Passion develops between the two: "every burning hot winter our love made the earth tremble", but one day men come for the stranger.

The song was performed eleventh on the night, following Israel's Milk and Honey with "Hallelujah" and preceding Belgium's Micha Marah with "Hey Nana".

The Reading Evening Post's Albert Watson wrote the song was "quite beautiful" and a favourite to win the contest.

[1] Concurringly, Der Bund's television critic praised the song for offering the contest a true chanson.

[2] In contrast, Russell Kyle of the Evening Times called it an "abysmal [commercial] failure", labelling the single "rubbish".