Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)

"Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)"
"Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)"
Single by Frances Ruffelle
B-side	"Is This a Broken Heart?"
Released	4 April 1994
Genre	Pop
Length	4:03
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	George De Angelis; Mark Dean;
Producer(s)	George De Angelis
Eurovision Song Contest 1994 entry
Country	United Kingdom
Artist(s)	Frances Ruffelle
Language	English
Composer(s)	George De Angelis; Mark Dean;
Lyricist(s)	George De Angelis; Mark Dean;
Conductor	Michael Reed
Finals performance
Final result	10th
Final points	63
Entry chronology
	◄ "Better the Devil You Know" (1993)
	"Love City Groove" (1995) ►

"Lonely Symphony (We Will be Free)" was the United Kingdom entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. The song was written by George De Angelis and Mark Dean and sung by English musical theatre actress and singer Frances Ruffelle in English. It was released by Virgin Records in April 1994.

At Eurovision

Performing sixth on the night, following Iceland's Sigga singing "Nætur" and preceding Croatia's Tony Cetinski singing "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva", it received 63 points and placed 10th in a field of twenty-five.

It was succeeded as the UK representative by Love City Groove with "Love City Groove".

Critical reception

Mark Frith from Smash Hits gave the song three out of five, writing, "Everyone makes jokes about the Eurovision Song Contest, but we all want to win really. Frances Ruffelle is a rather wonderful, gutsy singer who could sing the London phone directory and make it sound good. And guess what? She just has! Well almost. This pleasant, atmospheric gospel song is the last thing that wins Eurovision. But after repeated listens it's wonderful."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lonely Symphony (We will be Free)"	4:03
2.	"Lonely Symphony (We will be Free) (extended [intro] version)"	6:30
3.	"Is This a Broken Heart?"	4:05
4.	"Is This a Broken Heart? (Damaged mix)"	5:50

Charts

It was released on 4 April 1994, and peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	25

References

^ Frith, Mark (13 April 1994). "New Singles". Smash Hits. p. 59. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "The UK's highest charting Eurovision stars revealed!". Official Charts. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

External links

Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush

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[1] Frith, Mark (13 April 1994). "New Singles". Smash Hits. p. 59. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[2] "The UK's highest charting Eurovision stars revealed!". Official Charts. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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