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Why Me? (Linda Martin song)
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"'Why Me?'" is a 1992 song by Northern-Irish singer Linda Martin. It was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed for by Martin. The result was also notable as the song was composed by Johnny Logan, who had previously won the contest with "What's Another Year?" and the self-composed "Hold Me Now" (in and respectively). Logan is, to date, the only person to win the contest with a song composed for him, win the contest with his own song and then compose another winner. Furthermore, this was the second time Martin performed a song by Logan at the contest, after "Terminal 3" in .
The song is a ballad, building in intensity towards the end. The singer describes her thoughts about her lover and asks why she is the lucky one to have his love, as against anyone else.
The song was performed seventeenth on the night, following the 's Michael Ball with "One Step Out of Time" and preceding 's & with "Alt det som ingen ser". At the close of voting, it had received 155 points, placing 1st in a field of 23.
The song was succeeded in as winner by Niamh Kavanagh, also representing Ireland, with "In Your Eyes".
Logan covered the song on his 2001 album 'Reach for Me'.
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Category:Eurovision songs of Ireland
Category:Eurovision songs of 1992
Category:Eurovision Song Contest winning songs
Category:1992 singles
Category:1992 songs
Category:Linda Martin songs
Category:Songs written by Johnny Logan (singer)
Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
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