Un jour, un enfant
 "Un jour, un enfant" | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1969 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) |
Frida Boccara |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) |
Emil Stern |
| Lyricist(s) | |
| Conductor | |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
1st |
| Final points |
18 |
| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "La source" (1968) | |
| "Marie-Blanche" (1970) ► | |
"Un jour, un enfant" ("A Day, a Child") is one of four winning songs in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, this one being sung in French by Frida Boccara representing France. The other three winners were Salomé representing Spain with "Vivo cantando", Lulu representing the United Kingdom with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" and Lenny Kuhr representing the Netherlands with "De troubadour".
The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following Germany's Siw Malmkvist with "Primaballerina" and preceding Portugal's Simone de Oliveira with "Desfolhada portuguesa". At the close of voting, it had received 18 points, placing equal first in a field of 16.
The song is a classical ballad, describing the wonders of the world as seen by a child. Boccara recorded the song in five languages, French, English (as "Through the Eyes of a Child"), German ("Es schlägt ein Herz für dich", translated: "A Heart Beats for You"), Spanish ("Un día, un niño", translated: "A Day, a Child") and Italian ("Canzone di un amore perduto", translated: "Song of a Lost Love").
The song was succeeded as (joint) Contest winner in 1970 by Dana singing "All Kinds of Everything" for Ireland.
It was succeeded as French representative at the 1970 contest by Guy Bonnet with "Marie-Blanche".
Cover versions
- ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog covered the song in Swedish on her 1970 solo album "Som jag är", under the title "Sov gott, min lilla vän" (translated: "Sleep Well, My Little Friend").
- An instrumental version of the song by Paul Mauriat was used as a theme for the Philippine television drama anthology Lovingly Yours, Helen in 1981.
Sources and external links
- Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1969
- Detailed info & lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Un jour, un enfant".
- Vivien Leigh
- Viv & Larry
| Preceded by "La, la, la" by Massiel |
Eurovision Song Contest winners co-winner with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, "Vivo cantando" by Salomé and "Boom Bang-a-Bang" by Lulu 1969 |
Succeeded by "All Kinds of Everything" by Dana |
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