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Are You Sure? (The Allisons song)
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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = The Allisons
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| B-side = There's One Thing More
| released = February 1961
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| genre = Pop
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| label = Fontana Records
| writer =
* John Allison
* Bob Day
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"'Are You Sure?'" is a song by pop duo The Allisons, that represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in English.
The song was performed 15th on the night of the contest, held on 18 March 1961, following 's Jean-Claude Pascal with "Nous les amoureux", and preceding 's Betty Curtis with "Al di l". The song received 24 points, placing 2nd in a field of 16, the third consecutive second place Eurovision finish for the UK for whom two subsequent Eurovision entrants would also be second-place finishers before "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw would give the UK its first Eurovision victory in . "Are You Sure?" was also the first UK Eurovision entrant to become a Top Ten hit reaching #2 UK, the best chart showing for a UK Eurovision entrant until "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw reached No. 1 in 1967.
The song was succeeded as the UK representative at the 1962 contest by Ronnie Carroll with "Ring-A-Ding Girl".
Chart performance
References
Category:1961 singles
Category:Eurovision songs of 1961
Category:Eurovision songs of the United Kingdom
Category:London Records singles
Category:Fontana Records singles
Category:1961 songs
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