title: Power to All Our Friends
text: # 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)
  