{{Short description|1978 song by Tania Tsanaklidou}} {{Infobox song | name = Charlie Chaplin | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Tania Tsanaklidou]] | album = Charlie Chaplin | language = Greek | released = April 1978 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | length = 2:51 | label = | composer = Sakis Tsilikis | lyricist = Yiannis Xantoulis | producer = Haris Andreadis | prev_title = Ερωτόκριτος | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = Άρες μάρες κουκουνάρες | next_year = 1978 | misc = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes | song = {{Flagicon|Greece|old}} "Charlie Chaplin" | image = | caption = | year = 1978 | country = Greece | artist = [[Tania Tsanaklidou]] | as = | with = | language = Greek | languages = | composer = Sakis Tsilikis<ref>Περιοδικό [[Ρομάντσο (περιοδικό)|Ρομάντσο]], #1836, σελ. 46</ref> | lyricist = Yiannis Xantoulis | conductor = Haris Andreadis | place = 8th | points = 66 | clip = | prev = Mathima solfege | prev_link = Mathima solfege | next = Sokrati | next_link = Sokrati }} }}
"'''Charlie Chaplin'''" ({{langx|el|label=[[Greek alphabet|Greek script]]|Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν}}) is a song recorded by Greek singer [[Tania Tsanaklidou]] with music composed by Sakis Tsilikis and Greek lyrics written by Yiannis Xantoulis. It {{esccnty|Greece|t=represented Greece}} in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978]], held in [[Paris]].
==Conception== "Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν" was composed by Sakis Tsilikis with Greek lyrics by Yiannis Xantoulis. It is in praise of [[Charlie Chaplin]] who had died the year before, with the singer describing his comic appearance and wishing that there were more of him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infegreece.gr/%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D-%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D-%CF%84-19/|title=Αφιερώματα Διαγωνισμού Τραγουδιού της Eurovision :1978|website=InfeGreece|date=February 12, 2017|first=Chrysostomos|last=Kontakiotis}}</ref> In addition to the Greek language original version, [[Tania Tsanaklidou]] recorded the English language version titled "Charlie Chaplin".<ref>{{Cite web|title="Charlie Chaplin" - lyrics|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1978gr|website=The Diggiloo Thrush}}</ref>
==Eurovision== The [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation]] (ERT) internally selected "Charlie Chaplin" performed by Tsanaklidou as {{esccnty|Greece|t=it entrant}} for the {{escyr|1978||23rd edition}} of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eurovision 1978 Greece: Tania Tsanaklidou - "Charlie Chaplin"|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/1978/greece|website=Eurovisionworld}}</ref>
On 22 April 1978, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the {{lang|fr|[[Palais des congrès de Paris|Palais des Congrès]]|i=unset}} in [[Paris]] hosted by {{lang|fr|[[TF1|Télévision Française 1]]|i=unset}} (TF1) and broadcast live throughout the continent. Tsanaklidou performed "Charlie Chaplin" in Greek fifteenth on the evening dressed like [[the Tramp]], following {{esccnty|Monaco|y=1978}}'s "[[Les jardins de Monaco]]" by Caline & [[Olivier Toussaint]] and preceding {{esccnty|Denmark|y=1978}}'s "[[Boom Boom (Mabel song)|Boom Boom]]" by [[Mabel (band)|Mabel]]. Haris Andreadis conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Luxembourgish entry.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1978|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1978|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[TF1]] / [[EBU]]|date=22 April 1978}}</ref>
At the close of voting, it had received 66 points, placing eighth in a field of twenty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-09 |title=Η Τάνια Τσανακλίδου και ο "Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν" μας εκπροσωπούν στη Eurovision του 1978! |url=https://www.zougla.gr/igia-blog/music/article/i-tania-tsanaklidou-ke-o-tsarli-tsaplin-mas-ekprosopoun-sti-eurovision-tou-1978 |access-date=2023-11-26 |archive-date=2021-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209012806/https://www.zougla.gr/igia-blog/music/article/i-tania-tsanaklidou-ke-o-tsarli-tsaplin-mas-ekprosopoun-sti-eurovision-tou-1978 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was succeeded as Greek entrant at the {{escyr|1979||1979 contest}} by "[[Sokrati]]" by [[Elpida (singer)|Elpida]].
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|432996|Charlie Chaplin|type=single}}
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[[Category:Eurovision songs of Greece]] [[Category:Eurovision songs of 1978]] [[Category:1978 songs]] [[Category:Songs in Greek]] [[Category:Songs about actors]] [[Category:Songs about real people]] [[Category:Songs about comedians]] [[Category:Cultural depictions of Charlie Chaplin]]