Echo (You and I)
| "Echo (You and I)" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Single by Anggun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Echoes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | January 30, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download, Cd single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Dance-pop, Electronic dance music | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Warner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Anggun, William Rousseau, Jean-Pierre Pilot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anggun singles chronology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Echo (You and I)" is a song by Indonesian/French singer-songwriter Anggun. A mixed French-English song, it was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The song was released as the lead single from the international edition of her album Echoes and the third single in France. The full English version of "Echo (You and I)" was later included on her Indonesia-only compilation Best-Of: Design of a Decade 2003–2013 (2013).
On 29 November 2011, Anggun was announced by the France Télévisions as the French representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Marie Claire Mezzette, the head of the Entertainment Department at France 3, explained that Anggun had been a strong candidate for a long time and last year they were hesitating between her and Amaury Vassili. Speaking about the selection, Anggun said, "It's really a great honour. It's a lovely gift for me as I'm of Indonesian origin, but having been naturalised French since 2000. I undoubtedly symbolise a mixed France of today, made up of many cultures. Your country has given me a beautiful language, a beautiful identity. Secretly, we all want to win. I'm going to shine for France."
Anggun composed the song in collaboration with musicians William Rousseau and Jean-Pierre Pilot. For the mixing of the song she enlisted the help of Veronica Ferraro, who has worked on David Guetta's latest project. On 29 December 2011, the demo of the song, entitled "Europa", was sent to several media and was claimed to be as engaging and inviting as Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" and Britney Spears's "I Wanna Go". On 17 January 2012, Anggun announced the official title of the song, "Echo (You and I)". The song is mostly in French, with few English lyrics in its chorus. The full English version will be recorded.
...
Wikipedia