Je vais me marier, Marie
"Je vais me marier, Marie" (English translation: "I´m getting married, Mary") was the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in French by Patrick Juvet.
 "Je vais me marier, Marie" | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry | |
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| Composer(s) | Patrick Juvet |
| Lyricist(s) | Pierre Delanoë |
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 12th |
| Final points | 79 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "C'est la chanson de mon amour" (1972) | |
| "Mein Ruf nach dir" (1974) ► | |
In the song he gathers his friends round to "laugh and sing through the night" and he gives them the news that he "is going to be married". He is renouncing his youth and folies today, for tomorrow will be the time to think about life and children. As he will not be seeing them any more, he tells them to drink to his health and lost liberty.[1]
The song was performed eighth on the night (following Spain's Mocedades with "Eres tú" and preceding Yugoslavia's Zdravko Čolić with "Gori vatra"). At the close of voting, it had received 79 points, placing 12th in a field of 17.
It was succeeded as Swiss representative at the 1974 Contest by Piera Martell with "Mein Ruf nach dir".