Don't Play That Song Again

"Don't Play That Song Again" was the United Kingdom entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The song was performed by Nicki French, already a well-known name, having had a worldwide hit in 1995 with a cover of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart": on the night she wore a lilac trenchcoat over a bright purple two-piece outfit.

"Don't Play That Song Again"
Eurovision Song Contest 2000 entry
Country	United Kingdom
Artist(s)	Nicki French
Language	English
Composer(s)	John Springate, Gerry Shephard
Lyricist(s)	John Springate, Gerry Shephard
Finals performance
Final result	16th
Final points	28
Entry chronology
◄ "Say It Again" (1999)
"No Dream Impossible" (2001) ►

Background

The song's composer John Springate had in 1994 produced French's first recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – which preceded her 1995 hit recording – and Springate had asked French to perform "Don't Play That Song Again" to vie at Song For Europe 2000 where the song came first in a field of four with total televotes of 47,355.

At Eurovision

The scoring for Eurovision 2000 began with "Don't Play that Song Again" receiving a single point from the first reporting jury (that being Israel): subsequently "Don't Play That Song Again" was awarded points by only seven of the twenty-one (not counting the UK) remaining juries with both the Maltese and the Turkish jury responding best to "Don't Play That Song Again" by awarding it six points. At the close of the voting "Don't Play That Song Again" had accrued a vote tally of 28 points to earn sixteenth place in a field of twenty-four – the worst ever result for a UK entry up to that time.^[1]

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)[2]	27
UK Singles (OCC)[3]	34