Power to All Our Friends
1973 single by Cliff Richard
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"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]
| "Power to All Our Friends" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cover of the German release | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | David McKay | |||
| Cliff Richard singles chronology | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry | ||||
| Country | ||||
| Artist | ||||
| Language | English | |||
| Composer | ||||
| Lyricist | ||||
| Conductor | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd | |||
| Final points | 123 | |||
| Entry chronology | ||||
| ◄ "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (1972) | ||||
| "Long Live Love" (1974) ► | ||||
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
- "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
- "Come Back Billie Jo" – 2:37
7": EMI / 5C 006-05312 (Netherlands)
- "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
- "The Days of Love" – 2:57
Personnel
- Cliff Richard – vocals
- Terry Britten – guitar
- Kevin Peek – guitar
- Alan Tarney – bass guitar
- Trevor Spencer – drums
- Barrie Guard – percussion
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 (GfK)[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 (Official Charts)[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 – "Φίλοι και αδελφοί" (Greek version)