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"Power to All Our Friends"
Cover of the German release
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side"Come Back Billie Jo"
Released9 March 1973 (1973-03-09)
Recorded28 December 1972 (1972-12-28) [1]
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Pop rock
Length3:01
Label EMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David McKay
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"A Brand New Song"
(1972)
"Power to All Our Friends"
(1973)
" Help It Along"
(1973)
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.

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2012

  1. "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
  2. "Come Back Billie Jo" – 2:37

7": EMI / 5C 006-05312 (Netherlands)

  1. "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
  2. "The Days of Love" – 2:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
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

Cover versions

  • Séverine – "Il faut chanter la vie" (French version)
  • Peter Holm – "Il faut chanter la vie" (French version)
  • Peter Holm – "Vänner som du och ja'" (Swedish version)
  • Cliff Richard – "Gut, dass es Freunde gibt" (German version)
  • Frank Schöbel – "Gut, dass es Freunde gibt" (German version)
  • Los Sirex – "Todo el poder a los amigos " (Spanish version)
  • Ricchi e Poveri – "1+2=3" (Italian version)
  • Paschalis Arvanitidis [ el] – "Φίλοι και αδελφοί" (Greek version)

References

  1. ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Power to All Our Friends)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
  2. ^ "Eurovision 1973 United Kingdom: Cliff Richard - "Power To All Our Friends"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 53–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  9. ^ Lassila, Juha (1990). Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 (in Finnish). Jyväskylän yliopisto. ISBN  978-951-680-321-3.
  10. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  57–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  12. ^ " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Power to All Our Friends". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (7 July 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 45–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  14. ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  15. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  16. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  17. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends". VG-lista.
  18. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 May 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  67–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  19. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN  84-8048-639-2.
  20. ^ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  21. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ^ "Cliff Richard's US & UK Chart Singles Discography (US positions outside top 100)". Music VF. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  23. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  69–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Power to all our friends)

"Power to All Our Friends"
Cover of the German release
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side"Come Back Billie Jo"
Released9 March 1973 (1973-03-09)
Recorded28 December 1972 (1972-12-28) [1]
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Pop rock
Length3:01
Label EMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David McKay
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"A Brand New Song"
(1972)
"Power to All Our Friends"
(1973)
" Help It Along"
(1973)
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.

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2012

  1. "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
  2. "Come Back Billie Jo" – 2:37

7": EMI / 5C 006-05312 (Netherlands)

  1. "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
  2. "The Days of Love" – 2:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
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

Cover versions

  • Séverine – "Il faut chanter la vie" (French version)
  • Peter Holm – "Il faut chanter la vie" (French version)
  • Peter Holm – "Vänner som du och ja'" (Swedish version)
  • Cliff Richard – "Gut, dass es Freunde gibt" (German version)
  • Frank Schöbel – "Gut, dass es Freunde gibt" (German version)
  • Los Sirex – "Todo el poder a los amigos " (Spanish version)
  • Ricchi e Poveri – "1+2=3" (Italian version)
  • Paschalis Arvanitidis [ el] – "Φίλοι και αδελφοί" (Greek version)

References

  1. ^ "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Power to All Our Friends)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
  2. ^ "Eurovision 1973 United Kingdom: Cliff Richard - "Power To All Our Friends"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 251. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 53–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  9. ^ Lassila, Juha (1990). Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 (in Finnish). Jyväskylän yliopisto. ISBN  978-951-680-321-3.
  10. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  57–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  12. ^ " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Power to All Our Friends". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (7 July 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 45–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  14. ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  15. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  16. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  17. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends". VG-lista.
  18. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 May 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  67–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  19. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN  84-8048-639-2.
  20. ^ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  21. ^ " Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ^ "Cliff Richard's US & UK Chart Singles Discography (US positions outside top 100)". Music VF. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  23. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  69–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)

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