''Kalokairi Stin Kardia'' (

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: Καλοκαίρι Στην Καρδιά;

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: Summer in the heart) is the debut

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singer

Ivi Adamou Ivi Adamou (, ; born 24 November 1993) is a Greek Cypriot singer. Born and raised in Agia Napa, she rose to recognition in Greece and Cyprus following her participation in the The X Factor (Greece series 2), second season of the The X Factor (G ...

, released in Greece and Cyprus on 14 June 2010 by Sony Music Greece. On 5 November 2010, the second live show of the third season of the

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'', where she was a contestant the year before, Adamou received a gold certification from the presenter,

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, denoting shipments of six thousand copies.

Release

"Sose Me (Lights On)" (

: Σώσε Με; English: Save Me) is the second single released to promote ''Kalokairi Stin Kardia''. It was written by Lene Dissing, Hanif Sabzevari, Dimitris Stassos, Marcus Winther-John and Giannis Doxas, and on released April 26, 2010. Japanese singer

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has sampled the song for her 2012 song Tell me why. The video music was published in Ivi's official channel in May 2010. The video was later blocked by

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and was published one year later, in May 2011 on Ivi's VEVO channel. The third single, "To Mistiko Mou Na Vreis" (

: Το μυστικό μου να βρεις; English: Find my secret), was written by Adam Baptiste, Alex Papaconstantinou and Giannis Doxas. It was released on 10 June 2010. A poll was held in August 2010 to find out which song would be Adamou's next single. The choice was between "Gelaei" and "To Mistiko Mou Na Vreis". It was announced on 30 August 2010 that the winner was "To Mistiko Mou Na Vreis". Filming of a video started in September 2010 and it was released on 15 November 2010.
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- The video was uploaded on 15 November 2010 to IviAdamouTV. The video was blocked by

worldwide and it was unblocked in 2011. It was announced that it would be uploaded again on VEVO channel but it never was.

Track listing

Personnel

*Leo "Freakchild" Chantzaras –

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, vocal recording,

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*Jason Gill – vocal recording, production, arrangement, programming, mixing,

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*Dimitris Stasos – vocal recording, production, guitar *Alex Papaconstantinou – production, arrangement, programming, guitar, keys *Theodoros Darmas – production, arrangement, vocal recording, programming, keys *Fotios Stefos – vocal recording, production, arrangement *Mikaela Stenstrom – background vocals *Elena Patraklou –

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, background vocals *Thomas Lindberg –

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with friends –

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*Adam Baptiste –

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*Moh Denebi – mixing *Aris Binis – vocal recording, mixing *Bjorn Engelman – mastering *Hendrik Eilers – mixing, mastering *Spiros Kontakis – guitar *Thomas Lindberg – bass *Giannis Grigoriou – bass *Alkis Misirlis –

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*Antonis Glikos –

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*Charlie Makkos –

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*Giannis Giannaridis (effex+) –

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*Giannis Trakas – styling *Mirto Ganou – photo editing

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2010 debut EPs 2010s Greek-language albums Sony Music Greece EPs Ivi Adamou albums