"Love Is a Wonderful Thing" is a song by popular Greek artist

Peggy Zina Panagiota-Calliope Chrysicopoulou ( el, Παναγιώτα-Καλλιόπη Χρυσικοπούλου; born 8 March 1975), known professionally as Peggy Zina ( el, Πέγκυ Ζήνα), is a Greek singer. She made her recording debut in 1995 wi ...

. It was released in March 2002 by Nitro Music and is included on her album ''

Vres Enan Tropo ''Vres Enan Tropo'' (Greek: Βρες έναν τρόπο; en, Find a way) is the title of the fourth studio album by the popular Greek artist Peggy Zina, released in 2002 by Nitro Music. The album went gold several months after release. Track ...

''. The song was written by

Thanos Kalliris Athanasios 'Thanos' Kalliris (Greek: Θάνος Καλλίρης, born August 13, 1962) is a Greek singer who was born in Athens. His father was a guitarist and composer, Titos Kalliris (1934–2013). In the 1980s, he was a part of the pop music ...

and was released as a three track CD single which received

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Eurovision Song Contest 2002

"Love Is a Wonderful Thing" was entered in the Greek national final to choose the song and artist to represent Greece in the

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. The national final was held on 26 February 2002 at ''Rex'' music hall in

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where Zina performed the song sixth. Out of the ten songs entered, an expert jury chose 5 to go onto the final round. In the final round, the winner was chosen by 50%

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and 50% expert jury. "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" tied for second place with Maria-Louiza & Not 4 Sale's "To Be Together" and

Michalis Rakintzis Mihalis Rakintzis (Greek: Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής) is a Greek singer. He was born in Athens, on 3 April 1957, and studied Mechanical Engineering in Great Britain.S.A.G.A.P.O. Greece competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, held on 25 May 2002 at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia. The Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) organised a public selection process entitled ''Ellinikós Telikós 2002'' ...

" won the contest and represented Greece at the contest where it came in 17th.

Track listing

#"Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (Original Version) – 3:00 #"Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (Positive Energy Remix) – 4:34 #"Ena Hadi" (Dance Mix) (Ένα χάδι; A caress) – 5:18

Personnel

*Ahilleas Haritos –

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* Alex Panagi – backing vocalist *Alexia Georgiadou –

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*Antonis Gounaris – keyboard,

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*Dimitris Horianopoulos – mixing *Dimitris Paizis – keyboard, programmer *Dimitris Svarts – wardrobe styling *Dinos Diamantopoulos – photographer *Marianna Oikonomou – backing vocalist *Socrates Soumelas – mixer *

– backing vocalist, executive producer, keyboard, mixer

Charts

References

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