Luv Bug are an Irish pop band originating from Newry

Newry

Newry is a city in Northern Ireland. The River Clanrye, which runs through the city, formed the historic border between County Armagh and County Down. It is from Belfast and from Dublin. Newry had a population of 27,433 at the 2001 Census, while Newry and Mourne Council Area had a population...

 in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. They are most famous for representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

in 1986 with the song "You Can Count On Me

You Can Count On Me (song)

You Can Count On Me was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in English by Luv Bug. It was written by Kevin Sheerin.- Overview :The song is an up-tempo number, with the singer recounting a relationship she hopes might begin again...

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Career

The group were formed in late 1982 and consisted of sister and brothers June (lead vocals), Hugh (bass) and Max (guitar) Cunningham along with Ricky Meyler (vocals and keyboards) and Majella Grant (drums).

They became successful as a live act throughout Ireland and released their first single "Red Light Spells Danger" in 1984. The song was a cover of the Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean

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 track and was followed up by a string of their own compositions, many of which became hits on the Irish Charts.

In 1986, they won the National Song Contest with their song "You Can Count On Me" and competed in that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Norway

Norway

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. They ended the night fourth out of twenty entrants and the song reached the Irish top five.

The group continued successfully, releasing their first album a year later. In 1988 they signed a recording deal with Virgin Records

Virgin Records

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 in the UK with two single releases under a different name, Heart of Ice. By the end of the decade the group had toured Europe and had completed some recording work in Los Angeles

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In 1992 the group entered the National Song Contest (now titled Eurosong) again with the song "Close to Your Heart", but lost out to Linda Martin

Linda Martin

Linda Martin is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known in Europe as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, with the song "Why Me?", and in Ireland as a member of the 1970s/1980s band, Chips.-Chips:Martin started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips...

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Luv Bug still continue today, performing live mainly in Ireland.

Discography

Singles:

Date	Single	Irish Charts Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
May 1984	"Red Light Spells Danger"	15
October 1984	"Burn it Up"	22
April 1985	"Look at Me I'm Dancing"	16
August 1985	"Living in Stereo"	24
February 1986	"On My Own"	17
April 1986	"You Can Count On Me You Can Count On Me (song) You Can Count On Me was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, performed in English by Luv Bug. It was written by Kevin Sheerin.- Overview :The song is an up-tempo number, with the singer recounting a relationship she hopes might begin again... "	2
September 1986	"Is There Something I Should Know"	26
December 1986	"Winter's Here"	-
April 1987	"Fall Out"	-
February 1988	"Brand New Heart"	-
October 1988	"Delving Away" (credited to Heart of Ice)	-
February 1989	"Every Time You Leave"	-
November 1989	"Flashback"	-
May 1990	"Living in Stereo" (re-recording) (credited to Heart of Ice)	-
October 1990	"Welcome to My Party"	-
1995	"Call Me" (EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... )	-

Album:

• April 1987 - Luv Bug