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"Born to Sing"
File:Colm C. T. Wilkinson-Born to Sing.jpg
Eurovision Song Contest 1978 entry
Country	Ireland
Artist(s)	Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Language	English
Composer(s)	Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Lyricist(s)	Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Conductor	Noel Kelehan
Finals performance
Final result	5th
Final points	86
Entry chronology
◄ "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" (1977)
"Happy Man" (1979) ►

"Born to Sing" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in English by Colm C. T. Wilkinson.

The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Wilkinson explaining that "a man is born to do one thing and was born to sing". He goes on to describe a story of heartbreak caused by his itinerant lifestyle, as his lover did not travel with him. He seems, however, to accept this as a fact of life and be prepared to live with it.

The song was performed first on the night, preceding Norway's Jahn Teigen with "Mil etter mil". At the close of voting, it had received 86 points, placing 5th in a field of 20.

It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1979 contest by Cathal Dunne with "Happy Man".

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)	8

References

"Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

v t e Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selections: Eurosong You're a Star (former)
Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest. See also: Irish Eurovision discography

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Countries	Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Baccara Caline and Olivier Toussaint Co-Co Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta Gemini Harmony Mabel Nilüfer and Nazar Joël Prévost Ricchi e Poveri Ireen Sheer Seija Simola Björn Skifs Springtime Jahn Teigen Tania Tsanaklidou Jean Vallée José Vélez Carole Vinci Colm C. T. Wilkinson
Songs	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "The Bad Old Days" "Bailemos un vals" "Boom Boom" "Born to Sing" "Charlie Chaplin" "Dai li dou" "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" "Feuer" "Il y aura toujours des violons" "Les Jardins de Monaco" "Mil etter mil" "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" "Parlez-vous français ?" "Questo amore" "Sevince" "'t Is OK" "Vivre"

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