United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 25, the United Kingdom placed 24th out of the 26 participating countries with 62 points. Prior to the 2016 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-eight times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song "Making Your Mind Up" performed by Bucks
Save Your Kisses for Me previously recording for Sugar Hill and 20th Century Fox. The song reached the tenth position on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1976. The single became Smith's second top-ten single on the country chart and would start a series of major hits for her. In July 1976, the single was released on Smith's first studio album for Warner Bros. Records entitled "Songbird". Margo Smith's version of the song is the most successful cover of "Save Your Kisses for Me" to date. Weekly chart Year-end chart Save Your Kisses for Me "Save Your Kisses for Me" was