Anna Vissi - Call Me
May 13, 2020 0:52:48 GMT -5
Post by π ³π Έππ ²π Ύ on May 13, 2020 0:52:48 GMT -5
This was to be Anna's launching vehicle for a recording career in the U.S. Anna had already been huge in Greece where she was based for over 20 years. Many have thought of her as a the Greek counterpart to Madonna because of her countless reinventions and contributions to music.
Anna began a singing career in English in the early 2000s, however, that was limited to Europe as her album was not released in the U.S. One of her most well-known English songs is "Everything I Am" and "On A Night Like This" (the Pandora song that Kylie made a hit).
In 2004, at the closing of the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Anna unveiled the English version of her smash hit Greek song "Eisai" as "Call Me." On a small independent label, the song was released in early 2005. She embarked upon a massive promo tour in clubs and performed this plus some of her other Greek hits.
It went on to peak at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and #2 on the Dance Radio Airplay chart.
It had many, many remixes by Chris Cox, Georgie Porgie, Glenn Friscia & Frank Lamboy, Lee Cabrera Mike Cruz, the Riddler, Trevor Simpson & Dimitris Mykonos, and Valentin.
Sadly, Anna never was able to actually release that English language album or project she was working on. She was in the studio off and on over the course of the last 15 years and there were rumors of the project happening, but it hasn't yet. She has released a lot of new Greek language material during that time and has toured extensively, done residencies, and many other projects. She also represented Greece in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.
Original
Chris Cox Radio Edit
The Riddler Edit
Elias Pantazapoulos Remix
I was a huge fan of this after it grew on me. I loved the Chris Cox and Riddler remixes of the English version in addition to the original. I did like most of the remixes though. The GF & FL mix was similar in style to the original but souped up a bit.
For the original Greek version, I liked the Elias Pantazapoulos remix which was a hard Rock-edged mix with "Toxic" style strings every so often. It has been said the Chris Cox mix was done to resemble the chord progression of that. She did a live performance at an awards show set to that mix.
I was into some of Anna's older and even later stuff for a while (until like 2007 or so).
Anna began a singing career in English in the early 2000s, however, that was limited to Europe as her album was not released in the U.S. One of her most well-known English songs is "Everything I Am" and "On A Night Like This" (the Pandora song that Kylie made a hit).
In 2004, at the closing of the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Anna unveiled the English version of her smash hit Greek song "Eisai" as "Call Me." On a small independent label, the song was released in early 2005. She embarked upon a massive promo tour in clubs and performed this plus some of her other Greek hits.
It went on to peak at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and #2 on the Dance Radio Airplay chart.
It had many, many remixes by Chris Cox, Georgie Porgie, Glenn Friscia & Frank Lamboy, Lee Cabrera Mike Cruz, the Riddler, Trevor Simpson & Dimitris Mykonos, and Valentin.
Sadly, Anna never was able to actually release that English language album or project she was working on. She was in the studio off and on over the course of the last 15 years and there were rumors of the project happening, but it hasn't yet. She has released a lot of new Greek language material during that time and has toured extensively, done residencies, and many other projects. She also represented Greece in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.
Original
Chris Cox Radio Edit
The Riddler Edit
Elias Pantazapoulos Remix
I was a huge fan of this after it grew on me. I loved the Chris Cox and Riddler remixes of the English version in addition to the original. I did like most of the remixes though. The GF & FL mix was similar in style to the original but souped up a bit.
For the original Greek version, I liked the Elias Pantazapoulos remix which was a hard Rock-edged mix with "Toxic" style strings every so often. It has been said the Chris Cox mix was done to resemble the chord progression of that. She did a live performance at an awards show set to that mix.
I was into some of Anna's older and even later stuff for a while (until like 2007 or so).