"Love Games", written and composed by Paul Curtis and Graham Sacher, was the 's entry at the

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, performed by the trio

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, which was headed by Kit Rolfe. Belle and the Devotions won the right to perform at

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by winning the UK national final, ''

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'', where they were the fourth act to perform. In Luxembourg, the song was performed sixth on the night, following 's

Dollie de Luxe Dollie de Luxe were a Norwegian pop duo consisting of Benedicte Adrian (lead vocal) and Ingrid Bjørnov (keyboard and vocal). Their debut album ''Første Akt'' from 1980 was awarded Spellemannprisen. They represented Norway in the Eurovision Son ...

with " Lenge leve livet" and preceding '

Andy Paul Andy Paul is a Greek-Cypriot singer and songwriter. He represented Cyprus with the song "Anna Maria Lena" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg.Barclay, Simon (2010) ''The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest ...

with " Anna Maria Lena". At the end of judging that evening, "Love Games" took the seventh-place slot with 63 points. At the time, the song was the third-worst performer for the United Kingdom since entering Eurovision in 1957 (the songs in and were the only ones to rank lower). The song was an homage to the girl group sound of 1960s

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, with the girls lamenting that their lovers had "played love games" with them and broken their hearts. The trio was dressed in bright

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coloured jackets and miniskirts, with similarly eye-popping hair (Rolfe went for a platinum blonde, while the other singers dyed their hair yellow and bright red, respectively). At the end of their performance, some cheers in the audience were met with boos, as many people in Luxembourg were still upset with the United Kingdom after English football fans rioted in the country as a result of being knocked out of the European Championship the previous November.O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 1983: England fans rampage in Luxembourg
/ref> After Eurovision, the song peaked at No. 11 on the

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. The 7" single runs to 3:16. The 12" single is an extended version and runs to 4:51. The 12" version has yet to be made available on CD.

Charts

References

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