All Kinds of Everything
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"All Kinds of Everything" is a song written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith;
Eurovision
Dana had competed in the 1969 Irish National Song Contest — she was a resident of
Dana's performance of "All Kinds of Everything" won the 1970 Irish National Song Contest and that 21 March – a Saturday – she performed the song at the Eurovision Song Contest held in
"All Kinds of Everything" took first place in the contest with a total of 32 votes beating second place "Knock, Knock Who's There?" by Mary Hopkin by six votes. 1970 had augured to be an off year for Eurovision with five nations boycotting the contest and an apparently predictable outcome with a victory by Hopkin or possibly Julio Iglesias (who in fact came in fourth with "Gwendolyne"). "All Kinds of Everything" was the first Eurovision win for the Republic of Ireland; six subsequent victories have made it the most successful entrant in Eurovision. "All Kinds of Everything" was also only the second song sung in English to win Eurovision outright (the first being Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String", with Lulu's "Boom Bang-a-Bang" sharing first place one year previously).
The entry was politically sensitive as Dana came from Derry in Northern Ireland, yet was representing Ireland, not the United Kingdom. At this time the Troubles in Northern Ireland were erupting, and some people found political symbolism of a Northern Irishwoman representing the Republic.[citation needed] The United Kingdom's entry the following year, held in Dublin, was sung by Clodagh Rodgers, who was also from Northern Ireland. She received death threats from the IRA as a result of her appearing for the UK.[5] Following her victory Dana returned to Derry and sang her victorious song to a crowd of cheering wellwishers from a balcony in the city.
Hit record
"All Kinds of Everything" | ||||
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Single by Dana | ||||
from the album All Kinds of Everything | ||||
B-side | "Channel Breeze" | |||
Released | March 1970 | |||
Recorded | March 1970 | |||
Genre | Pop, Baroque pop | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Rex | |||
Songwriter(s) | Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Ray Horricks | |||
Dana singles chronology | ||||
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Dana had recorded "All Kinds of Everything" following her victory in the Irish National Song Contest with veteran Eurovision composer Phil Coulter ("Puppet on a String", "Congratulations") providing the musical arrangement for the Ray Horricks production. The record was released on 14 March 1970 on the Rex label for whom Dana had previously recorded four singles (including "Look Around") and became a massive hit in the Republic of Ireland even prior to its Eurovision win reaching No. 1 on the chart dated 20 March 1970 and remaining at No. 1 for nine weeks: in October 1970 Dana received a gold disc for "All Kinds of Everything" selling 100,000 units in Ireland. In the UK "All Kinds of Everything" was No. 1 for the weeks dated 18 April and 25 April 1970.
A No. 2 hit in the 1970 Eurovision host nation the Netherlands, "All Kinds of Everything" was also a hit in Austria (No. 3), Belgium (No. 1 in Flanders and No. 14 in Wallonia), New Zealand (No. 8), South Africa (No. 7), Switzerland (No. 3), and West Germany (No. 4). In Australia the release of Dana's "All Kinds of Everything" was preceded by a cover by Melburnian singer Pat Carroll whose version reached No. 25 before the Dana original charted to be ranked jointly with Carroll's version. The highest position this joint ranking reached was No. 34.[6] "All Kinds of Everything" also charted in Italy but failed to become a major hit with a No. 58 peak.
Overall sales for Dana's "All Kinds of Everything" are estimated at two million units.
When Dana – as Dana Rosemary Scallon – ran in the 1997 Irish presidential election the Republic of Ireland's Independent Television & Radio Commission requested that Irish radio stations refrain from playing "All Kinds of Everything" on the grounds that airing the song in effect promoted its singer's candidacy. Radio stations who insisted on playing the song were requested to reduce coverage of Dana's candidacy by three minutes for each spin of the record (which is three minutes long). [7] During the election journalist Vincent Browne was criticised for interviewing Dana in a confrontational manner. His apology took the form of a rendition of "All Kinds of Everything" during a subsequent radio panel discussion.
Dana named her 2007 autobiography All Kinds of Everything. The song was featured in a scene of the 2011 movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Charts
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Cover versions and uses in other media
- In 1970, Australian Pat Carroll covered the song, and it peaked at number 28 on the Australian charts.[23]
- The 1997 play A Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh uses Dana's "All Kinds of Everything" incongruously: the record plays during a scene in which three skulls are smashed to powder with hammers.
- A faster, NES video games programmed by Hwang Shinwei or published by RCM Group, such Magic Jewelry[24] and Brush Roller.[25]
- An acoustic version of "All Kinds of Everything" was released by Hong Kong singer Albert Au in the album Simple Folk 2 (1998).
- Sinéad O'Connor and Terry Hall recorded "All Kinds of Everything" for the 1998 album A Song For Eurotrash;[26] the track was also featured on O'Connor's 2005 release Collaborations.
- Foster & Allenincluded their version of "All Kinds of Everything" on their 2001 album The Songs That Sold A Million.
- A German rendering of "All Kinds of Everything", "Alles Und Noch Viel Mehr", was a German hit at No. 26 for Manuela in 1970: Manuela also recorded the song in its original English for her 1971 album Songs of Love.
- Other non-English renderings of "All Kinds of Everything" have been recorded by Willeke Alberti (Dutch: "Duizenden dingetjes"), Cristina (Spanish: "Todas los cosas") and Angela Similea (Romanian: "Dacă visezi cumva"). Singaporean vocalist Rita Chao recorded the Japanese rendering "永遠火辣辣" ("Always burning") as the title cut for a 1970 album release.
References
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- ^ "The greatest injustice in Irish Eurovision history?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ McLoughlin, Jamie (26 July 2009). "Eurovision 1970: Julio! Dana! Opportunity Hopkin! - and just nine other acts as Ireland scoops its maiden win over one of the smallest line-ups ever". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3.
- ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 8 August 1970". Archived from the original on 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Billboard 11 October". Billboard: 89. 1997.
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- ^ "Dana – All Kinds of Everything" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Dana – All Kinds of Everything" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Dana – All Kinds of Everything" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – All Kinds of Everything". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 17, 1970" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Dana – All Kinds of Everything" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "NZ Listener chart statistics for All Kinds of Everything". Flavour of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "South African Rock Lists Website – SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs (A-B)". www.rock.co.za.
- ^ "Listas de superventas: 1970". February 12, 2010.
- ^ "Dana – All Kinds of Everything". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dana – All Kinds of Everything" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 August 2013. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON Dana"
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1970" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- MegaCharts. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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- ^ "Play Magic Jewelry NES Online". rec0ded88.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Play Brush Roller NES Online". rec0ded88.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ Various Artists - A Song for Eurotrash Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-02-19