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"Rock 'n' Roll Kids" was the host country entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin, performed by duo Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan.

It won the Contest with 226 points, the most winning points for any country up to that point, giving the country its sixth win, its second consecutive on home soil as well as a record third in a row - a record that remains unbroken to this day.  It is also the last host nation entry to win the Contest as of 2023.

Lyrics[]

I remember sixty-two
I was sixteen and so were you
And we lived next door on the avenue

Jerry Lee was big and Elvis too
Blue jeans and blue suede shoes
And we never knew what life held in store
We just wanted to rock ‘n’ roll forever more

We were the rock ‘n’ roll kids
Rock ‘n’ roll was all we did
And listenin’ to those songs on the radio

I was yours and you were mine
That was once upon a time
Now we never seem to rock ‘n’ roll anymore

Now Johnny’s in love with the girl next door
And Mary’s down at the record store
They don’t wanna be around us no more

Golden oldies, but we hardly speak
Too busy running to a different beat
Hard to understand we were once like them
How I wish we could find those rock ‘n’ roll days again

We were the rock ‘n’ roll kids
Rock ‘n’ roll was all we did
And listenin’ to those songs on the radio

I was yours and you were mine
That was once upon a time
Now we never seem to rock ‘n’ roll anymore

I was yours and you were mine
That was once upon a time
Now we never seem to rock ‘n’ roll
We just never seem to rock ‘n’ roll anymore


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Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
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Winning Songs
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Contests
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Miscellaneous
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Songs
"Rock 'n' Roll Kids" • "To nie ja!" • "Wir geben 'ne Party" • "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" • "More than Love" • "Duett" • "Je suis un vrai garçon" • "Chamar a música" • "Vyečhniy stranik" • "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" • "Ime anthropos ki ego" • "Nætur" • "Stjärnorna" • "To trehandiri" • "Ostani kraj mene" • "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" • "Für den Frieden der Welt" • "Ella no es ella" • "Sto pregando" • "Nekonečná pieseň" • "Dincolo de nori" • "Bye Bye Baby" • "Waar is de zon" • "Nagu merelaine" • "Lopšinė mylimai"
Performers
Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganEdyta GórniakMeKaDoFriderika BayerChris & MoiraElisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner DanielsenNina MoratoSara TavaresYouddiphFrances RuffelleEvridikiSiggaMarie Bergman & Roger PontareKostas Bigalis & The Sea LoversAlma & DejanTony CetinskiPetra FreyAlejandro AbadDuilloTublatankaDan BittmanCatCatWilleke AlbertiSilvi VraitOvidijus Vyšniauskas
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