2000 - Denmark - Olsen Brothers - Fly On The Wings Of Love (1st place at Eurovision Song Contest)

Performed by: Olsen Brothers
Music by: Jørgen Olsen
Lyrics by: Jørgen Olsen
Language: English
Placing: 1st (195 points)
Other versions: Danish, German

Here is the Danish version of the song:

And here the German language version:

"Fly on the Wings of Love" is a love ballad, with the singers describing the beauty of a woman. Unusual for any pop song (let alone one in the Contest), its lyrics strongly imply that this is a beauty which has improved with age - a theme made more explicit in the Danish original "Smuk som et stjerneskud" ("Beautiful as a shooting star").

The song was not expected to score highly, as it was an old-fashioned ballad and performed by two of the oldest performers to enter the Contest. In spite of this, it led the voting from start to finish (a feat not achieved since ABBA won in 1974) and became a great favourite among fans of the Contest, being named one of the best entries at the Congratulations special in late 2005. The brothers in fact performed part of the song onstage and were greeted with rapturous applause (perhaps due to the special's location in Copenhagen). Renārs Kaupers, hosting the show, made several references to "being beaten by a pair of Danish brothers" (which his band Brainstorm was).

The song is also memorable for the vocoding effects given to the voice during the final chorus, which allow it to sound something like a robot. These effects were the subject of a protest by the Russian delegation, however they were not found to be against the rules and the result stood.

The song was succeeded in 2001 as winner by Tanel Padar and Dave Benton representing Estonia with "Everybody".

It was succeeded as Danish representative at the 2001 contest by Rollo & King with "Never Ever Let You Go". The Olsen Brothers have additionally performed "Fly On The Wings Of Love" at the Romanian national Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, on 6 March.

The song was one of the unofficial songs of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup held in China.

Both Jørgen and Niels Olsen participated in the musical Hair in the Cirkusbygningen in Copenhagen March 1971, and went on tour afterwards through Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

The Olsen Brothers' first album was released in 1972 and in total they have released 13 albums. Some of the biggest hit singles include "Angelina" (1972), ”For What We Are” (1973), "Julie" (1977), "San Francisco" (1978), "Dans Dans Dans" (1979), "Marie, Marie" (1982), "Neon Madonna" (1985), ”Wings Of Love”(2000), "We Believe In Love" (2001), "Look Up Look Down" (performed with Sir Cliff Richard) (2009) and "Brothers To Brothers" (2013).

The Olsen Brothers have sold approx 3.2 million albums, 1.5 million singles and 2.7 million compilations. They have a two-voice harmony and among their “fans” are Sir Cliff Richard and Björn Ulvaeus who both call the Olsen Brothers the "European Everly Brothers”.

Lyrics:

Fly on the wings of love
In the summer nights, when the moon shines bright, feeling love forever
And the heat is on when the daylight's gone, still happy together
There's just one more thing I'd like to add - she's the greatest love I've ever had

Fly on the wings of love, fly, baby, fly
Reaching the stars above, touching the sky

And as time goes by, there's a lot to try, and I'm feelin' lucky
In the softest sand, smiling hand in hand, love is all around me
There's just one more thing I'd like to add - she's the greatest love I've ever had

Fly on the wings of love, fly, baby, fly
Reaching the stars above, touching the sky

If you just fly, (fly, baby, fly)
Fly on the wings of love, (on the wings of love)
Reaching the stars above, (fly, baby, fly,) touching the sky

Fly on the wings of love, fly, baby, fly
Reaching the stars above, touching the sky

Fly on the wings of love, (fly, baby, fly)
Fly, baby, fly (on the wings of love)
Reaching the stars above, (fly, baby, fly,) touching the sky
If you just fly on wings of love

"Fly on the Wings of Love" is a song by Danish pop-rock duo Olsen Brothers, which was the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed for Denmark in English.

It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2000 contest with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" by Olsen Brothers.

"Fly on the Wings of Love" performed by the Olsen Brothers represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. It was selected on 19 February 2000 at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2000, performed in Danish as "Smuk som et stjerneskud".

They won the annual Dansk Melodi Grand Prix song competition in 2000 in Copenhagen and went on to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm, where they won with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" (translated from the Danish "Smuk som et stjerneskud")

Denmark has won the contest on three occasions: in 1963 with the song "Dansevise" by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, in 2000 with "Fly on the Wings of Love" by Olsen Brothers, and again in 2013 with "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest.

The song was the fifteenth performed on the night, following Denmark's Olsen Brothers with "Fly on the Wings of Love" and preceding Switzerland's Jane Bogaert with "La vita cos'è?".

They are best known for their 2003 trance cover version of the song "Fly on the Wings of Love", which was originally the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000, performed by the Danish duo Olsen Brothers.

"Fly on the Wings of Love" re-entered the top ten at number 8 on 5 July 2003 (week ending), dropped out two weeks later, and re-entered for a second time on 26 July 2003 (week ending), rising to number 8 again on 2 August 2003 (week ending) and spending one more week in the top ten.

The winner was Denmark with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love", performed by the Olsen Brothers and written by the oldest brother Jørgen Olsen.

Denmark won the contest for the second time in 2000 with the Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".

This led to the victory of "Fly on the Wings of Love" performed by Olsen Brothers with 58 points.