Say It Again (Precious song)
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"Say It Again" was the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

, written by Paul Varney and performed by girl band Precious
Precious (band)
Precious were a British girl group, comprising Louise Rose, Anya Lahiri, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Jenny Frost. They first achieved fame as the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest and went on to become a moderately popular act until they decided it was time to go their own...

.

The song was performed 5th on the night of the contest, following Croatia
Croatia
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's Doris Dragović
Doris Dragovic
Dorotea "Doris" Dragović is a Croatian singer-songwriter. She represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Željo moja", finishing the 11th with 49 points, and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena", finishing fourth with 118...

 with "Marija Magdalena
Marija Magdalena
"Marija Magdalena" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Croatian by Doris Dragović....

" and preceding Slovenia
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's Darja Švajger
Darja Švajger
Darja Švajger was born in Maribor, SR Slovenia in 1965. Darja is one of the country's most popular singers but perhaps most known internationally for representing Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice.-Early life:...

 with "For A Thousand Years
For A Thousand Years
"For A Thousand Years" was the Slovene entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, sung by Darja Švajger and performed in English, the first time a Slovenian entry was performed in English...

". The song received 38 points, placing 12th in a field of 23.

The song was succeeded as UK entry at the 2000 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
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 by Nicki French
Nicki French
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 with "Don't Play That Song Again
Don't Play That Song Again
"Don't Play That Song Again" was the UK entry for the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. 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"...

".

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 36
Swedish Singles Chart 34
UK Singles Chart
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