"Croire" was the Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

ish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...

, performed in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 by Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 singer Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....

, an at the time 18 year old up and coming artist, and some twenty years later an established performer in all of Europe, the U.S. and Canada, South America and Japan.

The song is a ballad, with Fabian singing that she wants to believe in the good of humanity, rather than its dark side. She sings that "we have love within us", which is her central belief. Fabian also recorded the song in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 language versions, as "Trust" and "Glaub'" respectively.

The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following Belgium

Belgium

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's Reynaert

Reynaert

Reynaert is a Belgian singer-songwriter, best known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :...

 with "Laissez briller le soleil

Laissez Briller Le Soleil

"Laissez briller le soleil" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in French by Reynaert.The song was performed sixteenth on the night, following Norway's Karoline Krüger with "For vår jord" and preceding Luxembourg's Lara Fabian with "Croire"...

" and preceding Italy

Italy

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's Luca Barbarossa

Luca Barbarossa

Luca Barbarossa is an Italian singer-songwriter who has released 12 albums since 1981, and is known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :...

 with "Vivo (Ti scrivo)

Vivo (Ti Scrivo)

"Vivo " was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Italian by Luca Barbarossa....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 90 points, placing 4th in a field of 21.

It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative

Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest

Luxembourg was one of the countries to participate in the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.From their debut to 1993 Luxembourg competed frequently in the Contest, being absent from the contest once during this period...

 at the 1989 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Switzerland gained the hosting rights after Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. The presenters were Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux. Riva was the winner of...

 by Park Café

Park Café

Park Café is a Luxembourgian band that represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song Monsieur . With 8 points, she came in 20th position.- References :...

 with "Monsieur

Monsieur (song)

"Monsieur" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in French by Park Café, a six-piece band fronted by American singer Maggie Parke....

". In 1999 "Croire" was included as a bonus track on Lara Fabian's eponymously titled debut album

Lara Fabian (French album)

Lara Fabian's self titled French debut album is considered by some to be her best album because it is the only album Lara has ever record that is somewhat raucous, highly spirited, and very amiable. It is also notable because it is her only album that is dominated by Dance-pop type songs instead of...

, originally released in 1991.

Sources and external links

• Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1988
• Detailed info & lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Croire".
• [ Allmusic.com, Lara Fabian biography.]