Je suis l'enfant soleil
French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Je suis l'enfant soleil" (French pronunciation: [ʒə sɥi lɑ̃fɑ̃ sɔlɛj]; translated: "I am the sun-child" or "I'm a child of the sun") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in French by Anne-Marie David. David had won Eurovision six years earlier, representing Luxembourg at the 1973 contest with "Tu te reconnaîtras".
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Single by Anne-Marie David | ||||
B-side | "Just Like Loving You" | |||
Released | 1979 | |||
Genre | Chanson | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Composer(s) | Hubert Giraud | |||
Lyricist(s) | Eddy Marnay | |||
Anne-Marie David singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1979 entry | ||||
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Conductor | Guy Mattéoni | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 3rd | |||
Final points | 106 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Il y aura toujours des violons" (1978) | ||||
"Hé, hé M'sieurs dames" (1980) ► | ||||
The song was written by Eddy Marnay, and composed by Hubert Giraud, both Eurovision veterans; Marnay previously wrote "Un jour, un enfant", a winner of the 1969 contest, as well as "Je suis tombé du ciel" for the 1970 contest, which placed last; Giraud wrote "Dors, mon amour", which won the 1958 contest, as well as compose the entries of France in 1959 and 1967, Monaco in 1960 and 1961, and Luxembourg in 1971.
David also recorded the song in German and Italian, as "Sonnenkind" and "Ragazza sole" respectively.