"Better the Devil You Know" | ||||
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Single by Sonia | ||||
from the album Better the Devil You Know | ||||
B-side | "Not What I Call Love" | |||
Released | 19 April 1993[1] | |||
Length | 2:36 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Nigel Wright | |||
Sonia singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1993 entry | ||||
Country | ||||
Artist(s) | Sonia Evans | |||
As | Sonia | |||
Language | English | |||
Composer(s) | "Red" (Brian Teasdale) and Dean Collinson | |||
Lyricist(s) | Red and Collinson | |||
Conductor | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 2nd | |||
Final points | 164 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "One Step Out of Time" (1992) | ||||
"We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" (1994) ► | ||||
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"Better the Devil You Know" is a song written by Brian Teasdale and Dean Collinson for British singer Sonia. The single was released in April 1993 by Arista as the second and final single from Sonia's third album, Better the Devil You Know (1993). The song was produced by Nigel Wright and was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, finishing in second place. After Eurovision, the song peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the chart for seven weeks.[2] The B-side was a song called "Not What I Call Love", co-written by Sonia and also on her third album.
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