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"Save Your Kisses for Me."

Í kosningabaráttu geta hinir ótrúlegustu hlutir orðið að liði við að byggja upp góðan liðsanda.

Eitt af því í liðinni baráttu var vinningslagið í Eurovision frá árinu 1976, enda sáu margir góðan félaga okkar eiga heima í þessum söngflokki. Handa- og fótahreyfingar þóttu ótrúlega hallærislegar, en þegar svo langt er um liðið eru þær bara fyndnar!! En að lokum þetta: "Rúnar, þetta er ódauðlegt!!"

"Save Your Kisses for Me" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed for the United Kingdom by Brotherhood of Man in The Hague, Netherlands. The lyrics and music were written by Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, and Martin Lee, the latter two being members of the band. This was the third consecutive occasion on which a group had won the contest, and the second consecutive occasion on which the song performed first had won.

The performance consisted of the two male singers wearing a black and white suit respectively, and the two females wearing a white and red jumpsuit with matching berets standing still and singing, with minor arm and leg choreography. The bouncy jingle described the gently conflicted emotions of a young man leaving an adored loved-one in the morning as he leaves for work. The song's final line provided the twist: that he was leaving a three year old behind, ending with "save your kisses for me/save all your kisses for me...even though you're only three".

It was awarded the maximum twelve points by seven countries, totalling 164 points compared to the second-placed French entry with 147 points. After winning the contest, the song was released and reached number one in more than thirty countries across Europe and eventually sold more than five million copies. In the U.K. it was the biggest-selling single of 1976.
The lyrics have come in for their share of lampooning, most notably as "Save Your Kippers for Tea" included in a medley by the Barron Knights.

The song was chosen in an internet poll conducted by the European Broadcasting Union in 2005 as one of the fourteen most popular songs in the history of the Eurovision, and was one of the entrants in the Congratulations fiftieth anniversary concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, held in October 2005. It was re-enacted by the group (who are still together) along with twelve dancers dressed in matching red, white, and black costumes with briefcases and a live orchestra as the original footage was shown in the background. Save Your Kisses for me came fourth in the final voting.

The song was succeeded in 1977 by Marie Myriam singing "L'Oiseau et l'Enfant" for France.

Later in 1976, country singer Margo Smith from the United States covered the song and it went to number ten on the Country charts.

"In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)"

Hlýðið á þetta, þarna koma fram vangaveltur hvað maðurinn getur gert sjálfum sér.

"In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" is the title of a hit song from 1969 by the Lincoln, Nebraska duo Zager and Evans, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, commencing July 12. The song was written by Rick Evans in 1964 and originally released on a small local record label in 1967. Two years later, an Odessa, Texas radio station popularized the disc, which RCA Records quickly picked up for nationwide distribution.

Sýnishorn mynda V.