"Parafora" | ||||
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Single by Sakis Rouvas | ||||
from the album Parafora | ||||
Released | 15 October 2010 | |||
Format | Radio single, digital download | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Electropop, ambient, dance-pop | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
Label | EMI/Minos | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dimitris Kontopoulos, Nikos Kostidakis (aka Moraitis) | |||
Producer(s) | Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sakis Rouvas (exec.) | |||
Sakis Rouvas singles chronology | ||||
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"Parafora" (Greek: "Παράφορα"; English: Madly) is the third single by Greek pop/rock musician Sakis Rouvas from his thirteenth studio album of the same name. It is an electropop-ambient-dance-pop song written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Nikos Kostidakis and produced by Kontopoulos. The song was released to radio stations on 15 October 2010 to coincide with the premiere date of Rouvas 2010–11 winter season shows with Anna Vissi called Face2Face. It is performed as the second song of the setlist at the aforementioned concert series.
"Parafora" was written and produced by Dimitris Kontopoulos, who has collaborated with Rouvas on several occasions since To Hrono Stamatao (2003), including having fully produced his Irthes (2008) album and creating the electronic hits "Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun", "Stous 31 Dromous", "+ Se Thelo", "This Is Our Night", and most recently "Spase To Hrono", while the lyrics were written by Nikos Kostidakis, who has never before collaborated with Rouvas.
The song first appeared through Rouvas' official Facebook account and on Happy Radio 93.2 on 15 October 2010, released in conjunction with the premiere date of his 2010–11 winter season shows, Face2Face, with Anna Vissi. It is awaiting a digital release. It is the third single from Rouvas' thirteenth studio album Parafora released in mid-December 2010, following the number-one hit "Spase To Hrono" and the top-five hit "Emena Thes". The song was released as a digital download on 12 November 2010.