| 词条 | Congratulations (Cliff Richard song) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Congratulations | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Cliff Richard | album = | B-side = "High n Dry" (Cook-Greenaway) | released = March 1968 (entered UK chart on 20 March) | format = 7", 45rpm | recorded = 3 February 1968, EMI Studios, London | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop music, schlager | length = 2:33 | label = Columbia DB8376 | writer = Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | producer = Norrie Paramor | prev_title = All My Love (Solo Tu) | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = I'll Love You Forever Today | next_year = 1968 | misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes | song = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} "Congratulations" | image = | caption = | year = 1968 | country = United Kingdom | artist = Cliff Richard | as = | with = | language = English | languages = | composer = Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | lyricist = Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | conductor = Norrie Paramor | place = 2nd | points = 28 | lyrics = from Diggiloo Thrush | prev = Puppet on a String | prev_link = Puppet on a String | next = Boom Bang-a-Bang | next_link = Boom Bang-a-Bang }} }} "Congratulations" is a song written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, as the UK entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 on 6 April, sung by Cliff Richard. BackgroundThe song was arranged, conducted and produced by Norrie Paramor who was also musical director for the contest, which was held at London's Royal Albert Hall.[1] Phil Coulter originally wrote the song as "I Think I Love You", but was unsure of the lyrics and got together with Bill Martin (the same team that wrote "Puppet on a String"), who changed it to "Congratulations".[2]The song was immediately popular in the UK and became a number one single. On the day of the contest, it was the favourite to win, so much so that the British press were posing the question: "What will come second to 'Congratulations'?"{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} During the voting, "Congratulations" was leading for much of the way until the penultimate vote when Germany gave Spain six points, putting them one point ahead of the United Kingdom.[3] It finished second losing to Spain's entry "La, la, la" by just one point. But "Congratulations" went on to become a far more successful song and a huge hit throughout Europe. In 2008, documentary film-maker Montse Fernandez Vila claimed that the loss was the result of rigging of the Spanish vote by state television on behalf of the Francoist State.[4] However José María Íñigo, the person that made such claims in the documentary quickly said that his words were taken out of context and said that the channel that produced the documentary, laSexta, who was the promoter of the Spanish representative that year, Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, had manipulated his words to help promote their candidate. He said: "if there had been such a manipulation, it would have been for a different artist who had been closer to the regime".[5] In July 1968 the song was included on the six-track Columbia EP Congratulations: Cliff Sings 6 Songs For Europe.[6] The song is still popular and was chosen to lead the show which celebrated 50 years of Eurovision and which was named after it: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest. Also, Richard performed the song as part of the commemorations for the 50th anniversary of VE Day in 1995, despite its having been written long after World War II's end. George Harrison's song "It's Johnny's Birthday" from his 1970 album All Things Must Pass is based on this song.[7] The writers Martin and Coulter filed a claim in December 1970, against Harrison, for royalties and subsequent pressings of the album credit their contribution.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} Chart performance
See also
References1. ^{{cite web|author=www.andtheconductoris.eu |url=http://www.andtheconductoris.eu/index.htm?http://www.eurovisionartists.nl/conductor/dir020.asp?ID=238 |title=And the conductor is... |publisher=Andtheconductoris.eu |date= |accessdate=28 February 2016}} 2. ^Nul Points...?!, BBC Television, 1992 3. ^The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. O'Connor, John Kennedy. Carlton Books 2007 {{ISBN|978-1-84442-994-3}} 4. ^{{cite news|publisher=Daily Telegraph|title=How Franco cheated Cliff out of Eurovision title|author=Fiona Govan|date=5 May 2008|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/1926993/Franco-'rigged-Eurovisison-to-stop-Cliff-Richard-winning'.html}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/05/05/television/1210021065.html |title=Massiel e Iñigo acusan a La Sexta de 'urdir todo para favorecer a Chikilicuatre' |publisher=elmundo.es |date= |accessdate=6 April 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/seg8540 |title=Cliff Richard - Congratulations: Cliff Sings 6 Songs For Europe - Columbia - UK |publisher=45cat |date= |accessdate=28 February 2016}} 7. ^{{cite news|publisher=The Beatles Bible|title=It’s Johnny’s Birthday|author=Joe|date=24 November 2015|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/people/george-harrison/songs/its-johnnys-birthday/}} 8. ^{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1940–1969|format=|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty|location=Turramurra, New South Wales |year=2005|isbn=0-646-44439-5}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5774&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5774.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5774|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1966-06-01 |accessdate=2018-09-09}} 10. ^See the Top 20/30 tab: {{cite web |url=http://danskehitlister.dk/?song_id=453|title=Denmark Singles Chart (Top 20/30) – Congratulations|publisher=danskehitlister.dk|accessdate=2018-06-09}} 11. ^{{cite book |last=Lassila |first=Juha |title=Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 |year=1990 |publisher=Jyväskylän yliopisto |language=Finnish |isbn=95-168-0321-0}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Ireland singles charts|publisher=Irishcharts.ie|accessdate=2018-03-17}} 13. ^{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: Año a año, 1959–2002|edition= |date=September 1979|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=South Africa Charts 1965-1989 - Springbok Radio / Radio Orion|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|accessdate=22 December 2016}} }} External links
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