My Number One

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"My Number One"
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
1 Greece (16 weeks in charts) 1 Sweden (29 weeks in charts)
Elena Paparizou singles chronology
Anapandites Kliseis (2003)	My Number One (2005)	The Light in Our Soul (2005)
European Cover
The cover of the European release 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.

Contents 1 Before Eurovision 2 At Eurovision 3 After Eurovision 4 US Release 4.1 Music Video 4.2 Tracklist 5 Charts 5.1 European Charts 5.2 US Charts 6 Credits 7 External links

[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 the 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 on 08/19/2006.

[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
Romanian Top 100 Airplay Chart	4
Top 100 Belgian Tempo Radio	6
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (2006)	8
Belgium	10
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
Brazilian Dance Charts (2006)	21
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

[edit] Credits

• Music: Christos Dantis
• Lyrics: Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou

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

• Buy My Number One
• Buy My Number One
• Chart History in Billboard
• Brazilian Dance Charts