On the night of the final, 22 April, the song was performed eighth, following 's
José Vélez with "
Bailemos un vals" and preceding 's with "
Vivre". At the close of voting, it had received 61 points, placing 11th in a field of 20. At the time, this was the worst showing yet for the UK in Eurovision, lower than the 9th place in 1966 which until 1978 had held the dubious distinction. "Bad Old Days" held the ignominious title until 1987, when the UK finished 13th. Of all the UK entries submitted from 1975-1993, this was the only UK song that did not receive either a 12 or a 10 point score at least once in the voting sequence. The highest score awarded to "Bad Old Days" was 8 points from Germany. "Bad Old Days" was succeeded as British representative at the
1979 contest by
Black Lace with "
Mary Ann". ==Charts==