Go - Scott Fitzgerald

Here's a single that I find a bit confusing. This is the UK pressing of Scott Fitzgerald's 'Go', the song with which he represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988. The A-side should feature the studio version and the B-side a live version.

What I am hearing: the A-side presents a sort of demo version of the song, whereas the B-side is the same as the A-side of the European version of the single. There is no answer to the question if the record company messed up somehow.

My collection: 7" single no. 6773
Found: Discogs.com, received 10 September 2022
Tracks: 'Go' / 'Go (live version)' [sic]

If I had words - Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley

Before Scott Fitzgerald represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 with 'Go', he'd had one previous success, a decade earlier. Together with Yvonne Keeley and the St. Thomas Moore School Choir he performed 'If I had words', a song that topped the chart in the Netherlands and peaked at number 3 in the UK.

The music was taken from the main theme of the Maestoso from Saint-Saens Symphony No.3 in C minor (Organ Symphony) with an added reggae beat. The lyrics and arrangement were by Jonathan Hodge, a prolific writer of TV jingles and movie themes, who also produced the single.

My collection: 7" single no. 3838
Found: Zeeheldenfestival, Den Haag, July 4, 2009
Cost: 0,5 euro
Tracks: 'If I had words' / 'This time of year'

Go - Scott Fitzgerald

Scott Fitzgerald was born as William McPhail in Glasgow, Scotland on April 28, 1948. He represented the UK in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Go', written by Julie Forsyth, a former member of singing group Guys & Dolls. Scott lost the contest, by one point, to Switzerland's entry performed by Celine Dion.

'Go' is still the better song of the two: a heartfelt rendition instead of the plastic, cold and emotionless voice of Dion. The Contest juries were once again failing.

My collection: 7" single no. 796

Found: Disco Market, Den Haag, April 15, 1989

Cost: 1 guilder

Tracks: 'Go' / 'Love don't live here anymore'