Bucks Fizz performed the timeless classic tune Making Your Mind Up, together with the now famous skirt ripping dance routine. This was one of the most up-tempo songs of the evening, and with only two rounds of voting to go, it was a three-way tie between Germany. the UK and Switzerland. Switzerland were yet to vote and gave eight points to the UK, but Nil Points to Germany. Despite the final jury giving Germany maximum points, Bucks Fizz won the contest.
This victory was to set them up for a career that was to be as successful as any British Eurovision winner before, or since. They went on to be one of the most popular bands of the 80s with a string of hit singles and albums.
Making Your Mind Up was a number one for the group in nine different countries and received gold disc status in four countries.. This was promptly followed by a further two top twenty hits - Piece Of The Action and One Of Those Nights - and a self-titled album which went Gold in the UK and Platinum in Australia.
After winning the contest, the group built on their success with other awards and accolades. In November 1981, they won Best Song Award at the Yamaha Song Contest (oriental Eurovision) in Tokyo with the song Another Night.
Their next single, released in November 1981, The Land Of Make Believe went Gold before Christmas of that year and went on to become one of their most popular songs, reaching Number One in three countries and winning the Amplex Golden Reel Award for one million copies sold.
In 1982, the success for Bucks Fizz continued and in April of that year the group's fourth single, My Camera Never Lies, went straight to Number One in the UK. This was followed in May by the group's second studio album, Are You Ready, which went Gold immediately. This also produced another hit, Now Those Days Are Gone, which reached number 8 in the UK charts.
1984 was to be an eventful year. Bucks Fizz toured the UK on a 7 week sell out tour.
1983 saw the release of If You Cant Stand The Heat which reached number 10 in the UK charts. This was followed by Run For Your Life. Both singles were featured on the group's third studio album, Hand Cut, which charted at number 15 in the UK.
Later that year saw the release of When We Were Young, a slightly different sound with Jay on lead vocal. London Town followed and then a Greatest Hits album which finished the year on a high.
Three more singles were released: Talking In Your Sleep, Golden Days and I Hear Talk which was a surprise club hit in America. Fate was to deal the group a devastating blow that year: whilst on tour in December there was a horrific Coach crash which resulted in the serious injury of Mike Nolan.
As Mike was on the road to recovery Bucks Fizz received yet another blow as Jay Aston decided to depart the group after a scandalous affair with the bands Manager which made front page of all the tabloids.
Auditions were held in London for a Jay Aston replacement. About 800 girls turned up to audition and finally Shelley Preston was recruited to replace Jay.
1986 saw Bucks Fizz back on top of the charts with a new look, a new record deal with Polydor and a new single called New Beginning. The single reached number 8 in the UK charts and was a great success.
A further two singles were also released this year: Love The One Your With" and Keep Each Other Warm, together with what would be their 5th studio album, Writing On The Wall.
The single Heart Of Stone was released in 1988. This would later be covered by Cher a couple of years later.
Shelley Preston decided to leave the group in 1990 to pursue solo projects and the group continued as a trio.
The group's albums are currently available on CD, as well as a recently released Best Of CD/DVD which made the top 40 in May 2007.
She Cries
Bucks Fizz Lyrics
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She walks into your domain
You are captured by her beauty
You can feel her taking aim
And the way she lets her hair down
Sets a pounding in your head
But you get the strangest feelings
That she wouldn't care if you were dead
Underneath the cold and staring eyes
Underneath the cut of her replies
Underneath the passionless disguise
She cries, She cries, She cries…
Underneath the show that never dies
Underneath the calculating lies
Underneath emotionless goodbyes
She cries, She cries, She cries…
(My, oh, my, don't you cry)
(Ma will sing to you while you cry)
From a well detached position
You can see her targets fall
It seems she doesn't care for anyone
It seems she doesn't care at all
Underneath the cold and staring eyes
Underneath the cut of her replies
Underneath the passionless disguise
She cries, She cries, She cries…
Underneath the show that never dies
Underneath the calculating lies
Underneath emotionless goodbyes
She cries, She cries, She cries...
The song "She Cries," performed by Bucks Fizz, speaks to the mystery of a woman who enters a man's space with an essence of independence that captures his attention. The lyrics describe how the woman's beauty and confidence overwhelm the man, but, at the same time, he feels the strangest feelings that she doesn't care about him. The chorus reveals that underneath the woman's show of strength and calculating nature, she cries. The tears and emotions flow freely despite the seemingly emotionless exterior. The song tells a story of a woman who appears confident, detached, and emotionally deficient, but her tears reveal an emotional vulnerability, passion, and compassion.
Perhaps Bucks Fizz lyricists intended this song to convey a message about the need to look beneath the surface of an individual. Oftentimes, people put on a façade of strength or indifference, but deep down, we all have our share of pain and emotions that we conceal from others. The lyrics encourage the listeners to look behind the mask that people wear and show kindness or compassion.
Line by Line Meaning
With an air of independence
She has a confident and self-sufficient demeanor
She walks into your domain
She enters your world and takes control
You are captured by her beauty
You're entranced by her appearance
You can feel her taking aim
She's intentionally targeting you
And the way she lets her hair down
Her act of letting loose creates a stir
Sets a pounding in your head
It's overwhelming and intense
But you get the strangest feelings
You have a gut feeling that something is off
That she wouldn't care if you were dead
She appears cold and indifferent to your well-being
From a well detached position
She observes from a place of emotional distance
You can see her targets fall
She successfully accomplishes her goals and people suffer as a result
It seems she doesn't care for anyone
She appears to have no empathy towards others
It seems she doesn't care at all
She is indifferent and unemotional
Underneath the cold and staring eyes
Beneath her distant gaze
Underneath the cut of her replies
Beneath her blunt and curt responses
Underneath the passionless disguise
Beneath her unfeeling mask
She cries, She cries, She cries…
Despite her facade, she's really emotional and suffers too
Underneath the show that never dies
Beneath her spectacle of a life that is always ongoing
Underneath the calculating lies
Beneath her deliberate falsehoods designed to manipulate others
Underneath emotionless goodbyes
Beneath her unfeeling displays of leaving or ending relationships
She cries, She cries, She cries...
Despite her front, she has emotions that she cannot hide forever
Contributed by Ian N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.