ESC 1961 - United Kingdom<br />Performed by: The Allisons<br />Music by: John Allison, Bob Allison<br />Lyrics by: John Allison, Bob Allison<br />Conductor: Harry Robinson<br />Language: English<br /><br />Placing: 2nd (24 points)<br /><br /><br />Composers and lyricists: John Allison, Bob Allison<br /><br />"Are You Sure?" is a song by British pop duo The Allisons, that represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in English.<br /><br />The song was performed 15th on the night of the contest, held on 18 March 1961, following Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Pascal with "Nous les amoureux", and preceding Italy's Betty Curtis with "Al di là". 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 at Eurovision 1967. "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 #1 in 1967.<br /><br />The song was succeeded as the UK representative at the 1962 Contest by Ronnie Carroll with "Ring-A-Ding Girl".<br /><br />The lyrics are memorable for a possibly unique example of the bizarre grammatical error "Comes tomorrow, you won't want me".<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIxU_XWUmf4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIxU_XWUmf4</a>