I Kardia Sou Petra

"I Kardia Sou Petra"
Single by Helena Paparizou
from the album Vrisko To Logo Na Zo
Released9 June 2008
Recorded2008
GenrePop rock, contemporary laïka
LabelSony BMG Greece/RCA
Songwriter(s)Giannis Doxas, Giorgos Sampanis
Producer(s)Giorgos Sampanis
Helena Paparizou minor singles chronology
"Porta Gia Ton Ourano"
(2008) 		"I Kardia Sou Petra"
(2008) 		"Pirotehnimata"
(2008)

"I Kardia Sou Petra" (Greek: Η Καρδιά Σου Πέτρα; English: Your Heart Like Stone) is a song recorded by Greek pop singer Helena Paparizou. It is the second single from Vrisko To Logo Na Zo.[1]

Song information

The song was heard for the first time on Orange FM 93.2 on 2 June 2008.[2] where Paparizou announced that it would be the second single from Vrisko To Logo Na Zo and officially aired on Sfera Radio 102.2 and on Cosmoradio 95.1 on 9 June 2008.[3][4]

The music is by Giorgos Sampanis and the lyrics were written by Giannis Doxas.

Paparizou said on Orange fm 93.2 that this song had a lot of fun. Sampanis and Doxas came home and Sampanis - who is a young and talented artist - told me: 'Lena, I have a new song, I want to show it to you in order to hear your opinion about it'. He showed it to me and I told him 'I am sorry but which do you think my opinion is? This is mine, thank you!' We went downstairs to the studio and we recorded it! This is the new single from my new album.

Music video

In the presentation of the album on Orange FM 93.2, Paparizou stated that the music video would be aired sometime between 7 and 12 June 2008.[2] On 11 June 2008, MAD TV announced the concept of the music video: Elena will appear in a photo of a man who shoots an empty landscape and her features around the face and the landscape will be full emotions in surreal way. Then there is another photo with an empty landscape, Elena appears again and in the last picture, Elena disappears while the man with the camera in his pocket leaves.[5] The music video officially premiered on 2 July on MAD TV, however, it was played at the presentation of the golden certification for the album at Egomio Atse on 25 June 2008.[6]

The video was directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos.

Release history

Region Date Distributing label Format
Greece 9 June 2008 Sony BMG Greece Radio single
11 June 2008 Digital download
Cyprus 9 June 2008 Radio single

Charts

The song jumped from No.34 to No.8 on Greek iTunes Store Top 100 Songs Chart two days after its release and its highest peak in No.2.

The song entered the Greek Digital Singles Chart at No.4 and after two weeks it peaked at No.1

Chart Peak
position
Greek Digital Singles Chart[7] 1
Greek Airplay Chart 1

References

  1. ^ "Σε λίγες μέρες το νέο album της Έλενας".(in Greek) MAD TV, 11 May 2008. Retrieved on 19 April 2008
  2. ^ a b "Η ΕΛΕΝΑ ΠΑΠΑΡΙΖΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ORANGE 93.2". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06.(in Greek) Orange 93.2, 28 May 2008. Retrieved on 29 May 2008
  3. ^ "ΒΡΙΣΚΩ ΤΟ ΛΟΓΟ ΝΑ ΖΩ!". Archived from the original on 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2008-06-03.(in Greek) Sony BMG, 2 June 2008. Retrieved on 3 June 2008
  4. ^ "Η ΕΛΕΝΑ ΠΑΠΑΡΙΖΟΥ ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΟΣΜΟΡΑΔΙΟ 95.1!!!". Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-06-08.(in Greek) Κοσμοραδιο 95,1, 9 June 2008. Retrieved on 7 June 2008
  5. ^ "Ποιο θα είναι το νέο video της 'Ελενας".(in Greek)MAD TV. Retrieved on 10 June 2008
  6. ^ "July 2, 2008, Top 5 Playlist".(in Greek) MAD TV, 2 July 2008. Retrieved on 7 July 2008
  7. ^ Billboard.com