Refrain (Lys Assia song)
1956 song by Lys Assia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Refrain" is a song in French co-written by Émile Gardaz and Géo Voumard,[1] and performed by Lys Assia. The song represented Switzerland in the inaugural edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and became the first winner of the contest.
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Conductor | Fernando Paggi |
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Final result | 1st |
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◄ "Das alte Karussell" (1956) | |
"L'enfant que j'étais" (1957) ► |
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The song is in the classic chanson mode and laments the lost loves of the singer's "adolescence". The French original reads "vingt ans", which can also be rendered "twenties" in English.