Everything (Anna Vissi song)

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"Everything"
Nylon Euro Edition
ReleasedApril 2006
Recorded2006
StudioBi Kay Studios
GenrePop rock
Length3:00 (Original Version)
LabelSony BMG Greece/Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Nikos Karvelas
Anna Vissi singles chronology
"Call Me"
(2005)
"Everything"
(2006)
"To Parelthon Mou"
(2008)
YouTube

"Everything" is a song recorded by Greek-Cypriot singer Anna Vissi, written by Nikos Karvelas and Vissi herself. It is best known as the Greek entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens.[1][2]

At Eurovision

Cover of the promotional release for "Everything", noting its status as the Greek Eurovision entry.

The song is an anthemic ballad sung in

Mono i agapi", one of three Cypriot entries to finish 5th.[3]

"Everything" was performed sixteenth on the night, following the United Kingdom's Daz Sampson with "Teenage Life" and preceding Finland's Lordi with "Hard Rock Hallelujah".[4] Unusually, particularly in comparison to other contest entries, it was performed solo by Vissi, without the presence of backing singers or dancers.[5] Lyrically, the song deals with Vissi's conflicted emotions on ending a relationship. She sings that she is "still in love with everything I hate".

It finished in 9th position with 128 points.

After Eurovision

The song has had a successful commercial release in Greece and in Cyprus, becoming a number 1 hit in both countries and achieving Gold status in Greece. It has also achieved success in Sweden, reaching number 26 at top 60 during the week of 10 August 2006. The video for "Everything" has a "heartbreak" theme in keeping with the tone of the song and features the artist discovering her partner's infidelity and suffering a series of misfortunes before being reconciled with him.

Track listing

  1. "Everything" (Original Version)
  2. "Everything" (Valentino Remix)

Music video and criticism

The

lorry the driver of which feels her leg.[6]

Resembling a road movie, the music video was criticized for displaying negativity with regards to Greece. Greek politician Georgios Karatzaferis criticized the video as "defamatory to Greece" in a speech in the European Parliament.[7] More specifically, Karatzaferis argued that the video harmed the country's reputation in the eyes of future tourists, and that was reason enough for the European Parliament to hold an inquiry into the matter. No such inquiry was planned or ever undertaken.

Cover versions

The song was covered by Conchita Wurst in the final of the Austrian talent show Starmania 2007. Wurst performed it under his real name Tom Neuwirth. Wurst would later have the good fortune of performing the song as a duet with Vissi herself during Vissi's 40th Anniversary concert in July 2014—two months after winning the Eurovision Song Contest—in Copenhagen.[8]

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Greek Singles Chart
1
Swedish Singles Chart[9]
26

See also

References

  1. ^ West-Soley, Richard (May 7, 2006). "Athens 2006: Greece". EscToday.
  2. ^ "Με το «Everything» η Αννα Βίσση στη Eurovision της Αθήνας". in.gr. March 14, 2006.
  3. ^ Tsinivits, Kyriakos (August 1, 2019). "Celebrating the Eurovision Song Contest in Harrogate". aussievision.net.
  4. ^ Bakker, Sietse (2006-03-21). "Running Order Decided!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  5. ^ Roxburgh, Gordon (2006-05-19). "Final: First dress rehearsal live". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  6. ^ "Everything - Anna Vissi "Official Video Clip" (Eurovision Song Contest "Greece 2006")". YouTube. October 22, 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  7. ^ Karatzaferis, Georgios (2006-03-27). "Greek Eurovision video clip an affront to Greece and the EU". European Parliament. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  8. ^ Vatmanidis, Theo (July 31, 2014). "Anna Vissi's Mykonos party is a big success that leaves Conchita 'in love'". Eurovisionary.
  9. ^ Swedish Singles Chart