Colorado (Sandra Reemer song)

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"Colorado" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Dutch by the six-piece group Xandra, fronted by Sandra Reemer.

This was Reemer's third Eurovision entry; in 1972 she had finished 4th with "

The Party's Over
", then as a solo artist.

"Colorado" was written by brothers Rob & Ferdi Bolland and Gerard Cox. Internationally Bolland & Bolland are arguably best known for writing and recording the original version of Status Quo's 1986 hit "In the Army Now" (#1 Austria & Switzerland, #2 UK, France & Norway, #6 Sweden, #15 The Netherlands).[1]

Xandra recorded the song in three languages: the original Dutch, English and German – all with the same title.

The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following

J'ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux" and preceding Sweden's Ted Gärdestad with "Satellit
". At the close of voting, it had received 51 points, placing 12th in a field of 19.

Despite its moderate success in the Contest, "Colorado" was one of four entries to become a Top 10 hit in Sweden in 1979, the three others being the Swedish "Satellit", the Israeli winner "

April, april", and Svensson's recording of the song was also a minor hit on the Svensktoppen radio chart in June 1979.[3][4]

"Colorado" was succeeded as Dutch representative at the

Amsterdam
".

External links

References

  1. ^ Leschart.com, "In the Army Now"
  2. ISBN 91-971894-2-1
  3. ^ Svensktoppen.nu, detailed chart info Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Lill-Babs, official site, discography". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
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