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"Eres tú" (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeɾes ˈtu]; "It Is You") is a popular Spanish language song written in 1973 by Juan Carlos Calderón and performed by the Spanish band Mocedades, with Amaya Uranga performing the lead vocal.

For other uses, see Eres Tú (disambiguation).
"Eres tú"
Single by Mocedades
from the album Mocedades 4
ReleasedDecember 1973
GenreCanción melódica, Europop
Length3:36
LabelPhilips Records
Composer(s)Juan Carlos Calderón
Lyricist(s)Juan Carlos Calderón
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry
Country
Spain
Artist(s)
As
Mocedades
Language
Lyricist(s)
Conductor
Juan Carlos Calderón
Finals performance
Final result
2nd
Final points
125
Entry chronology
◄ "Amanece" (1972)
"Canta y sé feliz" (1974) ►

It was chosen as Spain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. After reaching second place in the contest, it was released as a single.

This song also has an English version titled "Touch the Wind" with lyrics by Mike Hawker.[1]

This song also has an Indonesian version titled "Hatiku" ("My Heart") with gospel lyrics used in Catholic mass.


Eurovision


The 1973 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place on 7 April 1973 and was held at Luxembourg (city), the capital of Luxembourg. The song was performed seventh on the night, following Monaco's Marie with "Un train qui part" and preceding Switzerland's Patrick Juvet with "Je vais me marier, Marie". Composer Juan Carlos Calderón himself conducted the live orchestra. At the close of voting, the song had received 125 points, placing second in a field of 17, after Luxembourg's own Anne-Marie David with "Tu te reconnaîtras" with 129 points. The United Kingdom's Cliff Richard with "Power to All Our Friends" finished third with 123 points. "Eres tú" was succeeded as Spanish representative at the 1974 contest by Peret with "Canta y sé feliz".


Worldwide success


In 1974, "Eres tú" became one of the few Spanish language songs to reach the top 10 in the United States, peaking at #9 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also reaching the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the United States, it is still heard on Adult Standards and Easy Listening radio. The B-side of the single was the English-language version entitled "Touch the Wind", which featured a completely different set of lyrics, rather than a translation of the original Spanish lyrics. Radio stations generally preferred to play the original A-side version.[citation needed] There were also several covers of the tune in both English and Spanish, only one of which ("Touch the Wind" by Eydie Gorme), charted, becoming a minor Adult Contemporary hit.

With "Eres tú", Mocedades are one of the five musical acts from Spain to have scored a top ten hit in the United States (the others are Los Bravos, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias and Los del Río with "Macarena"), and the only to have a top ten hit sung entirely in Spanish (the version of Los del Río's "Macarena" was a remix by the Bayside Boys with English vocals). The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.[2] In 2015, "Eres tú" ranked #47 on Billboard's 50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time.[3]

The success of "Eres tú" was not limited to just pop or Spanish music radio. In 1976, a guitar instrumental by country singer Sonny James reached #67 on the Hot Country Singles chart. In 1977, Tex-Mex country singer Johnny Rodriguez – who had earlier success with mixing English and Spanish lyrics in his songs – recorded a cover version and released it to country radio. The song peaked at #25 in the fall of 1977 on the Hot Country Singles chart.


Plagiarism controversy


One of the biggest Eurovision scandals resulted from the perceived similarity between the melody of "Eres tú" and that of Yugoslavia's 1966 entry "Brez besed" ("Without words"). However, the authors of "Brez besed" neither officially complained nor filed a lawsuit, as neither was common practise at the time.[4][5][6][7]


Chart history



In other languages



By Mocedades



By other groups


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Covers


"Eres tú"
Single by Il Divo
from the album Amor & Pasión
ReleasedNovember 2015
Recorded2015, México
GenreClassical crossover
LabelSony Music, Syco Music and Columbia Records.
Songwriter(s)Juan Carlos Calderón
Producer(s)Julio Reyes Copello
"Eres tú"
Single by Johnny Rodriguez
from the album Practice Makes Perfect
B-side"You Put A Hold On Me"
Released1977
RecordedFebruary 16, 1977
GenreCountry
LabelMercury 55004
Songwriter(s)Juan Carlos Calderón
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
Johnny Rodriguez singles chronology
"If Practice Makes Perfect"
(1977)		 "Eres tú"
(1977)		 "Savin' This Love Song for You"
(1977)

References


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  2. "Latin Grammy Hall of Fame - 2013". Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. "The 50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. "Brez besed by Berta Ambrož at Eurovision 1966". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. "Evrovizijski škandal, v katerega je bila vpletena Slovenka" (in Slovenian). Slovenske novice. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. "Songs with earlier history". songswithearlierhistories.com. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  15. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  16. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 166.
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  18. "Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
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  22. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  23. "NEW IL DIVO ALBUM AMOR & PASION OUT NOVEMBER 2015". 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28.



На других языках

- [en] Eres tú

[es] Eres tú

«Eres tú» es una canción escrita por el compositor Juan Carlos Calderón y publicada en marzo de 1973 por el grupo español Mocedades. Fue la canción representante de España en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1973, alcanzando el segundo puesto con 125 puntos, por detrás del país anfitrión, Luxemburgo, con 129 puntos, que nuevamente volvió a ganar, en este caso con la cantante francesa Anne-Marie David y el tema «Tu te reconnaîtras».


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