"Singing This Song" was the Maltese

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Eurovision Song Contest 1975

The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the contest hosted by SR and held in Stockholm, Sweden. The arena for the event was the newly built Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö in southern Stockholm. ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the...

, performed in English

English language

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 (the first occasion on which the Maltese entry had not featured any lyrics in Maltese

Maltese language

Maltese is the national language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English,while also serving as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic...

) by Renato

Renato Micallef

Renato Micallef is a Maltese pop singer. His full name is Nazzareno Alessandro Micallef Garrett. Renato has had been active in the Maltese music scene since the age of 12....

.

The song is an up-tempo number, with Renato urging his listeners not to worry if bad things happen to them, but rather to "Join in singing this song". The final line of the song appeared in a medley of "attractive male performers" at the Congratulations

Congratulations (Eurovision)

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 special in late 2005.

The song was performed tenth on the night (following the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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's The Shadows

The Shadows

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 with "Let Me Be the One" and preceding Belgium

Belgium

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's Ann Christy

Ann Christy

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 with "Gelukkig zijn

Gelukkig Zijn

"Gelukkig zijn" was the Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in Dutch and English by Ann Christy...

"). At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing 12th in a field of 19.

After three entries, and having experienced only modest success, Malta withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

. Interest in a return developed over the 1980s, but due to a restriction on the number of entrants, the country was ineligible to enter. Following The Netherlands' withdrawal from the 1991 Contest, however, Malta was able to take up the vacant position. Thus, the song was succeeded as Maltese representative

Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest

Malta has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1971. At first the island state sent songs in its native language, Maltese, but it failed to rank highly, and withdrew after the 1975 contest. Since its return in 1991, however, it has achieved eight top ten placings in a row, including...

 at the 1991 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1991

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 by Georgina

Georgina Abela

Georgina Abela is a Maltese singer and musician born in 1959. She is best known for representing Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest on several occasions, either as an entrant, backing vocalist or composer. She is married to fellow composer Paul Abela...

 & Paul Giordimaina with "Could It Be

Could It Be

"Could it be" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, performed in English by Georgina & Paul Giordimaina. This was Malta's return to the Contest after having withdrawn following the Eurovision Song Contest 1975....

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