Love Games (Belle and the Devotions song)

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United Kingdom "Love Games"
Eurovision Song Contest 1984 entry
Country
Artist(s)
  • Kit Rolfe
  • Laura James
  • Linda Sofield
As
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Paul Curtis
  • Graham Sacher
Conductor
John Coleman
Finals performance
Final result
7th
Final points
63
Entry chronology
◄ "I'm Never Giving Up" (1983)
"Love Is…" (1985) ►

"Love Games", written and composed by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed by the trio Belle and the Devotions, which was headed by Kit Rolfe.

Belle and the Devotions won the right to perform at

Anna Maria Lena". At the end of judging that evening, "Love Games" took the seventh-place slot with 63 points. At the time, the song was the third-worst performer for the United Kingdom since entering Eurovision in 1957 (the songs in 1966 and 1978
were the only ones to rank lower).

The song was an homage to the girl group sound of 1960s

day-glo
coloured jackets and miniskirts, with similarly eye-popping hair (Rolfe went for a platinum blonde, while the other singers dyed their hair yellow and bright red, respectively).

At the end of their performance, some cheers in the audience were met with boos, as many people in Luxembourg were still upset with the United Kingdom after English football fans rioted in the country as a result of being knocked out of the

European Championship the previous November.[1][2]

After Eurovision, the song peaked at No. 11 on the

UK Singles Chart
.

The 7" single runs to 3:16. The 12" single is an extended version and runs to 4:51. The 12" version has yet to be made available on CD.

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 18
UK Singles Official Charts Company[4] 11

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
  2. ^ 1983: England fans rampage in Luxembourg
  3. ^ "Irish Charts 1982 to 1984". 20 March 2006.
  4. ^ "The UK's highest charting Eurovision stars revealed!". Official Charts. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
Preceded by United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
1984 		Succeeded by
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