Power to All Our Friends

"Power to All Our Friends"
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side	"Come Back Billie Jo" (Murray-Macaulay)
Released	April 1973
Format	7" Single, 45 rpm
Recorded	December 28, 1972 Abbey Road/London
Genre	Pop
Length	3:02
Label	EMI 2012
Writer(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)

"Power to All Our Friends"
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry
Country	United Kingdom
Artist(s)	Cliff Richard
Language	English
Composer(s)	Guy Fletcher
Lyricist(s)	Doug Flett
Conductor	David McKay
Finals performance
Final result	3rd
Final points	123
Appearance chronology
◄ "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (1972)
"Long Live Love" (1974) ►

"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard. He entered it as the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. It came third.

It was selected by a postal vote decided by BBC Television viewers after he performed all six songs on A Song For Europe featured on Cilla Black's BBC1 Saturday evening show Cilla.

It was released in the UK as a single in 1973 and reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. The B-side was "Come Back Billie Jo", which was the runner-up in the contest for the British entry.

It was criticised for containing a solecism where it described a girl as "laying down in Monte Carlo" - it meant "lying down". For the live performance of the song at the Eurovision final, BBC boss Bill Cotton requested that Cliff sing the correct English "lying down in Monte Carlo".

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

Chart position

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Denmark[1]	1
Hong Kong[2][3]	1
Malaysia[3]	1
Netherlands (Holland)[1][4]	1
Norway[3][5][6]	1
Sweden[4][7]	1
Belgium[4][8]	2
Finland[2][9]	2
Ireland[10]	2
Switzerland[1][4][7]	3
West Germany[2][6][7][11]	4
United Kingdom[12]	4
Yugoslavia[4]	4
France	5
Austria	7
Singapore[4][13]	10
New Zealand[14]	11
Spain	15
Australia[15]	31
USA	109

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)

References

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