Love Shine a Light was the United Kingdom entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin performed by Katrina and The Waves. This song was dedicated to the Samaritans charity as part of their 30th anniversary.
It was performed 24th on the night following Croatia and preceding Iceland. At the close of voting, it was declared the winner with 227 points, giving the United Kingdom its fifth win overall. It peaked at #3 on the UK chart despite no airplay from BBC Radio 1. It also remained the country's highest-scoring entry until 2022.
The song was performed by the 2020 artists during the Europe Shine a Light special, with Katrina herself singing the last line.
Lyrics[]
Love, shine a light in every corner of my heart
Let the love light carry, let the love light carry
Light up the magic in every little part
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Love, shine a light in every corner of my dream
Let the love light carry, let the love light carry
Like the mighty river flowin' from the stream
Let our love shine a light in every corner of my dream
And we're all gonna shine a light together
All shine a light to light the way
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Love, shine a light in every corner of the world
Let the love light carry, let the love light carry
Light up the magic for every boy and girl
Let our love shine a light in every corner of the world
And we're all gonna shine a light together
All shine a light to light the way
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
And we're all gonna shine a light together
All shine a light to light the way
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Jeangu Macrooy:
Love, shine a light in every corner of my heart
Diodato:
Let the love light carry, let the love light carry
Alicja Szemplińska:
Light up the magic in every little part
Blas Cantó:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Kateryna Pavlenko (Go_A):
Love, shine a light in every corner of my dream
Let the love light carry
Kateryna/Daði:
let the love light carry
Daði Freyr:
Like the mighty river
Daði/Arilena:
flowin' from the stream
Arilena Ara:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of my dream
Ben & Tan:
And we're all gonna shine a light together
Senhit:
All shine a light to light the way
Vincent Bueno:
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Montaigne:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Ulrikke:
Love, shine a light in every corner of my heart
Aksel Kankaanranta:
Let the love light carry
Ben Dolic:
let the love light carry
Sandro Nicolas:
Light up the magic
Tornike Kipiani:
in every little part
Let our love
Elisa:
shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Samira Efendi:
Love, shine a light in every corner of the world
Damir Kedžo:
Let the love light carry, let the love light carry
Stefania:
Light up the magic for every boy and girl
Uku Suviste:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of the world
The Mamas:
And we're all gonna shine a light together
Tom Leeb:
All shine a light to light the way
Sonya Tayurskaya (Little Big):
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Destiny:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Vaidotas Valiukevičius (The Roop):
Love, shine a light in every corner of my heart
Roxen:
Let the love light carry, let the love light carry
Gjon's Tears:
Light up the magic in every little part
Ana Soklič:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
VAL:
And we're all gonna shine a light together
Victoria:
All shine a light to light the way
Natalia Gordienko:
Brothers and sisters
Benny Cristo:
in every little part
Eden Alene:
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Hurricane:
And we're all gonna shine a light together
Lesley Roy:
All shine a light to light the way
Samanta Tīna/James:
Brothers and sisters
James Newman:
in every little part
James/Athena:
Let our love
Athena Manoukian:
Shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Vasil Garvanilev:
And we're all gonna shine a light together
2020 artists:
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts
Katrina:
Shine a light in every corner of our hearts
| Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | |||
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| Participants | |||
 Hara & Andreas Konstantinou •  Şebnem Paker & Grup Ethnic •  Tor Endresen •  Bettina Soriat •  Marc Roberts •  Tanja Ribič •  Barbara Berta •  Mrs. Einstein •  Jalisse •  Marcos Llunas •  Bianca Shomburg •  Anna Maria Jopek •  Maarja-Liis Ilus •  Alma Čardžić •  Célia Lawson •  Blond •  Marianna Zorba •  Debbie Scerri •  V.I.P. •  Alla Pugacheva •  Kølig Kaj •  Fanny •  E.N.I. •  Katrina and The Waves •  Paul Oscar
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| Songs | |||
| Mana mou • Dinle • San Francisco • One Step • Mysterious Woman • Zbudi se • Dentro di me • Niemand heeft nog tijd • Fiumi di Parole • Sin rencor • Zeit • Ale jestem • Keelatud maa • Goodbye • Antes do adeus • Bara hon älskar mig • Horepse • Let Me Fly • Miért kell, hogy elmenj? • Primadonna • Stemmen i mit liv • Sentiments songes • Probudi me • Love Shine a Light • Minn hinsti dans
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Trivia[]
- This was the last winner with an orchestral arrangement.
Videos[]
Katrina & The Waves-Love shine a light 1997
Eurovision 1997 United Kingdom - Katrina & The Waves - Love shine a light
Love Shine A Light performed by the artists of Eurovision 2020 - Eurovision- Europe Shine A Light