Teenage Life

United Kingdom "Teenage Life"
Eurovision Song Contest 2006 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
John Matthews, Daz Sampson
Lyricist(s)
John Matthews, Daz Sampson
Finals performance
Final result
19th
Final points
25
Entry chronology
◄ "Touch My Fire" (2005)
"Flying the Flag (For You)" (2007) ►

"Teenage Life" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, which was sung by Daz Sampson in English.

On 4 March 2006, Sampson had won the BBC show Making Your Mind Up[1] with the song "Teenage Life", which was written and produced with John Matthews (a.k.a. Ricardo Autobahn) of the Cuban Boys, who were responsible for the Hampster Dance hit "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia" in 1999. Released on 8 May 2006,[2] the song entered the UK Singles Chart on 14 May 2006, reaching the top 10 the following week and peaking at number 8.

  1. ^ "Dance track wins Eurovision vote". BBC News. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2006.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 6 May 2006. p. 27.