hus med många rum Kikki Danielssons orkester, featuring Kikki Danielsson on atomic number 82 vocals, covered the song with lyrics in Swedish by Christer Lundh and Mikael Wendt, as Låt ett ljus få brinna (translated "Let a candle burn").[10]
- In 1997 the High german schlager singer Christian Anders published a Single "Liebe und Licht" every bit a slowed-downwardly version.
- Heidi Kyrö recorded the song in 1998, the Finnish version of the proper noun "Päivänvaloon".[11]
- The song was covered in a eurodance style by the DJ Mauro Farina a.k.a. Speedmaster in 2002, appearing on Dancemania Speed 9 with the name Dear Shine A "Speedy" Light.[12]
- In 2008, Italian Eurodance group Katty B released a Euro House encompass that became popular in Italia. Information technology included 3 acts including an extended version and an instrumental version
- Danish duo The Olsen Brothers (winners of the 2000 Eurovision Song Competition) recorded a version for their 2010 album Wings of Eurovision.
- South African singer André Huysamen covered the song in Afrikaans as "Liefde skyn 'n lig" for his debut album "ImperfeK(t)". The vocal likewise appeared on his 2nd album Elektries, released on 11 September 2013.
- Garry Hagger recorded the vocal as "Liefde brengt licht" for his 2014 album release 12 points which comprised Flemish renderings of Eurovision winners.
- The Irish singer Lee Matthews released information technology equally a clemency unmarried on 23 May 2014 with gain going to the Irish clemency Join Our Boys Trust, a charity for those suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.[13] The single peaked at number one in Irish Land Charts and too charted at number 68 in the Irish Pop Charts.
- In 2020, all participants of the cancelled Eurovision Vocal Contest (except for Belgian representatives Hooverphonic) covered the vocal for the culling prove called Europe Smooth a Light, named afterwards the Eurovision archetype.
Charts and certifications [edit]
References [edit]
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- ^ "Hakutulos kappaleelle Päivänvaloon". Aanitearkisto.fi. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2014-06-06 .
- ^ Discogs, Dancemania Speed 9
- ^ Wiwibloggs: Land version of "Love Shine a Light"
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- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 22. 31 May 1997. p. 19. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "Katrina and the Waves: Honey Smooth a Light" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ^ "Katrina and the Waves – Love Polish a Light" (in German language). GfK Amusement charts. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (15.05.1997 – 21.05.1997)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 May 1997. p. sixteen. Retrieved five February 2018.
- ^ "The Irish gaelic Charts – Search Results – Dearest Shine a Light". Irish gaelic Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Nederlandse Summit forty – week 23, 1997" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved three December 2018.
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- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Nautical chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved iii Dec 2018.
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- ^ "Katrina and the Waves – Love Polish a Light". Swiss Singles Nautical chart.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Tiptop 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Nautical chart Meridian 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1997" (in German). Retrieved 3 Dec 2018.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1997" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "1997 Year-Terminate Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 52. 27 December 1997. p. 7. Retrieved 20 Dec 2019.
- ^ "Height 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1997". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1997" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Årslista Singlar, 1997" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved i May 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles 1997". Music Week. 17 January 1998. p. 27.
- ^ "Najlepsze unmarried na Great britain Height twoscore-1997" (in Smoothen). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "British single certifications – Katrina & The Waves – Love Shine a Light". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
External links [edit]
- Vocal lyrics
- Official fansite
- Official Site
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Shine_a_Light
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