Power to All Our Friends
# 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.

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.

## Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2012

* "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
* "Come Back Billie Jo" – 2:37

7": EMI / 5C 006-05312 (Netherlands)

* "Power to All Our Friends" – 3:01
* "The Days of Love" – 2:57

## Personnel

* Cliff Richard – vocals
* Terry Britten – guitar
* Kevin Peek – guitar
* Alan Tarney – bass guitar
* Trevor Spencer – drums
* Barrie Guard – percussion

## Charts

| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 31 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) | 7 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 2 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) | 3 |
| Denmark (IFPI) | 1 |
| Finland (IFPI) | 2 |
| Germany (Official German Charts) | 4 |
| Hong Kong (Radio Hong Kong) | 1 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 2 |
| Malaysia (Rediffusion) | 1 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 1 |
| New Zealand (Listener) | 11 |
| Norway (VG-lista) | 1 |
| Singapore (Rediffusion) | 10 |
| Spain (Promusicae) | 10 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) | 1 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) | 3 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 4 |
| US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 (Billboard) | 109 |
| Yugoslavia | 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)
* Paschalis Arvanitidis [el] – "Φίλοι και αδελφοί" (Greek version)
