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 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.
| "Power to All Our Friends" | ||||
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Cover of the German release | ||||
| Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
| B-side | "Come Back Billie Jo" | |||
| Released | 9 March 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 28 December 1972 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Country | ||||
| Artist(s) | ||||
| Language | English | |||
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| Conductor | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 3rd | |||
| Final points | 123 | |||
| Entry 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.