Better the Devil You Know (Sonia song)

"Better the Devil You Know"
Single by Sonia
from the album Better the Devil You Know
B-side"Not What I Call Love"
Released19 April 1993 (1993-04-19)[1]
Length2:36
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
  • Brian Teasdale
  • Dean Collinson
Producer(s)Nigel Wright
Sonia singles chronology
"Boogie Nights"
(1992)
"Better the Devil You Know"
(1993)
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
(1994)
Eurovision Song Contest 1993 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Sonia Evans
As
Sonia
Language
English
Composer(s)
"Red" (Brian Teasdale) and Dean Collinson
Lyricist(s)
Red and Collinson
Conductor
Finals performance
Final result
2nd
Final points
164
Entry chronology
◄ "One Step Out of Time" (1992)
"We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" (1994) ►
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"Better the Devil You Know" is a song written by Brian Teasdale and Dean Collinson for British singer Sonia. The single was released in April 1993 by Arista as the second and final single from Sonia's third album, Better the Devil You Know (1993). The song was produced by Nigel Wright and was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, finishing in second place. After Eurovision, the song peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the chart for seven weeks.[2] The B-side was a song called "Not What I Call Love", co-written by Sonia and also on her third album.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 17 April 1993. p. 29.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference OCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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