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Save Your Kisses for Me
"Save Your Kisses for Me" is a song recorded by British group Brotherhood of Man, written by Tony Hiller with band members Lee Sheriden and Martin Lee. It represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 held in The Hague, winning the contest.
The song became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in many countries, including the UK, where it became the biggest-selling song of the year. Overall, it remains one of the biggest-selling Eurovision winners ever, and the biggest such seller in the UK.
"Save Your Kisses for Me" was originally written by Brotherhood of Man's member Lee Sheriden in August 1974. On bringing the song in to the next songwriting session, others thought that the title was clumsy and reworked it into "Oceans of Love". Sheriden was unhappy with the changes and the song was shelved. A year later when it came to coming up with songs for their next album, they discovered that they needed one more song and Sheriden again put forth "Save Your Kisses for Me". This time it was accepted, as he later recalled:
"I'd had a year to think about it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do on the arrangement, the glockenspiel on the beginning and the big 12-string acoustic guitar and the strings, and then came the day to record the song... It was about midnight and I sang it and it went well. I could see everyone behind the glass panel getting excited and I thought great, they all really like the song, and as I finished I was waiting for them to press the button so they could speak to me and say 'great, we've got a hit' or whatever, and the person pressing it said: 'Lee, we think Martin should sing this song'. But I didn't mind because Martin came in and sung it to perfection."
The song's lyrics described the gently conflicted emotions of a man leaving his loved one in the morning as he goes to work. The song's final line provided a twist that the aforementioned loved one was his three-year-old daughter.
Soon after, manager Tony Hiller was keen for the group to try for Eurovision, as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had changed its selection rules. Up till then, a singer was internally selected, but for 1976 it was opened up to different singers to enter their own songs. Brotherhood of Man put forward "Save Your Kisses for Me" and the BBC accepted it as one of the twelve finalists.
On 25 February 1976, "Save Your Kisses for Me" competed in A Song for Europe 1976, the national final organized by the BBC to select its song and performer for the 21st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition, beating second-placed "Wake Up" by Co-Co by just two points, and becoming the British entry, and Brotherhood of Man the performers, for Eurovision. The song was released as a single and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, two weeks before Eurovision.
On 3 April 1976, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague hosted by Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Brotherhood of Man performed "Save Your Kisses for Me" first on the evening, preceding Switzerland's "Djambo, Djambo" by Peter, Sue and Marc. The performance consisted of the two male singers wearing black and white suits, and the two females wearing white and red jumpsuits with matching berets, standing still and singing with minor arm and leg choreography. Alyn Ainsworth conducted the live orchestra in the performance of the British entry.
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Save Your Kisses for Me
"Save Your Kisses for Me" is a song recorded by British group Brotherhood of Man, written by Tony Hiller with band members Lee Sheriden and Martin Lee. It represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 held in The Hague, winning the contest.
The song became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in many countries, including the UK, where it became the biggest-selling song of the year. Overall, it remains one of the biggest-selling Eurovision winners ever, and the biggest such seller in the UK.
"Save Your Kisses for Me" was originally written by Brotherhood of Man's member Lee Sheriden in August 1974. On bringing the song in to the next songwriting session, others thought that the title was clumsy and reworked it into "Oceans of Love". Sheriden was unhappy with the changes and the song was shelved. A year later when it came to coming up with songs for their next album, they discovered that they needed one more song and Sheriden again put forth "Save Your Kisses for Me". This time it was accepted, as he later recalled:
"I'd had a year to think about it, I knew exactly what I wanted to do on the arrangement, the glockenspiel on the beginning and the big 12-string acoustic guitar and the strings, and then came the day to record the song... It was about midnight and I sang it and it went well. I could see everyone behind the glass panel getting excited and I thought great, they all really like the song, and as I finished I was waiting for them to press the button so they could speak to me and say 'great, we've got a hit' or whatever, and the person pressing it said: 'Lee, we think Martin should sing this song'. But I didn't mind because Martin came in and sung it to perfection."
The song's lyrics described the gently conflicted emotions of a man leaving his loved one in the morning as he goes to work. The song's final line provided a twist that the aforementioned loved one was his three-year-old daughter.
Soon after, manager Tony Hiller was keen for the group to try for Eurovision, as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had changed its selection rules. Up till then, a singer was internally selected, but for 1976 it was opened up to different singers to enter their own songs. Brotherhood of Man put forward "Save Your Kisses for Me" and the BBC accepted it as one of the twelve finalists.
On 25 February 1976, "Save Your Kisses for Me" competed in A Song for Europe 1976, the national final organized by the BBC to select its song and performer for the 21st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition, beating second-placed "Wake Up" by Co-Co by just two points, and becoming the British entry, and Brotherhood of Man the performers, for Eurovision. The song was released as a single and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, two weeks before Eurovision.
On 3 April 1976, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Nederlands Congresgebouw in The Hague hosted by Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), and broadcast live throughout the continent. Brotherhood of Man performed "Save Your Kisses for Me" first on the evening, preceding Switzerland's "Djambo, Djambo" by Peter, Sue and Marc. The performance consisted of the two male singers wearing black and white suits, and the two females wearing white and red jumpsuits with matching berets, standing still and singing with minor arm and leg choreography. Alyn Ainsworth conducted the live orchestra in the performance of the British entry.