"The Light In Our Soul", an

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, was the second

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from the

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'' by 2005 Eurovision winner

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. The song was written by Costas Bigalis and was chosen for the

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Greek National Final, along with "O.K." and "Let's Get Wild," but it was "

" that was chosen. The song was disqualified because it was revealed that a CD demo version of the song sung by another artist had been leaked on the internet and made available for sale on the site of an

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. Paparizou herself stated during a concert in

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that "The Light in Our Soul" was leaked on the internet, and the song was therefore disqualified from the Eurovision preselection. She then made a very jovial comment regarding internet file-sharing in general saying: "No no, I do not use the internet. This is why we don't like the internet."

Music video

In the

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for "The Light in Our Soul," Paparizou is seen in two different settings. The first is Elena singing and the second scene is Elena walking around a city lighting the city up. The video is recorded in two languages; the first was a Greeklish version which aired in

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, while the English version aired in Sweden.

Track listing

CD single #"The Light in Our Soul" – 2:56 #"The Light in Our Soul" reeklish Version– 2:56 #"Katse Kala (Behave Yourself)" – 4:23

Charts

References

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