Ten songs were selected for the Swiss entry and the winner was selected by a regional jury.

Paggi has conducted the Swiss entries on three occasions 1956, 1961 and 1964.

It is one of only seven Swiss entries in the contest to be sung in English.

It remains the only Swiss entry to have reached no. 1 on the official Swiss Single Chart.

The song was publicly unveiled as the Swiss entry on 13 January 2008 at the Swiss Music Awards.

The Swiss entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was selected through a national final.

A political protest occurred after the Swiss entry: a man trespassed onto the stage holding a banner that read "Boycott Franco & Salazar".

In the past the organistaion has held a national final to select the Swiss entry to Eurovision, with each regional broadcaster entering songs to the contest.

The next Swiss entry into European championships was the Eurobasket 1951 tournament in Paris.

Curiously, the academy barred the film as a Swiss entry in the foreign language category because it was viewed as multi-European.