My Reason
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| name = My Reason
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| type = single
| artist = Demis Roussos
| album = Forever and Ever
| EP =
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| released = {{start date|1972}}
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| label = Philips
| writer = Stélios Vlavianós, Harry Chalkitis, Charalampe Chalkitis
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| producer = Demis Roussos
| prev_title = We Shall Dance
| prev_year = 1971
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| next_title = Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
| next_year = 1973
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LZP_hMkGZF0|"My Reason" (French TV, 1972)}}}}
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"My Reason" is a song by Greek singer Demis Roussos. It was released as a single in 1972.
The song was included on Roussos' 1973 album Forever and Ever.
Background and writing
The song was written by Stélios Vlavianós, Harry Chalkitis. The recording was produced by Demis Roussos.
There is also a Spanish-language version, titled "Mi razon".{{cite web
|url=https://www.discogs.com/D%C3%A9mis-Roussos-Forever-And-Ever-Eternamente/release/4263690
|title=Démis Roussos* - Forever And Ever = Eternamente (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs
| website=Discogs | year=1973 |accessdate=26 October 2017}}
Commercial performance
The song reached no. 1 in Netherlands and no. 2 in Belgium (Flanders).{{cite web
|url=http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Demis+Roussos&titel=My+Reason&cat=s
|title=spanishcharts.com - Demis Roussos - My Reason
|accessdate=24 October 2017}}
The single also was a hit in Greece. As U.S. Billboard reported in its January 23, 1973 issue,
"during the first two weeks of December" the single "My Reason" (Philips) was among "the top disks in northern Greece" "according to weekly best seller chart published by the daily newspaper Hellinikos Vorras.{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22My+Reason%22&pg=PA43|date=13 January 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=43–|issn=0006-2510}}
Track listing
= "My Reason" =
= "When I Am a Kid / My Reason" =
7" single Philips 6009 249 (1972)
: A. "When I am a Kid" (3:17)
: B. "My Reason" (4:03){{cite web
|url=http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Demis+Roussos&titel=When+I+Am+A+Kid&cat=s
|title=spanishcharts.com - Demis Roussos - When I Am A Kid
|accessdate=27 October 2017}}
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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| scope="col"| Chart (1972)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Demis Roussos|song=My Reason|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 October 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Demis Roussos|song=My Reason|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 August 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1972|week=36|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 August 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Demis Roussos|song=My Reason|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 October 2017}} |
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= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1972)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1972|title=Jaaroverzichten 1972|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=18 August 2021}}
| 29 |
| scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1972|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1972|publisher=Dutch Top 40|accessdate=18 August 2021}}
| 25 |
| scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1972&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1972|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=18 August 2021}}
| 23 |
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Cover versions
The song was covered in Turkish (under the title "Sevince") by Tanju Okan.
Also covered by Marinella as "Pou Pane ekina ta paidia"
References
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Category:Philips Records singles