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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Après Toi
| name = Après Toi
| cover = Image:Vicky Leandros - Après Toi.jpg
| cover = Vicky Leandros - Après Toi.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = German release sleeve
| caption = German release sleeve
| type = single
| type = single
| language = French
| artist = [[Vicky Leandros]]
| artist = [[Vicky Leandros]]
| album = Vicky Leandros
| album = Vicky Leandros
| B-side = {{ubl|La Poupée, Le Prince Et La Maison (several countries)|Despues De Ti (Spain and Latin American countries)}}
| B-side = {{ubl|La Poupée, Le Prince Et La Maison (several countries)|Despues de ti (Spain and Latin America)}}
| released = 1972
| released = 1972
| recorded =
| recorded =
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| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=31}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=31}}
| label = Philips
| label = Philips
| writer =
| composer =
* Mario Panas
* [[Leo Leandros|Mario Panas]]
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* {{ill|Klaus Munro|de}}
* Yves Dessca
| lyricist = {{ill|Yves Dessca|fr}}
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* Klaus Munro
| producer = Leo Leandros
| producer = Leo Leandros
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
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| next_title =
| next_year =
| next_year =
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| misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes
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{{Infobox song contest entry
| song = {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} "Après Toi"
| song = {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} "Après Toi"
| image =
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| language = French
| language = French
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| composer = {{hlist|Mario Panas|Klaus Munro}}
| languages =
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| composer = Mario Panas, Klaus Munro
| lyricist = Yves Dessca
| lyricist = Yves Dessca
| conductor = Klaus Munro
| conductor = Klaus Munro
| place = 1st
| place = 1st
| points = 128
| points = 128
| lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1972lu from Diggiloo Thrush]
| prev = Pomme, pomme, pomme
| prev = Pomme, pomme, pomme
| prev_link = Pomme, pomme, pomme
| prev_link = Pomme, pomme, pomme
| prev_year = 1971
| prev_year = 1971
| next = Tu te reconnaîtras
| next = Tu te reconnaîtras
| next_link = Tu te reconnaîtras
| next_link = Tu te reconnaîtras
| next_year = 1973
| next_year = 1973
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"'''Après toi'''" ({{IPA-fr|apʁɛ twa}}; "After you") was the winning song of the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1972]] performed in [[French language|French]] by [[Greeks|Greek]] singer [[Vicky Leandros]], representing {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1972}}. The song was written by Leandros' father Leandros Papathanasiou (also known as [[Leo Leandros]]), under his [[pseudonym]] Mario Panas and German composer [[Klaus Munro]], with French lyrics by [[Yves Dessca]]. This was Vicky Leandros' second entry in the Eurovison Song Contest. In 1967 she had finished fourth with "[[L'amour est bleu]]" (better known under its English title "Love is Blue") which subsequently went on to become a worldwide hit when covered by French orchestra leader [[Paul Mauriat]].
"'''Après toi'''" ({{IPA-fr|apʁɛ twa}}; "After you") is a song recorded by Greek singer [[Vicky Leandros]], with music composed by her father Leandros Papathanasiou –known as [[Leo Leandros]]–, under his [[pseudonym]] Mario Panas, and German composer {{ill|Klaus Munro|de}}, with French lyrics by {{ill|Yves Dessca|fr}}. It {{esccnty|Luxembourg|t=represented Luxembourg}} in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1972]] held in [[Edinburgh]], winning the contest.


== Description ==
== Background ==
=== Conception ===
"Après toi" is a dramatic [[ballad]], with the singer telling her lover what will happen to her once he has finally left her for someone else; "After you I will be nothing but the shadow of your shadow".
"Après toi" was composed by Leandros' father Leandros Papathanasiou –known as [[Leo Leandros]]–, under his [[pseudonym]] Mario Panas and German composer {{ill|Klaus Munro|de}}, with French lyrics by {{ill|Yves Dessca|fr}}. It is a dramatic [[ballad]], with the singer telling her lover what will happen to her once he has finally left her for someone else; "After you I will be nothing but the shadow of your shadow".<ref name="DG">{{Cite web |title=Après toi - lyrics|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1972lu|website=The Diggiloo Thrush}}</ref>


=== Eurovision ===
The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1972}}'s [[Serge & Christine Ghisoland]] with "[[À la folie ou pas du tout]]" and preceding the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1972}}' [[Sandra Reemer|Sandra]] & [[Dries Holten|Andres]] with "[[Als het om de liefde gaat]]"). By the close of voting, it had received 128 points, placing it first in a field of 18.
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Originally, the song was written with German lyrics as "Dann kamst du" and was submitted to the [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972|German Eurovision national selection]] process. When the song did not qualify for that competition, Yves Dessca, who had co-written the lyrics of the {{escyr|1971||1971 Eurovision}} winning song "[[Un banc, un arbre, une rue]]", penned French lyrics and the {{lang|fr|[[Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion]]|i=unset}} (CLT) internally selected it as {{esccnty|Luxembourg|t=its entry}} for the {{escyr|1972||17th edition}} of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. Dessca remains the only author/composer ever to score back-to-back Eurovision victories.<ref>{{cite book|author=O'Connor, John Kennedy|title=The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History|publisher=Cartlon Books|location=UK|year=2010|isbn=978-1847325211}}</ref>


In addition to the French version, [[Vicky Leandros]] recorded the song in English –as "Come What May"–, in Italian –"Dopo te"–, German –"Dann kamst du"–, Spanish –"Y después"–, Greek –"Móno esý", {{lang|el|Μόνο εσύ}}–, and Japanese –"Omoide ni ikiru", {{lang|ja|思い出に生きる}}–.<ref name="DG"/> This was Leandros' second entry in the Eurovison Song Contest as she had finished fourth in the {{escyr|1967||1967 contest}} with "[[L'amour est bleu]]".
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Originally, the song was written with German lyrics ("Dann kamst du") and was submitted to the German Eurovision national selection process. When the song did not qualify for that competition, Yves Dessca, who had co-written the lyrics of the {{escyr|1971}} winning song "[[Un banc, un arbre, une rue]]", penned French lyrics and the song was chosen internally to represent Luxembourg. Dessca remains the only author/composer ever to score back-to-back Eurovision victories.<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History. Cartlon Books UK, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1847325211}}</ref>


On 25 March 1972, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the [[Usher Hall]] in [[Edinburgh]] hosted by the [[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Leandros performed "Après toi" seventeenth on the evening, following {{esccnty|Belgium|y=1972}}'s "[[À la folie ou pas du tout]]" by [[Serge & Christine Ghisoland]] and preceding the {{esccnty|Netherlands|y=1972}}' "[[Als het om de liefde gaat]]" by [[Sandra Reemer|Sandra]] & [[Dries Holten|Andres]]. Klaus Munro conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Luxembourgian entry.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1972|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1972|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[BBC]] / [[EBU]]|date=25 March 1972}}</ref>
== Cover versions ==
Vicky Leandros also recorded the song in an [[English language]] version, "Come What May", which was widely released around the world. In South Africa it was a number one hit, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland it reached number two in the charts of both countries. Leandros also recorded the song in Italian ("Dopo te"), German ("Dann kamst du"), Spanish ("Y después"), Greek ("Móno esý", {{lang|el|Μόνο εσύ}}) and Japanese ("Omoide ni ikiru", {{lang|ja|思い出に生きる}}).


"Après toi" was succeeded as contest winner in 1973 by [[Anne-Marie David]] singing "[[Tu te reconnaîtras]]", also for {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1973}}.
By the close of voting, the song had received 128 points, placing it first in a field of eighteen, and winning the contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/edinburgh-1972/final|title=Official Eurovision Song Contest 1972 scoreboard|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]}}</ref> "Après toi" was succeeded as contest winner in {{escyr|1973}} by "[[Tu te reconnaîtras]]" sang by [[Anne-Marie David]], also for {{esccnty|Luxembourg|y=1973}}.


=== Aftermath ===
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As with "L'amour est bleu", "Après toi" has been afforded a number of translated cover versions including "Jak mám spát" (Czech) recorded by [[Helena Vondráčková]], "Keď si sám" (Slovak) recorded by {{ill|Eva Kostolányiová|sk}}, "Rakastan saavuthan" (Finnish) recorded by [[Carola Standertskjöld]], "Posle tebe" (Serbian) recorded by [[Lola Novaković]], "Vắng bóng người yêu" (Vietnamese) recorded by [[Thanh Lan]], "Si te vas" (Spanish) recorded by [[Paloma San Basilio]], "Vad än sker" (Swedish) recorded by [[Ann-Louise Hanson]], "Etter deg" (Norwegian) recorded by {{ill|Lillian Askeland|nb}} and [[Gro Anita Schønn]], "Sled teb" ("{{lang|bg|След теб}}", Bulgarian), recorded by [[Lili Ivanova]], and "Aşk mı bu" (Turkish), recorded by [[Ayla Algan]] in 1973.
In the Eurovision fiftieth anniversary competition ''[[Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest]]'', held on 22 October 2005 in [[Copenhagen]], [[Anne-Marie David]] performed the song as part of the interval acts.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest|episode-link=Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]] / [[European Broadcasting Union|EBU]]|date=22 October 2005}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
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The English version "Come What May" was covered by John Gummoe of [[The Cascades (band)|the Cascades]] on a 1972 [[London Recordings]] single, and by [[Filipina]] singer [[Pilita Corrales]] on her 1976 album ''Live At The Riveira With Pilita Amado Vol. 2''.
===Weekly charts===

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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
==Charts==
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!Charts (1972)
!scope="col"| Chart (1972)
!Peak<br/>position
!scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |year=1993|page=175 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
!scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |year=1993|page=175 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|align="center" |23
|align="center" |23
|-
|-


|Belgium/Flanders ([[Ultratop]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/e5/Vicky-Leandros-Apres-toi |title=Ultratop.be - Vicky Leandros - Après toi |website=[[Ultratop]] |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722224958/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/e5/Vicky-Leandros-Apres-toi |archive-date=2014-07-22 }}</ref>
!scope="row"| Belgium/Flanders ([[Ultratop]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/e5/Vicky-Leandros-Apres-toi |title=Ultratop.be - Vicky Leandros - Après toi |website=[[Ultratop]] |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722224958/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/e5/Vicky-Leandros-Apres-toi |archive-date=2014-07-22 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|-
|Belgium/Wallonia <ref>books.google.fr/books?hl=fr&id=6icEAAAAMBAJ&q=Apr%C3%A8s+toi#v=snippet&q=Apr%C3%A8s%20toi&f=false</ref>
!scope="row"| Belgium/Wallonia <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?hl=fr&id=6icEAAAAMBAJ&q=Apr%C3%A8s+toi#v=snippet&q=Apr%C3%A8s%20toi&f=false Hits]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
|Dutch [[MegaCharts|(Dutch Top 30)]]<ref name="dutchcharts">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Vicky+Leandros&titel=Apr%E8s+toi&cat=s|author=Steffen Hung|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|title=Vicky Leandros - Après toi - dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
!scope="row"| Dutch [[MegaCharts|(Dutch Top 30)]]<ref name="dutchcharts">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Vicky+Leandros&titel=Apr%E8s+toi&cat=s|author=Steffen Hung|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|title=Vicky Leandros - Après toi - dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
|France [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|(SNEP)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_L.php |title=InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920062853/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_L.php |archive-date=2013-09-20 }} Select "Vicky Leandros" from the artist drop down menu</ref>
!scope="row"| France [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|(SNEP)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_L.php |title=InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920062853/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_L.php |archive-date=2013-09-20 }} Select "Vicky Leandros" from the artist drop down menu</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
|Germany [[Media Control Charts|(Media Control)]]
!scope="row"| Germany [[Media Control Charts|(Media Control)]]
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
|-
|Ireland [[Irish Singles Chart|(IRMA)]]
!scope="row"| Ireland [[Irish Singles Chart|(IRMA)]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
|Malaysia <ref>books.google.fr/books?hl=fr&id=xCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Apr%C3%A8s+toi#v=snippet&q=Apr%C3%A8s%20toi&f=false</ref>
!scope="row"| Malaysia <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?hl=fr&id=xCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Apr%C3%A8s+toi#v=snippet&q=Apr%C3%A8s%20toi&f=false Hits]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|-
|Norway ([[VG-lista]]<ref name="norwegiancharts">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vicky+Leandros&titel=Apr%E8s+toi&cat=s|author=Steffen Hung|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|title=norwegiancharts.com - Vicky Leandros - Après toi|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
!scope="row"| Norway ([[VG-lista]]<ref name="norwegiancharts">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vicky+Leandros&titel=Apr%E8s+toi&cat=s|author=Steffen Hung|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|title=norwegiancharts.com - Vicky Leandros - Après toi|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|-
| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]]) <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xCgEAAAAMBAJ_2|quote=Après toi.|title=Billboard|first=Nielsen Business Media|last=Inc|date=26 August 1972|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=16 April 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
!scope="row"| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]]) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xCgEAAAAMBAJ_2|quote=Après toi.|title=Hits|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Bilboard]]|date=26 August 1972|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=16 April 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
|Switzerland ([[Swiss Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Vicky-Leandros/Apres-toi-229 |title=Vicky Leandros - Après toi - hitparade.ch |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316213323/http://hitparade.ch/song/Vicky-Leandros/Apres-toi-229 |archive-date=2015-03-16 }}</ref>
!scope="row"| Switzerland ([[Swiss Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Vicky-Leandros/Apres-toi-229 |title=Vicky Leandros - Après toi - hitparade.ch |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316213323/http://hitparade.ch/song/Vicky-Leandros/Apres-toi-229 |archive-date=2015-03-16 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
|United Kingdom [[UK Singles Charts|(Official Singles Chart)]]<ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14579/VICKY-LEANDROS/|publisher=officialcharts.com|title=VICKY LEANDROS &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
!scope="row"| United Kingdom [[UK Singles Charts|(Official Singles Chart)]]<ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14579/VICKY-LEANDROS/|publisher=officialcharts.com|title=VICKY LEANDROS &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}
|}


==Sales==
===Sales===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+
|+ Sales for ''Après toi''
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! scope="col"| Region
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| 800,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-A4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|title=Phonogram Registers 19 Percent Sales increase in 1st 6 Months|page=52|issn=0006-2510|date=7 October 1972|accessdate=30 October 2023}}</ref>
| 800,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-A4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|title=Phonogram Registers 19 Percent Sales increase in 1st 6 Months|page=52|issn=0006-2510|date=7 October 1972|accessdate=30 October 2023}}</ref>
|}
|}

== Legacy ==
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"Après toi" has been afforded a number of translated cover versions including "Jak mám spát" (Czech) recorded by [[Helena Vondráčková]], "Keď si sám" (Slovak) recorded by {{ill|Eva Kostolányiová|sk}}, "Rakastan saavuthan" (Finnish) recorded by [[Carola Standertskjöld]], "Posle tebe" (Serbian) recorded by [[Lola Novaković]], "Vắng bóng người yêu" (Vietnamese) recorded by [[Thanh Lan]], "Si te vas" (Spanish) recorded by [[Paloma San Basilio]], "Vad än sker" (Swedish) recorded by [[Ann-Louise Hanson]], "Etter deg" (Norwegian) recorded by {{ill|Lillian Askeland|nb}} and [[Gro Anita Schønn]], "Sled teb" ("{{lang|bg|След теб}}", Bulgarian), recorded by [[Lili Ivanova]], and "Aşk mı bu" (Turkish), recorded by [[Ayla Algan]] in 1973.

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The English version "Come What May" was covered by John Gummoe of [[The Cascades (band)|the Cascades]] on a 1972 [[London Recordings]] single, and by [[Filipina]] singer [[Pilita Corrales]] on her 1976 album ''Live At The Riveira With Pilita Amado Vol. 2''.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|108310|Après toi|type=single}}
* [http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=288 Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1972.]
* [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1972lu Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Après toi".]


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Revision as of 16:57, 3 May 2024

"Après Toi"
German release sleeve
Single by Vicky Leandros
from the album Vicky Leandros
LanguageFrench
B-side
  • La Poupée, Le Prince Et La Maison (several countries)
  • Despues de ti (Spain and Latin America)
Released1972
GenreChanson
Length3:31
LabelPhilips
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Yves Dessca [fr]
Producer(s)Leo Leandros
Eurovision Song Contest 1972 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
  • Mario Panas
  • Klaus Munro
Lyricist(s)
Yves Dessca
Conductor
Klaus Munro
Finals performance
Final result
1st
Final points
128
Entry chronology
◄ "Pomme, pomme, pomme" (1971)
"Tu te reconnaîtras" (1973) ►

"Après toi" (Template:IPA-fr; "After you") is a song recorded by Greek singer Vicky Leandros, with music composed by her father Leandros Papathanasiou –known as Leo Leandros–, under his pseudonym Mario Panas, and German composer Klaus Munro [de], with French lyrics by Yves Dessca [fr]. It represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 held in Edinburgh, winning the contest.

Background

Conception

"Après toi" was composed by Leandros' father Leandros Papathanasiou –known as Leo Leandros–, under his pseudonym Mario Panas and German composer Klaus Munro [de], with French lyrics by Yves Dessca [fr]. It is a dramatic ballad, with the singer telling her lover what will happen to her once he has finally left her for someone else; "After you I will be nothing but the shadow of your shadow".[1]

Eurovision

Originally, the song was written with German lyrics as "Dann kamst du" and was submitted to the German Eurovision national selection process. When the song did not qualify for that competition, Yves Dessca, who had co-written the lyrics of the 1971 Eurovision winning song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", penned French lyrics and the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) internally selected it as its entry for the 17th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Dessca remains the only author/composer ever to score back-to-back Eurovision victories.[2]

In addition to the French version, Vicky Leandros recorded the song in English –as "Come What May"–, in Italian –"Dopo te"–, German –"Dann kamst du"–, Spanish –"Y después"–, Greek –"Móno esý", Μόνο εσύ–, and Japanese –"Omoide ni ikiru", 思い出に生きる–.[1] This was Leandros' second entry in the Eurovison Song Contest as she had finished fourth in the 1967 contest with "L'amour est bleu".

On 25 March 1972, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Leandros performed "Après toi" seventeenth on the evening, following Belgium's "À la folie ou pas du tout" by Serge & Christine Ghisoland and preceding the Netherlands' "Als het om de liefde gaat" by Sandra & Andres. Klaus Munro conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Luxembourgian entry.[3]

By the close of voting, the song had received 128 points, placing it first in a field of eighteen, and winning the contest.[4] "Après toi" was succeeded as contest winner in 1973 by "Tu te reconnaîtras" sang by Anne-Marie David, also for Luxembourg.

Aftermath

In the Eurovision fiftieth anniversary competition Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 October 2005 in Copenhagen, Anne-Marie David performed the song as part of the interval acts.[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 23
Belgium/Flanders (Ultratop)[7] 3
Belgium/Wallonia [8] 1
Dutch (Dutch Top 30)[9] 1
France (SNEP)[10] 1
Germany (Media Control) 11
Ireland (IRMA) 2
Malaysia [11] 3
Norway (VG-lista[12] 2
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [13] 1
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)[14] 1
United Kingdom (Official Singles Chart)[15] 2

Sales

Region Sales
France 800,000[16]

Legacy

"Après toi" has been afforded a number of translated cover versions including "Jak mám spát" (Czech) recorded by Helena Vondráčková, "Keď si sám" (Slovak) recorded by Eva Kostolányiová [sk], "Rakastan saavuthan" (Finnish) recorded by Carola Standertskjöld, "Posle tebe" (Serbian) recorded by Lola Novaković, "Vắng bóng người yêu" (Vietnamese) recorded by Thanh Lan, "Si te vas" (Spanish) recorded by Paloma San Basilio, "Vad än sker" (Swedish) recorded by Ann-Louise Hanson, "Etter deg" (Norwegian) recorded by Lillian Askeland [nb] and Gro Anita Schønn, "Sled teb" ("След теб", Bulgarian), recorded by Lili Ivanova, and "Aşk mı bu" (Turkish), recorded by Ayla Algan in 1973.

The English version "Come What May" was covered by John Gummoe of the Cascades on a 1972 London Recordings single, and by Filipina singer Pilita Corrales on her 1976 album Live At The Riveira With Pilita Amado Vol. 2.

References

  1. ^ a b "Après toi - lyrics". The Diggiloo Thrush.
  2. ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy (2010). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History. UK: Cartlon Books. ISBN 978-1847325211.
  3. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1972". Eurovision Song Contest. 25 March 1972. BBC / EBU.
  4. ^ "Official Eurovision Song Contest 1972 scoreboard". Eurovision Song Contest.
  5. ^ "Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision Song Contest. 22 October 2005. DR / EBU.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 175. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Ultratop.be - Vicky Leandros - Après toi". Ultratop. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  8. ^ Hits
  9. ^ Steffen Hung. "Vicky Leandros - Après toi - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  10. ^ "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2013-01-06. Select "Vicky Leandros" from the artist drop down menu
  11. ^ Hits
  12. ^ Steffen Hung. "norwegiancharts.com - Vicky Leandros - Après toi". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  13. ^ "Hits". Bilboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 26 August 1972. Retrieved 16 April 2018 – via Internet Archive. Après toi.
  14. ^ "Vicky Leandros - Après toi - hitparade.ch". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  15. ^ "VICKY LEANDROS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  16. ^ "Phonogram Registers 19 Percent Sales increase in 1st 6 Months". Billboard. 7 October 1972. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest winners
1972 		Succeeded by
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