MANDO - NEVER LET YOU GO

NEVER LET YOU GO

MANDO

COMPOSER: MANDO & TERRY SIGANOS

PRODUCER: JOHNNY JAM

ORIGINE: GREECE

ALBUM: NEVER LET YOU GO

LABEL: ALPHA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2003

"Never Let You Go" was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed by Mando entirely in English, the first time the Greek entry had not had any lyrics in Greek. The song topped the Greek charts and was certified gold in Greece. The lyrics are by Terry Siganos, the music is written by Mando herself and it was produced by Johnny Jam.

The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following Ukraine's Olexandr Ponomariov with "Hasta La Vista" and preceding Norway's Jostein Hasselgård with "I'm Not Afraid To Move On"). At the close of voting, it had received 25 points and was placed 17th in a field of 26.

The song is a dramatic ballad, with the singer telling her lover all the things she would do for him, but emphasising that she would "never let you go".

For her Eurovision appearance, Mando wore an unusual navy blue gown, with a very tight lace-up bodice.

I don't know what I'm going through

Close my eyes still see you in sight

Everything reminds of you

I could never let you go

I can't hide my feelings at all

I give you love sometimes it's so hard

Without you I know I would fall

'Cause I'd never let you go

I would cry for you

And I'd lie for you

I would lay my life on the line

I can't hide from you

That I'd die for you

But I'd never let you go

What we share keeps me alive

For you there's nothing I would deny

All I know is I want you so

'Cause I'd never let you go