"Power to All Our Friends" | ||||
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Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
B-side | "Come Back Billie Jo" | |||
Released | 9 March 1973 | |||
Recorded | 28 December 1972[1] | |||
Studio | EMI Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | David McKay | |||
Cliff Richard singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry | ||||
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Artist(s) | ||||
Language | English | |||
Composer(s) | ||||
Lyricist(s) | ||||
Conductor | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 3rd | |||
Final points | 123 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (1972) | ||||
"Long Live Love" (1974) ► |
"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard which was chosen as the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, by a postal vote which was decided by BBC viewers after Richard performed six contending songs on A Song For Europe, featured on Cilla Black's BBC1 Saturday evening show Cilla. The runner-up song was "Come Back Billie Jo", written by Mitch Murray and Tony Macaulay, which was included as the B-side on the single. "Power to All Our Friends" came third in the Eurovision Song Contest. [2]
It was released as a single in 1973 and reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and became an international hit reaching number one in numerous countries. [3]
Richard had previously represented the United Kingdom in 1968 with " Congratulations", which came second.
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Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [4] | 31 |
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] | 7 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] | 2 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] | 3 |
Denmark ( IFPI) [8] | 1 |
Finland ( IFPI) [9] | 2 |
Germany ( Official German Charts) [10] | 4 |
Hong Kong ( Radio Hong Kong) [11] | 1 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [12] | 2 |
Malaysia ( Rediffusion) [13] | 1 |
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) [14] | 1 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [15] | 1 |
New Zealand ( Listener) [16] | 11 |
Norway ( VG-lista) [17] | 1 |
Singapore ( Rediffusion) [18] | 10 |
Spain ( Promusicae) [19] | 10 |
Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan) [20] | 1 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 3 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [3] | 4 |
US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 ( Billboard) [22] | 109 |
Yugoslavia [23] | 4 |
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"Power to All Our Friends" | ||||
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Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
B-side | "Come Back Billie Jo" | |||
Released | 9 March 1973 | |||
Recorded | 28 December 1972[1] | |||
Studio | EMI Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | David McKay | |||
Cliff Richard singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry | ||||
Country | ||||
Artist(s) | ||||
Language | English | |||
Composer(s) | ||||
Lyricist(s) | ||||
Conductor | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 3rd | |||
Final points | 123 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (1972) | ||||
"Long Live Love" (1974) ► |
"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard which was chosen as the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, by a postal vote which was decided by BBC viewers after Richard performed six contending songs on A Song For Europe, featured on Cilla Black's BBC1 Saturday evening show Cilla. The runner-up song was "Come Back Billie Jo", written by Mitch Murray and Tony Macaulay, which was included as the B-side on the single. "Power to All Our Friends" came third in the Eurovision Song Contest. [2]
It was released as a single in 1973 and reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and became an international hit reaching number one in numerous countries. [3]
Richard had previously represented the United Kingdom in 1968 with " Congratulations", which came second.
7": EMI / EMI 2012
7": EMI / 5C 006-05312 (Netherlands)
Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [4] | 31 |
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] | 7 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] | 2 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [7] | 3 |
Denmark ( IFPI) [8] | 1 |
Finland ( IFPI) [9] | 2 |
Germany ( Official German Charts) [10] | 4 |
Hong Kong ( Radio Hong Kong) [11] | 1 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [12] | 2 |
Malaysia ( Rediffusion) [13] | 1 |
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) [14] | 1 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [15] | 1 |
New Zealand ( Listener) [16] | 11 |
Norway ( VG-lista) [17] | 1 |
Singapore ( Rediffusion) [18] | 10 |
Spain ( Promusicae) [19] | 10 |
Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan) [20] | 1 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 3 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [3] | 4 |
US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 ( Billboard) [22] | 109 |
Yugoslavia [23] | 4 |
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