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| "Autostop/Love Is a Lonely Weekend" | ||||
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| Single by Anna Vissi | ||||
| from the album Back To Time (Complete EMI Years) | ||||
| Released | May 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1980, 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 5:49 | |||
| Label | Minos EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Anna Vissi | |||
| Anna Vissi singles chronology | ||||
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"Autostop/Love Is a Lonely Weekend" is a limited edition single by Greek singer-songwriter Anna Vissi released in May 2006 by her former label Minos EMI.
In March 2006 Vissi was selected by Hellenic Radio and Television (ERT) as Greece's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 which was held in Athens due to Greece's win the previous year. A national final with four songs was held where the song "Everything" composed by Nikos Karvelas with lyrics by Vissi herself, was chosen as the Greek entry in March. Vissi had also participated in the Contest on two other occasion while she was still signed to Minos EMI: Greece in 1980 with "Autostop", finishing 13th with 30 points, [1] and for Cyprus in 1982 with "Mono I Agapi", finishing fifth with 82 points. While her first performance was not a success, her second remains the highest placing that Cyprus has ever achieved in the Contest. Following Vissi's later performance, she joined with Nikos Karvelas in an exclusive songwriting collaboration and with him they released an independent album in 1982 titled Eimai To Simera Kai Eisai To Hthes under their own label CarVi (CARvelas + VIssi); Vissi's contract with Minos EMI did not allow for this and the album was deleted in a lawsuit in favor of Minos EMI, while Vissi then switched labels. The rights to the two Eurovision songs still belonged to EMI and thus they were never officially released on any of Vissi's studio albums. However, in honor of her third participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Minos EMI released a limited edition double A-side single containing both tracks prior to the release of Vissi's Eurovision entry for promotion. The songs were also released on a 2006 remastered edition of Vissi's self-titled 1981 album, which was now titled 4, on the count of it being her fourth studio album. The title of the English-language version of the track "Mono i agapi" was chosen instead as the name of the single, although the Greek-language version is the one that is actually featured.
Vissi's first Eurovision entry was composed by Jick Nacassian with lyrics by Rony Sofu. The song was performed with the backing group The Epikouri, which also included Vissi's sister Lia. The second entry was written entirely by Vissi herself. Although there had been speculation that Karvelas actually wrote it, Vissi did not begin an exclusive collaboration with him until after the Contest, meaning that the release of the 2006 single was among the only releases of Vissi not to be produced by Karvelas since the 1980s.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Greek Single Charts | 1 |
ONE is a boy band that first appeared in 1999, recognized as both Greece and Cyprus's first boy band. The band was formed by leading Cypriot-Greek composer Giorgos Theofanous and Minos EMI A&R Manager Vangelis Yannopoulos. Constantinos Christophorou and Philippos-Constantinos Philippou were on board quite early, chosen by Giorgos Theofanous. The next three members were picked up after a selective audition that took place in legendary Athenian Sierra Studio. The selecting committee consisted of Natalia Germanou, Posidonas Yannopoulos, Andreas Kouris, Themis Georgandas, Theofanous and Yannopoulos. Demetres Koutsavlakis, Argyris Nastopoulos and Panos Tserpes were retained among 179 candidates. Christoforou followed a solo career in 2003, and was replaced by another Cypriot singer, Demos Beke. In their 6-year existence they enjoyed much commercial success and earned platinum certifications, as well as having staged memorable performances with successful Greek singers at music halls and in concerts. In 2005 the band formally disbanded and reunited in 2019.
Anna Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens.
Constantinos Christophorou is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) and "Ela Ela " (2005) and as part of the boy band formation One with "Gimme" (2002).
Nikos Karvelas is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vissi, while some of his other well-known collaborations include Tolis Voskopoulos and Sakis Rouvas. Karvelas has released multiple personal studio albums that have had mild to big success. In 2012, Alpha TV ranked Karvelas as the 13th top-certified composer in Greece in the phonographic era.
"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.
"Autostop" was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Greek by Anna Vissi and the Epikouri.
Nylon is a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus on September 28, 2005, and subsequently in select European countries and Taiwan. The album was released as a DualDisc on October 10, 2005, the first of its kind in Greece, and re-released on May 2, 2006 with the title Nylon: Euro-Edition as a tie-in to Vissi's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The album reached Platinum status in less than 24 hours after its release.
Paraksenes Eikones is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus on December 5, 2003. The album featured the song "Eisai" that later became Call Me in English and which topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in 2005. The album was later officially released in Turkey and Bulgaria.
This page includes the discography of Cypriot pop singer Anna Vissi.
I Epomeni Kinisi is a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in 1986 by CBS Greece. This album is all written by Nikos Karvelas. In spite of her previous albums, it featured a clear pop sound, very distinctive of Vissi's next albums. The album reached platinum status and was one of the best-selling albums of 1987 in Greece.
As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi is the title of the debut studio album by singer Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus by Minos in 1977.
Kitrino Galazio is the title of the second studio album by Greek singer Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus in 1979 by EMI Greece. It was her first album after her departure from Minos, her previous record label. The album reached platinum status, and was one of the best-selling albums of 1979 in Greece.
Nai is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It is her third studio album and includes the soundtrack of the TV series Methismeni Politeia. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1980 by EMI Greece. In 2006, a remastered version was released, including the Greek participation song in the ESC 1980 "Autostop", featuring the Epikouri band, as well as two remixes of the song "Oso Eho Foni". The album reached gold status.
Anna Vissi is the name of a self-titled album by Greek singer Anna Vissi. It is the first album with lifelong collaborator and companion Nikos Karvelas, who is credited under the alias "Nikos Leonardos". It was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1981 by EMI Greece. The album includes both original songs as well as several Greek covers of international hits. The album reached gold status.
Back to Time (Complete EMI Years) is a compilation album by Greek singer Anna Vissi, including the whole recordings which are now back catalogue items of Minos EMI. It is part of Minos EMI's special edition "EMI Years" compilations of early recordings by artists which were either signed to them directly or of releases which have since become part of their back catalogue.
Dimitris T. Kontopoulos is a Greek music composer.
Agapi Einai Esi is the 26th studio album by Greek recording artist Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus on 17 December 2010 by Sony Music Greece as a covermount with Real News. It is her first album since 2005's Nylon to be completely written by Nikos Karvelas, while it also serves as their first collaboration in four years. The album has so far generated the title track single and debuted at number six on the Greek IFPI Top 75 Albums chart, moved up to third place on its third week and went gold on the fourth week.
Despina Olympiou, also known as Dena Olympiou, is a Greek-Cypriot singer, famous in her homeland as well as in Greece. She represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.
Eleni Foureira is a naturalised-Greek Albanian singer and dancer. She began her music career in 2007 as a member of the Greek girl group Mystique, pursuing a solo career after the group disbanded in 2009. She released five studio albums since.
