"Merci, Chérie" (French pronunciation: [mɛʁsi ʃeʁi]; "Thank you, darling") was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, performed for Austria by Udo Jürgens with lyrics in German and partially in French. It is an earnest ballad in which the singer, as he leaves her, thanks his lover for good times and positive memories.
This was also the only time that Austria would win the Eurovision Song Contest until 2014 when Conchita Wurst won with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".
Jürgens was the last solo male pianist to win the contest until Duncan Laurence won in 2019 with "Arcade".
Udo has recorded the song also in French, Japanese (メルシー・シェリー "Merushī sherī"), English, Italian (adapted by Vito Pallavicini) and Spanish (adapted by Arturo Kaps-Schönfeld).
The song was covered by English singer Vince Hill. Baker Cavendish wrote the English lyrics, with musical arrangement by Johnny Arthey. Released on EMI Columbia, Hill reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart with it in June 1966.[5]
English singer Matt Monro (who had competed against Jürgens in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest and who had a major hit with the English version of "Warum nur, warum?") included his recording of the English version on his 1966 album This Is the Life, releasing the track as a single that failed to chart.
Gunnar Wiklund with Nisse Hansén's orchestra recorded it for the Swedish market in 1966. Al Sundström wrote the Swedish lyrics but kept the French title. The song was released on the EPSjunger Eurovisionsschlager 1966 on His Master's Voice.
In 1967, Bent Fabric released an instrumental version of the song on his album Operation Lovebirds.
In 2007, American pop star Belinda Carlisle recorded a French version of the song and included it on her album of standards, Voila.
merci, chérie, french, pronunciation, mɛʁsi, ʃeʁi, thank, darling, winning, song, eurovision, song, contest, 1966, performed, austria, jürgens, with, lyrics, german, partially, french, earnest, ballad, which, singer, leaves, thanks, lover, good, times, positiv. Merci Cherie French pronunciation mɛʁsi ʃeʁi Thank you darling was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 performed for Austria by Udo Jurgens with lyrics in German and partially in French It is an earnest ballad in which the singer as he leaves her thanks his lover for good times and positive memories Merci Cherie Eurovision Song Contest 1966 entryCountryAustriaArtist s Udo JurgensLanguageGermanComposer s Udo JurgensLyricist s Udo Jurgens Thomas HorbigerConductorHans HammerschmidFinals performanceFinal result1stFinal points31Entry chronology Sag ihr ich lass sie grussen 1965 Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt 1967 The song was performed ninth on the night following Portugal s Madalena Iglesias with Ele e ela and preceding Sweden s Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson with Nygammal vals The final points tally for Mercie Cherie was 31 securing it first place at the head of an 18 entry field The song was succeeded as contest winner in 1967 by Sandie Shaw singing Puppet on a String for the United Kingdom and as the Austrian entry in that year by Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt performed by Peter Horten de This was also the only time that Austria would win the Eurovision Song Contest until 2014 when Conchita Wurst won with the song Rise Like a Phoenix Jurgens was the last solo male pianist to win the contest until Duncan Laurence won in 2019 with Arcade Udo has recorded the song also in French Japanese メルシー シェリー Merushi sheri English Italian adapted by Vito Pallavicini and Spanish adapted by Arturo Kaps Schonfeld Chart performance EditChart 1966 PeakpositionAustria O3 Austria Top 40 1 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 2 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 3 14West Germany Official German Charts 4 4Cover versions EditThe song was covered by English singer Vince Hill Baker Cavendish wrote the English lyrics with musical arrangement by Johnny Arthey Released on EMI Columbia Hill reached number 36 on the UK Singles Chart with it in June 1966 5 English singer Matt Monro who had competed against Jurgens in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest and who had a major hit with the English version of Warum nur warum included his recording of the English version on his 1966 album This Is the Life releasing the track as a single that failed to chart Gunnar Wiklund with Nisse Hansen s orchestra recorded it for the Swedish market in 1966 Al Sundstrom wrote the Swedish lyrics but kept the French title The song was released on the EP Sjunger Eurovisionsschlager 1966 on His Master s Voice In 1967 Bent Fabric released an instrumental version of the song on his album Operation Lovebirds In 2007 American pop star Belinda Carlisle recorded a French version of the song and included it on her album of standards Voila Violinist Lidia Baich winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1998 performed an excerpt of the song live on stage during the opening act of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 held in Vienna 6 References Edit Udo Jurgens Merci Cherie in German O3 Austria Top 40 Udo Jurgens Merci Cherie in Dutch Ultratop 50 Nederlandse Top 40 Udo Jurgens in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Offiziellecharts de Udo Jurgens Merci Cherie GfK Entertainment charts Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 253 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Conchita Wurst amp a magical bridge to open the Eurovision Final eurovision tv 29 April 2015 Preceded by Poupee de cire poupee de son by France Gall Eurovision Song Contest winners1966 Succeeded by Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw This Austria related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about the Eurovision Song Contest is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Merci Cherie amp oldid 1131084348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
