"Power to All Our Friends" | ||||
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Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
B-side | "Come Back Billie Jo" | |||
Released | 9 March 1973 | |||
Recorded | 28 December 1972[1] | |||
Studio | EMI Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | David McKay | |||
Cliff Richard singles chronology | ||||
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Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry | ||||
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Artist(s) | ||||
Language | English | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 3rd | |||
Final points | 123 | |||
Entry chronology | ||||
◄ "Beg, Steal or Borrow" (1972) | ||||
"Long Live Love" (1974) ► | ||||
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"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.
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