Performed by: Vikki Watson
Music by: James Kaleth, Vikki Watson
Lyrics by: James Kaleth, Vikki Watson
Conductor: John Coleman
Language: English
Placing: 4th (100 points)

"Love Is …", written and composed by James Kaleth and Vikki Watson, was
the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985,
performed by the latter composer, Vikki Watson, credited at Eurovision
and on the single as Vikki.

The first female soloist to compete for UK at Eurovision since Olivia
Newton-John with "Long Live Love" at Eurovision 1974 and also the second
female composer of a UK Eurovision entrant to sing her composition in
the contest (after Lynsey de Paul), Vikki won the right to perform at
Gothenburg by winning the UK national final, A Song for Europe, where
she was the first singer to perform. At Gothenburg, the song was
performed fourteenth on the night, after Norway's Bobbysocks with "La
det swinge", and before Switzerland's Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini
with "Piano, piano." At the end of judging that evening, "Love Is" took
the fourth-place slot with 100 points. At the time, it was one of the
few entries that managed to receive 100 points without receiving any 12
point allotments from any jury. It was also the UK's strongest showing
since winning the 1981 Contest with "Making Your Mind Up."

The song was a contemporary ballad about a man and a woman who are both
too afraid to plunge head-first with their emotions into a love affair;
while both of them want to be loved by the other, both of them are
letting their heads rule their hearts. In the chorus, Vikki sings that
"love is" the product of a number of impulsive decisions, such as
"taking a chance on two hearts beating as one." Vikki nominally used a
single chair as a prop, first sitting in it while singing the song, then
circling it and abandoning it entirely by the second half of the song.

Despite the high showing at Gothenburg, the song placed at No. 49 on the
UK Singles Chart.The b-side of the single was "Lead Me Through the
Darkness"

Aeone Victoria Watson (born 1959), Liss, Hampshire, England), best known
as her mononym Aeone (pronounced ay-own), is a British musician and
composer, who now lives in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her
music has been classified as new age, folk or world music. She has
released four albums, one of which was an internet only release. She now
works extensively in film and TV and has over 60 movie trailers to her
credit. Early in her career, as Vikki, she represented the United
Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Love Is..."
which came in fourth place.

Lyrics:

Love is...
It's been a pleasant evening
Now she says she's leaving
And he's too proud to say out loud
Oh baby, won't you stay?

Now she says she'll call him
She finds herself fallin'
When he reaches out and touches her hand
She turns to walk away
'Cause there's always a weak one
Always a strong one, who'll be the first to fall?

Love is the danger of meeting a stranger
And takin' a chance on two hearts makin' it
Love is the fire, the burnin' desire
That makes the world go round
Love is the feelin' that makes you believe in
Takin' a chance on two hearts beatin' as one
That's what love is

Still she's hesitating
Is the ice worth breaking?
Should she hold back or rush right in
Where angels fear to tread?
'Cause there's always a weak one
Always a strong one, who'll be the first to fall?

Love is the danger of meeting a stranger
And takin' a chance on two hearts makin' it
Love is the fire, the burnin' desire
That makes the world go round
Love is the feelin' that makes you believe in
Takin' a chance on two hearts beatin' as one
That's what love is, hoh...

Love is the danger of meeting a stranger
And takin' a chance on two hearts makin' it
Love is the fire, the burnin' desire
That makes the world go round
Love is the feelin' that makes you believe in
Takin' a chance

Love is the danger of meeting a stranger
And takin' a chance on two hearts makin' it
Love is the fire, the burnin' desire
That makes the world go round
Love is the feelin' that makes you believe in
Takin' a chance

Love is the danger of meeting a stranger
And takin' a chance on two hearts makin' it
Love is the fire, the burnin' desire
That makes the world go round

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