Power to All Our Friends
| Power to All Our Friends | |
|---|---|
| Single from Cliff Richard | |
| publication | April 1973 |
| length | 3:02 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Guy Fletcher / Doug Flett |
| Label | EMI Group |
Power to All Our Friends is a pop song written by Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett. With the song Cliff Richard took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 and finished third. It was the second time that Richard took part in the Eurovision Song Contest ( Congratulations ; 2nd place in 1968).
In 1973 the single was number 4 in the singles charts of the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany .
Chart successes
| country |
highest
placement |
|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 |
| Germany | 4th |
| United Kingdom | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 4th |
| France | 5 |
| Austria | 7th |
| Singapore | 10 |
| New Zealand | 11 |
| Spain | 15th |
| Australia | 31 |
| United States | 109 |
Cover versions
- Séverine 'Il faut chanter la vie'
- Peter Holm 'Il faut chanter la vie'
- Frank Schöbel 'It's good that there are friends'
- Los Sirex 'Todo el poder a los amigos'
- Ricchi e Poveri '1 + 2 = 3'
- Paschalis arvanitidis 'Φίλοι και αδελφοί'
Others
Cliff Richard himself recorded the song in 1973 under the title Gut, dass es Freunde gives in German.
The song contains a solocism . The line of text "laying down in Monte Carlo " is grammatically incorrect and should read "lying down in Monte Carlo". The then head of the BBC (Bill Cotton) asked Richard to sing the text grammatically correct at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Individual evidence
- ^ NDR: Great Britain: Cliff Richard. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
- ^ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc., June 9, 1973 ( google.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
- ^ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc., July 7, 1973 ( google.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
- ^ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc., September 29, 1973 ( google.de [accessed May 7, 2019]).
- ^ Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
- ^ Cliff Richard's Chart History in New Zealand. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
|
Beg, Steal or Borrow by New Seekers |
 United Kingdom at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest |
Long Live Love by Olivia Newton-John |