My Number One

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"My Number One"
"My Number One" cover
Single by Elena Paparizou
from the album My Number One
Released 2005 (Europe), 2006 (US)
Format CD Single
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop, Dance
Length 02:55
Label Sony BMG, Moda Records, Bonnier Music
Writer(s) Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou
Producer(s) Christos Dantis for Sony BMG
Certification Gold in Greece and Sweden
Chart positions
Elena Paparizou singles chronology
Anapandites Kliseis
(2003)		 My Number One
(2005)		 The Light in Our Soul
(2005)
Alternate cover
European cover for My Number One
European cover for My Number One

"My Number One" is the 2005 winning song of the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. It was performed in English by Elena Paparizou and the first Greek win in Eurovision. The song was written by Christos Dantis, with lyrics by him and Natalia Germanou. It also contains music from a traditional Greek instrument, such as the lyra.

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[edit] Before Eurovision

Before Eurovision, ERT used an internal selection method to choose Elena. They chose her, and then had composers submit songs. They then picked 4 songs with Elena for her to sing at a Greek National Selection. At the Greek National Selection, Elena would have to sing the 4 songs, and the public would vote via televoting with a special jury, that would determain what song to send to Eurovision. The songs to pick from were "My Number One", "OK", "Lets Get Wild" and "The Light In Our Soul". Shortly before the Greek national selection, it was revealed that "The Light In Our Soul" was released by the artist "Big Alice" in Germany, which broke the rules. The song was then disqualifed from the selection prossess, leaving it to 3 songs to choose from.

The voteing to pick the song consisted of televoting, and a jury. Televoting held a 60% outcome to the song, and the jury held a 40% outcome. In the end, "My Number One" gained a combined 66.47% from televoting and jury votes, and was chosen to represent Greece in Eurovision 2005. Shortly after the song was picked, the videoclip was shot in just 1 day at the Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum in Thessaloniki.

After the song was picked, Elena went on a European promotional tour. Elena visited over 20 countries on her tour, and sang on various TV shows, as well as gave many interviews. This method proved popular, and was used by many countries in 2006, including by Greece again in 2006.

Song Title Authors Points Result
"My Number One" Christos Dantis & Natalia Germanou 66.47% 1
"OK" Christodoulos Siganos & Valentino 24.55% 2
"Let's Get Wild" Douglas Carr 8.98% 3
"The Light In Our Soul" Kostas Bigalis Disqualified N/A

[edit] At Eurovision

As Greece had finished the 2004 Contest in third place, the song was pre-qualified for the final in 2005. Thus, it was performed nineteenth on the night (following Croatia's Boris Novković and Lado with "Vukovi Umiru Sami" and preceding Russia's Natalia Podolskaya with "Nobody Hurt No One").

During the performance, Elena does a stage show of the song. Some of the best remembered visuals from the show include her dancing a traditional Greek Pontian dance, and her playing an imaginary lyra while her dancers pick her up. At the close of voting, it had received 230 points, finishing at the head of a 24-strong field.

The song is an up-tempo love song, with Elena telling her lover that he is "my number one" and "the only treasure I'll ever have". Interestingly, BBC commentator Terry Wogan quoted alternative lyrics prior to Elena's performance ("You're the most impressive person I've discovered").

At the Congratulations special in late 2005, the song was named as one of the five greatest Contest entries of all time.

"My Number One" also holds 2 Eurovision records. One record, is the "My Number One" scored an average of only 6.05 points per jury, the lowest average for a winning song to date. This record was previously held by Yugoslavia in 1989 with the song "Rock me". The second record "My Number One" holds, is the record for most 12 points given out to one country. "My Number One" received 10 12 points, tieing it with the UK's 1997 entry "Love Shine A Light" by Katrina and the Waves for the record (Televoting was only in place for 5 countries by 1997).

[edit] After Eurovision

After Greece won Eurovision, a mass party started on the streets of Athens. People went out onto the streets with Greek flags, and started singing "My Number One", as well as honking car horns. This was similar to when Greece won Eurocup 2004, Eurobasket 2005 and when Greece won the silver medal in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. When Elena arrived back to Greece from Kiev, mass crowds met her at the Athens International Airport, where she held up a Greek flag and the trophy.

After the Eurovision Victory the video for the song was released in several countries throughout Europe. It went to Number 1 in both Sweden and Greece for 4 weeks and became gold. The song was played constantly in Greece all through the summer.

After the release of "My Number One", a Swedish album followed which contained "My Number One" and in Greece Elena re-released her first album Protereotita featuring "My Number One" and the other songs in the running for Eurovision preselection. It has sold more than 90,000 copies and was certified double platinum.

In 2006 the Heavy Metal band Dream Evil recorded a tongue-in-cheek cover of the song for their album United.

[edit] US Release

In early 2006 it was announced that "My Number One" and "Mambo!" would be remixed and released in the USA by Moda Records. On 22 August, a CD single was released to all record stores, featuring 10 remixes, and the original song. The mixes have also been released in US iTunes. "My Number One" is also released in the US territories. It has peaked on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts, at number 8 and entered the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Charts.

[edit] Music Video

The music video of "My Number One" is now showing in the US. There are 2 separate videos showing. One is the original video, that was also shown in Europe. The second is a re-edited version of the same video, to the beat of the Josh Harris Remix from the CD Single.

[edit] Tracklist

Remixes of "My Number One" on the CD single:

  1. "Josh Harris Radio Mix" - 03:38
  2. "Norty Cotto’s My Radio Lover Mix" - 03:29
  3. "Original Radio" - 02:55
  4. "Georgie’s #1 Radio Anthem Mix" - 03:18
  5. "Mike Cruz Radio Mix" - 04:03
  6. "Chris “The Greek” Panaghi Radio Mix" - 03:35
  7. "Valentino’s Radio Epic Mix" - 03:02
  8. "Josh Harris Vocal Club Mix" - 06:53
  9. "Norty Cotto’s My Clubber Lover Mix" - 06:57
  10. "Georgie’s #1 Anthem Mix" - 07:00
  11. "Mike Cruz Vox Mix" - 09:44

[edit] Charts

Charts (2005) Peak
position
Greece 1
Sweden 1
Top40-Charts.com Web Top 100 1
International Star Radio Top 40 2
Romanian Top 100 Airplay Chart 4
Top 100 Belgian Tempo Radio 6
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (2006) 8
Belgium 10
Brazilian Dance Charts (2006) 11
Netherlands (Tipparade) 11
UKMIX Pop Chart 11
Scandinavian Dance Chart 14
Switzerland 15
Europe Official Top 100 17
Denmark 19
Russian Airplay TopHit 100 19
Estonian Top 40 Airplay Chart 27
Top40-Charts.com Internet Sales 27
Germany 37
Austria 44
Hitparade German Charts of the Harz 46

[edit] European Charts

Swedish Top 50 Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Chart position 24 21 11 3 1 1 1 1 5 5 6 3 6 6 7 8 9 15 24 25 30 27 31 41 56 49 54 44 48
Belgian Top 50 Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Chart position 18 10 11 12 14 17 22 20 21 22 29 35 40 44
Swiss Top 100 Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart position 37 23 16 15 18 28 29 46 75 77 77 94
German Top 100 Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
Chart position 45 40 39 37 43 53 71 67 75
Austrian Singles Top 75 Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Chart position 57 44 55 47 64 65 64

[edit] US Charts

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (2006)
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Chart position 45 41 36 30 22 19 19 11 09 08 14 17 19 38

[edit] Credits

My Number One
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entry
Country Greece
Artist(s) Helena Paparizou
Language English
Composer(s) Christos Dantis
Lyricist(s) Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou
Place 1st
Points 230
Lyrics from Diggiloo Thrush
Video Clip Eurovision performance

[edit] External links

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