1981 UK: Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up (1st place at Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin)

Performed by: Bucks Fizz Music by: John Danter Lyrics by: Andy Hill Conductor: John Coleman Language: English Placing: 1st (136 points) In late year 1980, songwriter Andy Hill teamed up with John Danter and composed “Making Your Mind Up“ with an eye to entering it into the A Song for Europe finals the following year. Working with his then girlfriend, Nichola Martin, a former singer, they set about recording a demo of the song to enter. This featured the vocals of Hill, Martin and Mike Nolan, a singer Martin had worked with before. Martin then set about gathering a line-up to enter the song with, based around her and Nolan. With the song already entered under the name Bucks Fizz, Martin and future manager, Jill Shirley recruited Cheryl Baker, Bobby G and Jay Aston to the line-up, with Martin herself dropping out. The song was published by Paper Music, which was a year-old publishing company owned by Billy Lawrie – himself a songwriter and brother of singer Lulu. Choreographer C