Long Live Love (Olivia Newton-John song)

"Long Live Love" is a song by Australian singer, songwriter, and actress Olivia Newton-John composed and written by Valerie Avon and Harold Spiro.

Considered a strong contender, Newton-John performed "Long Live Love" second on the evening, following Finland's "Keep Me Warm" by Carita Holmström and preceding Spain's "Canta y sé feliz" by Peret.

The conductor for the British entrant was Nick Ingman and Newton-John was backed by a five-woman chorale which included the Ladybirds, the trio who had sung backup for Sandie Shaw on her victorious performance of "Puppet on a String" in the 1967 contest.

In the British Isles "Long Live Love" charted in the UK with a #11[8] peak and reached #9[9] in Ireland: the track also afforded Newton-John a #11 hit in her adopted homeland of Australia.

Renderings of "Long Live Love" in Norwegian and Finnish were recorded by respectively Gluntan [no] ("Det er et sted")[18] and Päivi Paunu ("Kun rakastaa").