Charlie Chaplin (song)

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"Charlie Chaplin"
Single by Tania Tsanaklidou
from the album Charlie Chaplin
LanguageGreek
ReleasedApril 1978
GenrePop
Length2:51
Composer(s)Sakis Tsilikis
Lyricist(s)Yiannis Xantoulis
Producer(s)Haris Andreadis
Tania Tsanaklidou singles chronology
"Ερωτόκριτος"
(1976)
"Charlie Chaplin"
(1978)
"Άρες μάρες κουκουνάρες"
(1978)
Music video
"Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν" on
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"Sokrati" (1979) ►

"Charlie Chaplin" (

Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Greek by Tania Tsanaklidou
.

The song was the fifteenth performance of the night, following

Les jardins de Monaco" and preceding Denmark's Mabel with "Boom Boom". At the close of voting, it had received 66 points, placing 8th in a field of 20.[2]

The song is in praise of Charlie Chaplin (who had died the year before), with Tsanaklidou describing his comic appearance (she was dressed in a similar style for her performance) and wishing that there were more of him.[3]

It was succeeded as Greek representative at the

Sokrati
".

References

  1. ^ Περιοδικό Ρομάντσο, #1836, σελ. 46
  2. ^ "Η Τάνια Τσανακλίδου και ο "Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν" μας εκπροσωπούν στη Eurovision του 1978!". 2021-02-09. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  3. ^ Kontakiotis, Chrysostomos (February 12, 2017). "Αφιερώματα Διαγωνισμού Τραγουδιού της Eurovision :1978". InfeGreece.