Jump to content

Cours après le temps

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Wesley Wolf (talk | contribs) at 22:33, 1 March 2015 (subst:'ing, replaced: Infobox ESC entry → Infobox song contest entry using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Luxembourg "Cours après le temps"
Eurovision Song Contest 1982 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Claire de Loutchek
As
Svetlana
Language
Composer(s)
Cyril Assous
Lyricist(s)
Michel Jouveaux
Conductor
Jean Claudric
Finals performance
Final result
6th
Final points
78
Entry chronology
◄ "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" (1981)
"Si la vie est cadeau" (1983) ►

"Cours après le temps" (English translation: "Run After Time") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed in French by Svetlana.

The song deals with the focus of the modern world - with Svetlana suggesting that it is all about running after "time", "money" and "glory", when that is ultimately going to cause problems. As she explains, "If I have to run all the time/What would I do with the money?" As the song concludes, she explains that she will simply love - and if this is madness, she wants to meet other mad people.

The song was performed second on the night, following Portugal's Doce with "Bem bom" and preceding Norway's Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan with "Adieu". At the close of voting, it had received 78 points, placing 6th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1983 Contest by Corinne Hermès with "Si la vie est cadeau".