Don't Play That Song Again
{{short description|UK entry for the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Infobox song contest entry
| song = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} "Don't Play That Song Again"
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| year = 2000
| country = United Kingdom
| artist = Nicki French
| genre =
| language = English
| languages =
| composer = John Springate, Gerry Shephard
| lyricist = John Springate, Gerry Shephard
| place = 16th
| points = 28
| prev = Say It Again
| prev_link = Say It Again (Precious song)
| next = No Dream Impossible
| next_link = No Dream Impossible
}}
"Don't Play That Song Again" was the {{esccnty|United Kingdom|y=2000}} entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The song was performed by Nicki French, already a well-known name, having had a worldwide hit in 1995 with a cover of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart": on the night she wore a lilac trenchcoat over a bright purple two-piece outfit.
Background
The song's composer John Springate had in 1994 produced French's first recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – which preceded her 1995 hit recording – and Springate had asked French to perform "Don't Play That Song Again" to vie at Song For Europe 2000 where the song came first in a field of four with total televotes of 47,355.
At Eurovision
The scoring for Eurovision 2000 began with "Don't Play that Song Again" receiving a single point from the first reporting jury (that being {{esccnty|Israel|y=2000}}): subsequently "Don't Play That Song Again" was awarded points by only seven of the twenty-one (not counting the UK) remaining juries with both the Maltese and the {{esccnty|Turkey|t=Turkish|y=2000}} jury responding best to "Don't Play That Song Again" by awarding it six points. At the close of the voting "Don't Play That Song Again" had accrued a vote tally of 28 points to earn sixteenth place in a field of twenty-four – the worst ever result for a UK entry up to that time.{{cite web | url=http://www.esctoday.com/annual/2000/participants.php | website=esctoday | title=Eurovision Song Contest 2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513031232/http://www.esctoday.com/annual/2000/participants.php | archive-date=May 13, 2012 | url-status=dead}}
Charts
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!Chart (2000) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Scotland|27|date=20000527|rowheader=true|access-date=22 January 2021}} |
| {{single chart|UK|34|date=20000527|rowheader=true|access-date=22 January 2021}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{succession box |
| before="Say It Again"
by Precious
| title=United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
| years=2000
| after="No Dream Impossible"
by Lindsay Dracass
}}
{{end}}
{{United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2000}}
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Category:Eurovision songs of the United Kingdom