Power to All Our Friends

About 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 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, where it came third. 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. The song was selected for the 1973 Eurovision entry by a postal vote which was decided by BBC Television 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", which was included as the B-side on the single. 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". Richard had previously represented the United Kingdom in 1968 with "Congratulations", which came second. more »