"Viens l'oublier" was the 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...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Eurovision Song Contest 1970

The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 21 March 1970 at the RAI Congrescentrum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Amsterdam contest is regarded as one of the most significant in Eurovision history for a number of reasons....

, 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 Jean Vallée

Jean Vallée

Jean Vallée is a Belgian song writer and performer. Vallée was made Knight in the Order of the Crown by HM Albert II in 1999.-Career:...

.

It was the fifth song to be performed at the contest, following Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

's Eva Sršen

Eva Sršen

Eva Sršen is a Slovenian singer, who had a short career in Yugoslav pop music in the first half of the 1970s.She first became well known by winning the national choise for Eurovision Song Contest 1970, the Yugoslavian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest...

 with "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet

Pridi, dala ti bom cvet

"Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" is a song that was Yugoslavia's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970. The song marked the third of four occasions in which Yugoslavia's entry was performed in Slovene...

" and preceding France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

's Guy Bonnet

Guy Bonnet

Guy Bonnet is an author, composer, and singer, born in Avignon, France in 1945. He wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 . In 1970 he participated in the Eurovision song contest for France with "Marie-Blanche" coming 4th out of twelve...

 with "Marie-Blanche

Marie-Blanche

"Marie-Blanche" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed in French by Guy Bonnet. Bonnet had made his debut in the Contest in 1968, when he co-wrote the lyrics to Isabelle Aubret's "La source"....

". The song received a total of 5 points, placing it eighth in a field of twelve.

The lyrics are from the perspective of a man who is counselling a woman to forget her past lover because he hurt her. It is unclear from the lyrics whether the singer wants to begin a relationship with the woman himself.

The next Belgian representatives

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest

Belgium is a founding member of the Eurovision Song Contest. Since 1956, the country has participated 52 times, only being absent three times in total: in 1994, 1997 and 2001, due to low scores in the previous contests that relegated Belgium from the contest.-History of Belgium in the Eurovision...

 at the 1971 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1971

The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was the sixteenth Eurovision Song Contest and the first held in Dublin, Ireland. The new voting system that was introduced in this Eurovision did have one big problem: some juries gave fewer points out than others...

 were Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel

Lily Castel

Lily Castel is a Belgian singer, best known for her participation with Jacques Raymond in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :...

 singing "Goeiemorgen, morgen

Goeiemorgen, Morgen

"Goeiemorgen, morgen" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971, performed in Dutch by Jacques Raymond and Lily Castel....

".

Jean Vallée returned to the Contest in 1978

Eurovision Song Contest 1978

The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd of its kind, and was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters - the first time more than one presenter hosted the contest - the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their...

, then with "L'amour ça fait chanter la vie

L'Amour Ça Fait Chanter La Vie

"L'amour ça fait chanter la vie" was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in French by Jean Vallée...

", finishing as the runner-up behind Israel's "A-Ba-Ni-Bi

A-Ba-Ni-Bi

"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed for Israel by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta....

".