"Boum-Badaboum" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, performed in French by Minouche Barelli.
Written and composed by Serge Gainsbourg, the song is part of the long Eurovision tradition of nonsensical titles and lyrics. Barelli begs to be given the chance to know love and to experience "other paradises" before everything is blown up. The phrase "boom boom" and a countdown are repeated throughout the lyrics.
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"Boum-Badaboum" was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, performed in French by Minouche Barelli.
Written and composed by Serge Gainsbourg, the song is part of the long Eurovision tradition of nonsensical titles and lyrics. Barelli begs to be given the chance to know love and to experience "other paradises" before everything is blown up. The phrase "boom boom" and a countdown are repeated throughout the lyrics.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following Norway's Kirsti Sparboe with "Dukkemann" and preceding Yugoslavia's Lado Leskovar with "Vse rože sveta"). At the close of voting, it had received 10 points, placing 5th in a field of 17.
It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1968 Contest by Line & Willy with "À chacun sa chanson".
Another song, also called "Boum-Badaboum", was recorded by French children's song singer Henri Dès.
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