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Revision as of 17:28, 24 September 2006

"My Number One"
Song

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

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"). 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 Helena 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 Paparizou's performance ("You're the most impressive person I've discovered").
The performance is best-remembered for Helena sitting on a human pyramid of her backing dancers and playing an imaginary lyra.

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The cover of the European release for "My Number One"

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

After Eurovision

After the Eurovision Victory a video was filmed and released in several countries throughout Europe. It went to Number one in both Sweden and Greece for 4 weeks in both countries and became gold.

After the release of "My Number One" a Swedish album followed which contained "My Number One" and in Greece Elena re-released her number one album Protereotita featuring "My Number One" and the other songs in the running for Eurovision preselection.

Charts

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

Swedish Charts

Swedish 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

American Release

In early 2006 it was announced that "My Number One" and "Mambo!" would be remixed and released in the USA and Canada by Moda Records. Billboard has confirmed the release date for "My Number One" to be 22nd August. The mixes have been released in US i-tunes. "My Number One" is also released in the US territories.

The music video of "My Number One" is now showing in America with another video of the original video re-edited with the Josh Harris Remix of the song.


Tracklist

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

  • Josh Harris Radio Mix
  • Norty Cotto’s My Radio Lover Mix
  • Original Radio
  • Georgie’s #1 Radio Anthem Mix
  • Mike Cruz Radio Mix
  • Chris “The Greek” Panaghi Radio Mix
  • Valentino’s Radio Epic Mix
  • Josh Harris Vocal Club Mix
  • Norty Cotto’s My Clubber Lover Mix
  • Georgie’s #1 Anthem Mix
  • Mike Cruz Vox Mix

American Charts

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
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

Credits

My Number One
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Elena Paparizou
Language
English
Composer(s)
Christos Dantis
Lyricist(s)
Christos Dantis, Natalia Germanou
Finals performance
Final result
1st
Final points
230