E depois do adeus - Paulo

Sometimes I get my hands on a Eurovision song in a different version some time before I get my hands on the original version. It happened back in 2014 with Paulo, who recorded 'E depois do adeus' in English as '(And then) After love'. 

I recently found the original Portuguese version of this song - and the bonus on this single is a beautiful instrumental version of that song on the B-side. 'E depois do adeus' ended up in 14th place in a field of 17 competitors in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, but it hit the history books when the song became one of the two signals to launch the Carnation Revolution in Portugal just weeks later. 

My collection: 7" single no. 6635
Found: Discogs.com, received 14 February 2022
Cost: €4
Tracks: 'E depois do adeus' / 'E depois do adeus (versão por orquestra e coros)'

(And then) After love - Paulo

Paulo represented Portugal during the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'E depois do adeus'. Despite the modest result at the Contest (it ended up in 14th place in a field of 17 competitors), the song achieved considerable fame as one of the two signals to launch the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the Estado Novo regime of Marcelo Caetano - the other being the folk song 'Grândola Vila Morena' by Zeca Afonso, which was the signal for the coup leaders to announce that they had taken control of strategic parts of the country. It was broadcast at 22.55 on 24 April 1974 by 'Emissores Associados de Lisboa'.


Perhaps this is part of the reason why Paulo also recorded his song in English. This single, '(And then) After love' presents the song, which sounds suspiciously like a mellow jazz standard. It turns up online as a rather expensive single, so I'm glad I found it where I did.

My collection: 7" single no. 5611
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, August 10, 2014
Cost: 2 euro
Tracks: '(And then) After love' / 'I'll be there with you'