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All Kinds Of Everything was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, sung in English by Dana representing Ireland in Amsterdam. The result was Ireland's first Contest victory, although it would go on to record six more to become the most successful entrant in the Contest. It was also only the second time that a song in English had won the Contest outright (the first being Sandie Shaw's Puppet on a String, with Lulu's Boom Bang-a-Bang sharing first place one year previously). Phil Coulter, who had co-written "Puppet on a String", took care of the musical arrangement. Ireland chose not to send its own conductor to accompany Dana, so Dolf van der Linden, the renowned musical leader of the Dutch Metropole Orchestra, conducted his own orchestra for the Irish entry.

The song is regarded as one of the stronger Contest entries, and represents a return to the ballad form from the more energetic performances which had dominated the previous years. Dana sings about all the things which remind her of her sweetheart, with the admission at the end of every verse that "all kinds of everything remind me of you".

The song also reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart, and stayed there for nine weeks.

The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Germany's Katja Ebstein with Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder). At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing first in a field of 12.

The song was succeeded as Contest winner in 1971 by Séverine singing Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue for Monaco.

It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 1971 Contest by Angela Farrell with One Day Love.

The entry was politically sensitive as Dana came from Derry in Northern Ireland, yet was representing Ireland, not the United Kingdom. At this time The Troubles in Northern Ireland were erupting, making the political symbolism of a Northern Irishwoman representing the Republic. Following her victory Dana returned to Derry and sang her victorious song to a crowd of cheering wellwishers from a balcony in the city.

When Dana ran in the 1997 Irish presidential election, journalist Vincent Browne was criticed for interviewing her in a manner many felt was confrontational to an abusive degree. His apology took the form of a stirring rendition of "All Kinds of Everything" during a subsequent radio panel discussion.

• All Kinds Of Everything @ eurosong.net

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