The Real Me was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed by Kiev Connolly & The Missing Passengers. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Connolly singing about his lover leaving him. He explains that what she sees is "the real me", and that she needs to take it or leave it. The fact that she is leaving implies that she has elected to leave it. The song was performed third on the night, following Israel and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of voting, it finished in 18th place with 22 points. This was, at the time, Ireland's worst Contest result.