Power to All Our Friends explained

Power to All Our Friends
Cover:Power to All Our Friends - Cliff Richard single.jpg
Caption:Cover of the German release
Type:single
Artist:Cliff Richard
B-Side:Come Back Billie Jo
Recorded:[1]
Studio:EMI Studios, London
Genre:Pop rock
Length:3:01
Label:EMI
Producer:David McKay
Prev Title:A Brand New Song
Prev Year:1972
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Next Year:1973
Misc:
Embed:yes
Song: "Power to All Our Friends"
Year:1973
Country:United Kingdom
Artist:Cliff Richard
Language:English
Composer:Guy Fletcher
Lyricist:Doug Flett
Conductor:David McKay
Place:3rd
Points:123
Lyrics:Lyrics
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"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard which was chosen as the 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. Richard had previously represented the United Kingdom in 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)[3] 31
Denmark (IFPI)[4] 1
Finland (IFPI)[5] 2
Hong Kong (Radio Hong Kong)[6] 1
Malaysia (Rediffusion)[7] 1
New Zealand (Listener)[8] 11
Singapore (Rediffusion)[9] 10
Spain (Promusicae)[10] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 1
US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 (Billboard)[12] 109
Yugoslavia[13] 4

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Power to All Our Friends). www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
  2. Web site: Eurovision 1973 United Kingdom: Cliff Richard - "Power To All Our Friends". 2021-10-18. Eurovisionworld. en-gb.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 251.
  4. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 9 June 1973. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 53–. 0006-2510.
  5. Book: Lassila, Juha . Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 . 1990 . Jyväskylän yliopisto . fi . 978-951-680-321-3.
  6. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 30 June 1973. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 57–. 0006-2510.
  7. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 7 July 1973. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 45–. 0006-2510.
  8. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener. 2021-10-16. www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
  9. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 26 May 1973. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 67–. 0006-2510.
  10. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. September 1979. Fundación Autor-SGAE. 84-8048-639-2. 1st. Spain.
  11. Book: Johansson, Carl-Owe. Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden. Dominique muzic-club. 1980.
  12. Web site: Cliff Richard's US & UK Chart Singles Discography (US positions outside top 100). Music VF. 21 April 2013.
  13. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 2 June 1973. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 69–. 0006-2510.

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