1981 Entry
Peter, Sue & Marc — Io senza te
Representing Switzerland at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest .
- Country
- Switzerland
- Year
- 1981
- Final Position
- 4
- Running Order
- 19
- Points
- 121
Peter, Sue and Marc were a Swiss music group from Bern, consisting of Peter Reber, Sue Schell, and Marc Dietrich. They represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest four times, singing in four languages: French in 1971 with "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans", English in 1976 with "Djambo, Djambo", German in 1979 with "Trödler und Co", and Italian in 1981 with "Io senza te", which they also published in German. They sold over two million records in Switzerland. They held concerts in many countries including Germany, Austria, and Japan. Their greatest hit was "Cindy" in 1976. The song "Birds of paradise" became a hit in Slovakia in 2006. Initially the song was played at the funeral of 42 military plane crash victims. Following that people flooded radio stations across the country with requests for this song.
Swiss singer-songwriter of Peter, Sue & Marc who wrote and performed Switzerland's 1979 Eurovision entry "Trödler & Co."
Swiss-American singer, born 6 April 1950 in New York, USA. From 1968 to 1981 Susan Schell was a member of the successful Swiss group [a=Peter, Sue & Marc] as Sue Schell. In 1982 she started a solo career.On October 10, 1982, she reached the top 5 in the Swiss charts with the song Simple Things. After the second solo album in 1984, in view of the lack of success her producers gave up. Schell released her third album in 1987 under her own direction. Today she performs as Susan Schell contemplative, spiritual and esoteric songs.
Song details
- Tempo
- 136 BPM
- Key
- F# major
- Duration
- 2:58
Composers
Lyricists
Points received
- 12
Finland - 12
Ireland - 12
Norway - 12
United Kingdom - 12
Yugoslavia - 10
Cyprus - 10
France - 8
Luxembourg - 8
Portugal - 7
Germany - 4
Denmark - 4
Greece - 4
Spain - 2
Austria - 2
Turkey - 1
Netherlands - 1
Sweden