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Power to All Our Friends

{{short description|1973 single by Cliff Richard}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Power to All Our Friends

| cover = Power to All Our Friends - Cliff Richard single.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover of the German release

| type = single

| artist = Cliff Richard

| album =

| B-side = Come Back Billie Jo

| released = {{start date|1973|3|9|df=y}}

| recorded = {{start date|1972|12|28|df=y}}{{Cite web|title=Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Power to All Our Friends)|url=http://www.cliffrichardsongs.com/popup.php?data=PowerToAllOurFriends19731_popupplus|website=www.cliffrichardsongs.com}}

| studio = EMI Studios, London

| venue =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 3:01

| label = EMI

| writer =

| producer = David McKay

| prev_title = A Brand New Song

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = Help It Along

| next_year = 1973

| misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes

| song = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} "Power to All Our Friends"

| image =

| caption =

| year = 1973

| country = United Kingdom

| artist = Cliff Richard

| genre =

| language = English

| languages =

| composer = Guy Fletcher

| lyricist = Doug Flett

| conductor = David McKay

| place = 3rd

| points = 123

| lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1973uk Lyrics]

| prev = Beg, Steal or Borrow

| prev_link = Beg, Steal or Borrow

| next = Long Live Love

| next_link = Long Live Love (Olivia Newton-John song)

}}

}}

"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard which was chosen as the {{esccnty|UK|t=British|y=1973}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Eurovision 1973 United Kingdom: Cliff Richard - "Power To All Our Friends"|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/1973/united-kingdom|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Eurovisionworld|language=en-gb}}

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 {{escyr|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

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Chart (1973)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=251}}

|31

{{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|3|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53|date=9 June 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=53–|issn=0006-2510}}

|1

scope="row"|Finland (IFPI){{cite book |last=Lassila |first=Juha |title=Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 |year=1990 |publisher=Jyväskylän yliopisto |language=fi |isbn=978-951-680-321-3}}

|2

{{single chart|Germany|4|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|songid=272|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Hong Kong (Radio Hong Kong){{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FgkEAAAAMBAJ|date=30 June 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FgkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n56 57]–|issn=0006-2510}}

|1

{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Power to All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Malaysia (Rediffusion){{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MAkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45|date=7 July 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=45–|issn=0006-2510}}

|1

{{single chart|Dutch40|1|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|New Zealand (Listener){{Cite web|title=flavour of new zealand - search listener|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=10#n_view_location|access-date=2021-10-16|website=www.flavourofnz.co.nz}}

|11

{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Singapore (Rediffusion){{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HgkEAAAAMBAJ|date=26 May 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HgkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n67 67]–|issn=0006-2510}}

|10

scope="row"|Spain (Promusicae){{cite book|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|date=September 1979|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|isbn=84-8048-639-2|edition=1st|location=Spain}}

|10

scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite book|title=Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978|last=Johansson|first=Carl-Owe|location=Vara, Sweden|publisher=Dominique muzic-club|year=1980}}

|1

{{single chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart |UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Cliff Richard|song=Power To All Our Friends|artistid=19899|rowheader=true|refname=UKsinglesbyname}}
scope="row"|US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 (Billboard){{cite web |url=http://www.musicvf.com/Cliff+Richard.art|title=Cliff Richard's US & UK Chart Singles Discography (US positions outside top 100)|publisher=Music VF|access-date=21 April 2013}}

|109

scope="row"|Yugoslavia{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HQkEAAAAMBAJ|date=2 June 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HQkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n68 69]–|issn=0006-2510}}

|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)
  • {{ill|Paschalis Arvanitidis|el|Πασχάλης Αρβανιτίδης}} – "{{lang|el|Φίλοι και αδελφοί}}" (Greek version)

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Cliff Richard}}

{{Cliff Richard singles}}

{{United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest}}

{{Eurovision Song Contest 1973}}

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Category:1973 songs

Category:1973 singles

Category:Cliff Richard songs

Category:Eurovision songs of 1973

Category:Eurovision songs of the United Kingdom

Category:Songs written by Guy Fletcher (songwriter)

Category:Songs written by Doug Flett

Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles

Category:Number-one singles in Norway

Category:Number-one singles in Sweden

Category:EMI Records singles