United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Country	United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process	A Song For Europe
Selection date(s)	7 February 1964
Selected entrant	Matt Monro
Selected song	"I Love the Little Things"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tony Hatch;
Finals performance
Final result	2nd, 17 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

The United Kingdom held a national selection to choose the song that would go to the Eurovision Song Contest 1964. It was held on 7 February 1964 and presented by David Jacobs.

Matt Monro was chosen to sing the entry and juries made up of members of the public in sixteen UK cities selected I Love the Little Things for him to sing at the Eurovision final, where it placed 2nd in the contest. Monro released all six songs from the UK final on an Extended Play maxi single A Song for Europe, which reached number 16 in the EP top 20 chart. He subsequently released the winning song on single, with the runner up on the B-Side, but this single failed to reach the official UK singles chart.

At the Eurovision the BBC TV commentary was provided by David Jacobs, whilst Ian Fenner provided radio commentary for British Forces Radio.

The Austrian entry in the 1964 contest "Warum nur, warum?", performed by songwriter Udo Jürgens, caught Monro's ear, despite its sixth-place finish, and he recorded an English version titled "Walk Away" (lyric by Monro's manager Don Black), earning him another hit single late in 1964.

Results

Artist	Song	Place	Points
Matt Monro	Choose	4	16
Matt Monro	It's Funny How You Know	6	11
Matt Monro	I Love The Little Things	1	87
Matt Monro	I've Got The Moon On My Side	2	43
Matt Monro	Ten Out Of Ten	5	15
Matt Monro	Beautiful, Beautiful	3	20
The table is ordered by appearance.

"I Love the Little Things" won the national and went on to come 2nd in the contest.

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