The United Kingdom was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "I Love the Little Things", written by Tony Hatch, and performed by Matt Monro. The British participating broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally.
Before Eurovision
A Song for Europe 1964 The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 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.
BBC chose Matt Monro to sing the entries and juries made up of members of the public in sixteen British cities selected "I Love the Little Things" for him to sing at Eurovision.
Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 "Choose" Lionel Bart 16 4 2 "It's Funny How You Know" Philip Green and Norman Newell 11 6 3 "I Love the Little Things" Tony Hatch 87 1 4 "I've Got the Moon on My Side" Mitch Murray 43 2 5 "Ten Out of Ten" Leslie Bricusse 15 5 6 "Beautiful, Beautiful" Hal Shaper 20 3
Monro released all six songs from the British 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 Eurovision "I Love the Little Things" went on to come 2nd in Eurovision.
The contest was broadcast on BBC TV, with commentary provided by David Jacobs.
Voting
+ Points awarded to the United Kingdom Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by the United Kingdom Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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