Sandie Shaw, Britain’s first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest has celebrated 50 years in the music industry by teaming up with Neil Davidge. The result is a brand new song called Riot Pictures.

Riot Pictures

Many people had believed that Sandie had retired from music altogether. However in an interview with Alan Titchmarsh, Sandie explains that she has retired from her musical past in order to focus on a new style of music and sound.

Alan Titchmarsh Interview – 18 September 2014

Riot Pictures is written by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge, the producer and co-writer of Massive Attack’s last three albums. It will be available to buy on 6 October 2014.

Sandie Shaw was one of Britains most successful artists in the 1960’s thanks to hits like There’s always something there to remind me, Long live love and Message understood. In 1967 Sandie Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest for the United Kingdom with the song Puppet on a string. This was the UK’s first victory, and the celebration happened in the beautiful city of Vienna where Eurovision will return for the second time next year.

Puppet on a string

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