The First Day Of Love
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The First Day Of Love | |
---|---|
Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry | |
Country | Norway |
Artist(s) | Anne Karine Strøm |
As | Anne Karine |
Language | English |
Composer(s) | Frode Thingnæs |
Lyricist(s) | Philip A. Kruse |
Place | 14th |
Points | 3 |
Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
The First Day Of Love was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, performed in English by Anne Karine. This was the first occasion on which the Norwegian entry had not featured any lyrics in Norwegian.
The song is an inspirational number, with Anne Karine singing about the regenerative power of love. She sings that everyone in the world wants the same thing, love, and that by moving towards that goal the human race is becoming closer.
The song was performed fourth on the night (following Spain's Peret with Canta Y Sé Feliz and preceding Greece's Marinella with Krasi, Thalasa Ke T' Agori Mu). At the close of voting, it had received 3 points, placing 14th in a field of 17.
It was succeeded as Norwegian representative at the 1975 Contest by Ellen Nikolaysen with Touch My Life (With Summer).