What's Another Year
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"What's Another Year" | ||||
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Single by Johnny Logan | ||||
from the album What's Another Year | ||||
B-side | "One Night Stand" | |||
Released | April 1980 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Shay Healy | |||
Producer(s) |
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Johnny Logan singles chronology | ||||
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"Horoscopes" (1981) ► |
"What's Another Year" is a song recorded by Irish singer
When
Famously, after being announced as the winner of the Contest, Logan was overcome with emotion and could not achieve the high notes near the end of the song in his reprise. Instead, he called out "I love you Ireland", a phrase he would repeat seven years later.
The song was performed seventeenth on the night, following
Johnny Logan released German-language and Spanish-language versions of "What's Another Year".
During the 2020 special Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, Logan performed the song live in a studio in Dublin. He was backed by the special's presenters Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen and Jan Smit from their studio in Hilversum, and a chorus of Eurovision Song Contest fans from around the world. A short video highlighting Logan's three Eurovision wins (1980 and 1987 as main performer, 1992 as composer) was shown during the instrumental bridge of the song.
Track listing
- European single 7" / 45 RPM single (RL 1005)/(EPC 8572)
- A. "What's Another Year"
- B. "One Night Stand"
- Spanish single 7" single (EPC 8572)
- A. "Por un Año Más" - 3:08
- B. "One Night Stand" - 3:52
- West German single 7" single (EPC 8732)
- A. "Was Ist Schon Ein Jahr" - 3:08
- B. "One Night Stand" - 3:52
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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- ^ "TOP 20 TMP Portugal - number one in the 80's airplay charts".
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- ^ "Johnny Logan – What's Another Year". Swiss Singles Chart.
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