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]
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenrePop rock
Length3:01
LabelEMI
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 (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 (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)