Toi (song)

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Luxembourg Toi


caption =
year = 1975
country = Luxembourg
artist = Geraldine Branagan
as = Geraldine
with =
language = French
languages =
composer = Bill Martin, Phil Coulter
lyricist = Pierre Cour, Bill Martin, Phil Coulter
conductor = Phil Coulter
place = 5th
points = 84
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1975lu from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip =
prev = Bye Bye I Love You
prev_link = Bye Bye I Love You
next = Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'Aiment
next_link = Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'Aiment

Toi (English translation: "You") was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in French by Geraldine. The entry had a high pedigree, being penned by three authors/composers who had all written/composed previous Eurovision winners. Pierre Cour had been partly responsible for the 1960 winner "Tom Pillibi" and Bill Martin and Phil Coulter had created the 1967 winner "Puppet on a String".

The song is a ballad, with Geraldine telling her lover that "my life doesn't exist without you" and pledging her unending love to him. Another singer with a similar name, Géraldine, represented Switzerland in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, finishing last with 'nul points', but as John Kennedy O'Connor's The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History notes, despite the similarity in name, the two singers are unique. [O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3] This Geraldine later married the song's composer, Phil Coulter.

The song was performed fifth on the night (following Germany's Joy Fleming with Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein and preceding Norway's Ellen Nikolaysen with Touch My Life (With Summer)). At the close of voting, it had received 84 points, placing 5th in a field of 19.

It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1976 Contest by Jürgen Marcus with Chansons Pour Ceux Qui S'Aiment.

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