Power to All Our Friends

"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard which was chosen as the British entry to the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, by a postal vote which was decided by BBC Television 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", which was included as the B-side on the single. "Power to All our Friends" came third in the Eurovision Song Contest

"Power to All Our Friends"
Cover of the German release
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side"Come Back Billie Jo" (Murray-Macaulay)
ReleasedApril 1973
Format7" single, 45 rpm
Recorded28 December 1972 (1972-12-28)
StudioAbbey Road
GenrePop
Length3:02
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett
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
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
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Finals performance
Final result
3rd
Final points
123
Appearance 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.

Richard had previously represented the United Kingdom in 1968 with "Congratulations", which came second.

Chart performance
Chart (1973) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1] 4
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 31
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 3
Denmark[6] 1
Finland (IFPI Finland)[7][8] 2
Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 4
Hong Kong[7][10] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 1
Malaysia[10] 1
New Zealand[13] 11
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 1
Singapore[15][16] 10
Spain (Promusicae)[17] 10
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 1
US (Billboard)[19] 109
Yugoslavia[15] 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)

References
  1. "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 53–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 57–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. Lassila, Juha (1990). Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 (in Finnish). Jyväskylän yliopisto. ISBN 978-951-680-321-3.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  10. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (7 July 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 45–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  11. "Ireland singles chart". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966-2006. Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.
  14. "Norwegiancharts.com – Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends". VG-lista.
  15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2 June 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 69–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  16. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 May 1973). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 60–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  17. Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  18. Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  19. "Cliff Richard's US & UK Chart Singles Discography (US positions outside top 100)". Music VF. Retrieved 21 April 2013.


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