"Agapi Einai Esi" (

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: Αγάπη Είναι Εσύ; ) is a song released by Greek singer

Anna Vissi Anna Vissi (, , ; born 20 December 1957) is a Greek Cypriot singer. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with Minos EMI#Merger with Minos Matsas ...

. The song serves as the first single from her album of the same name and was released to radio stations on 9 October 2010. It was also included on a promotional CD single of the same name released as a

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with newspaper ''RealNews'' on 24 October 2010. The release marks the first time in four years that has Vissi has collaborated with former husband

Nikos Karvelas Nikos Karvelas (; born 8 September 1951) is a Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, record producer and author. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his four-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vi ...

Background

It was first reported in September 2010 that Anna Vissi was working with previous long-time collaborator and former husband

on songs for her forthcoming album. The song marks Vissi's first collaboration with Karvelas in four years. Speaking to the magazine ''Life & Style'', Vissi stated that she had a desire to work with Karvelas once more, while he also felt the same way. She further stated that she felt they were made for each other artistically.

Release and promotion

"Agapi Einai Esi", was released on 9 October 2010 through newspaper Real News' website and sequentially to all radio stations. On 24 October 2010, a promotional CD single was released as a

with ''Real News'' containing the song as well as two other new songs. The song was also later released as a

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on 29 October 2010.

Reception

Upon release, title track "Agapi Einai Esi" received mixed criticism. Most negative feedback came concerning its lyrical content and the metaphors used to describe love, while Vissi's most loyal fans were left disappointed, expecting something better to come out of a long-awaited Vissi and Karvelas collaboration. In a radio interview with ''Real FM'', Vissi responded to the criticism, stating that she fell in love with the song upon first listen, and that it represents the way she would speak about love. She further went on to state that what ever Karvelas writes never passes by unnoticed.

Lakis Lazopoulos Apostolos (Lakis) Lazopoulos (; born 6 May 1956) is a Greek playwright, actor, comedian, script writer, producer, tv presenter, writer, columnist, songwriter and performer. He was ranked 83rd by the public in Skai TV's '' Great Greeks'' in 20 ...

also made fun of the lyrics during his highly popular weekly satire show ''Al Tsantiri News'' in October 2010.

Music video

A teaser for the music video, directed by Christine Crokos, was released on 6 December 2010. The music video was released on 14 December 2010, and is heavily based on

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. The full version of the video includes a prelude lasting one minute and forty seconds, making it almost six minutes long in total.

Live performances

The first live performance of the song was made at the premiere of Vissi's ''Face2Face'' concert series on 15 October at

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. It was sung during her solo setlist, which opened the night.

Release history

References

External links

* {{Anna Vissi Anna Vissi songs Songs written by Nikos Karvelas Song recordings produced by Alex P