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I remember '62
I was sixteen and so were you
And we lived next door,
On the avenue.
Jerry Lee was big and Elvis too;
Blue jeans and blue suede shoes,
And we never knew
What life held in store.
We just wanted to rock
'n' roll forever more.
We were the Rock 'n' Roll Kids
And Rock 'n' Roll was all we did
And listening to those
songs on the radio;
I was yours and you were mine
But that was once upon a time,
Now we never seem to
Rock 'n' Roll anymore.
Now Johnny's in love
with the girl next door,
And Mary's down at the record store,
They don't want to be...
Around us no more.
"Golden Oldies" but we hardly speak
Too busy running to a different beat
Hard to understand, we
were once like them.
How I wish we could find those
Rock 'n' Roll days again.
We were the Rock 'n' Roll Kids
And Rock 'n' Roll was all we did,
And listening to those
songs on the radio;
I was yours and you were mine,
But that was once upon a time,
Now we never seem to
Rock and Roll anymore.
I was yours and you were mine
That was once upon a time,
Now we never seem to Rock and Roll...
We just never seem to
Rock and Roll anymore.
I remember '62
I was sixteen and so were you
And we lived next door,
On the avenue.
Jerry Lee was big and Elvis too;
Blue jeans and blue suede shoes,
And we never knew
What life held in store.
We just wanted to rock
'n' roll forever more.
We were the Rock 'n' Roll Kids
And Rock 'n' Roll was all we did
And listening to those
songs on the radio;
I was yours and you were mine
But that was once upon a time,
Now we never seem to
Rock 'n' Roll anymore.
Now Johnny's in love
with the girl next door,
And Mary's down at the record store,
They don't want to be...
Around us no more.
"Golden Oldies" but we hardly speak
Too busy running to a different beat
Hard to understand, we
were once like them.
How I wish we could find those
Rock 'n' Roll days again.
We were the Rock 'n' Roll Kids
And Rock 'n' Roll was all we did,
And listening to those
songs on the radio;
I was yours and you were mine,
But that was once upon a time,
Now we never seem to
Rock and Roll anymore.
I was yours and you were mine
That was once upon a time,
Now we never seem to Rock and Roll...
We just never seem to
Rock and Roll anymore.
Το τραγούδι ήταν η έκτη γενική νίκη της Ιρλανδίας και αντιπροσώπευσε μια άνευ προηγουμένου τρίτη συνεχή φορά που η ίδια χώρα είχε κερδίσει τον διαγωνισμό.
Υπήρχε ένας μύθος μεταξύ των ιρλανδικών μέσων ενημέρωσης ότι το τραγούδι ήταν σκόπιμα επιλεγμένο να μην κερδίσει. Καθώς οι κανόνες του Διαγωνισμού απαιτούν από τον νικητή του προηγουμένου έτους να φιλοξενήσει την επόμενη έκδοση του διαγωνισμού, το επιχείρημα ότι ο ιρλανδικός τηλεοπτικός οργανισμός δεν ήταν έτοιμος να το κάνει για τρίτο συνεχές έτος, επομένως η επιλογή, αλλά ποτέ δεν έχει αποδειχθεί πραγματικό. Ακόμη και όταν η Ιρλανδία φιλοξένησε την εκδήλωση το 1997, ο ιρλανδός Marc Roberts επιβεβαίωσε ότι η RTE ήθελε να βγει και να κερδίσει, καθώς είχαν κάνει μια συμφωνία με το BBC για να το φιλοξενήσει το επόμενο έτος.
Το τραγούδι, όμως, κέρδισε τον διαγωνισμό και είναι δημοφιλές στους οπαδούς της Eurovision, που εκτελούνται εν μέρει από τον McGettigan και τον Jakob Sveistrup στα επετειακό σόου Congratulations στα τέλη του 2005. Ήταν το πρώτο νικητήριο τραγούδι που έπαιζε ποτέ χωρίς ορχηστρική συνοδεία, αφού η κιθάρα του McGettigan και το πιάνο του Harrington ήταν τα μόνα απαραίτητα μέσα. Ήταν επίσης η πρώτη φορά στο διαγωνισμό, που ένα τραγούδι σημείωσε πάνω από 200 πόντους.