The song was performed seventeenth on the night ( following France 's Profil with " Hé , hé M'sieurs dames " and preceding Spain 's Trigo Limpio with " Quédate esta noche " ) . At the close of voting , it had received 143 points , placing 1st in a field of 19 . The song was succeeded as Eurovision winner at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 by British band Bucks Fizz and the song " Making Your Mind Up " . It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1981 Contest by Sheeba with " Horoscopes "
1981 Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
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