United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest once again choosing which song to enter into the contest. Since 2017, the votes from a professional jury panel have been combined with the public vote to select the winner. Even though the United Kingdom was entered twice into with Cliff Richard's 1968 runner up entry "Congratulations" and Brotherhood of Man's 1976 winning song "Save Your Kisses for Me", the BBC decided not to participate in airing the event or taking part in the voting for the greatest Eurovision Song of the past fifty years, but instead aired an hour-long special programme entitled "" hosted by Terry Wogan looking back
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