Porta Gia Ton Ourano

"Porta Gia Ton Ourano" (Greek: Πόρτα Για Τον Ουρανό; English: Door to the Sky) is a song recorded by Greek pop singer Helena Paparizou and the first single from Vrisko To Logo Na Zo.^[1] The song was released as a single on April 8, 2008 to radio stations all over Greece and Cyprus.^[2][3]

"Porta Gia Ton Ourano"
Single by Helena Paparizou
from the album Vrisko To Logo Na Zo
Released	April 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)
Recorded	2007
Length	2:59
Label	Sony BMG Greece/RCA
Songwriter(s)	Per Lidén, Niclas Olausson, Toni Mavridis, Eleana Vrahali
Producer(s)	Niclas Olausson, Toni Mavridis
Helena Paparizou minor singles chronology
"To Fili Tis Zois" (2007) "Porta Gia Ton Ourano" (2008) "I Kardia Sou Petra" (2008)

Song information

The single officially debuted on April 8, 2008 when it was played for the first time on Kosmoradio of Thessaloniki.^[4] In Athens the song aired for the very first time on Sfera Radio.

The music is by Per Lidén, Niclas Olausson and Toni Mavridis, with lyrics by Eleana Vrahali.^[1] The photography used on the cover is by Elena's director Alexandros Grammatopoulos.^[5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos and was filmed on April 8, 2008. In it, Paparizou appeared with her new style for the first time. The shooting took place in Athens and lasted 48 hours.^[6]

On April 14, 2008, MAD TV revealed the concept of the music video. Specifically MAD TV reported, " The new video of Elena Paparizou will be fairly ambient and rock having a central role in that play the elements of rain and the wind. It also contains several symbolic scenes such as feathers that appear suddenly in a telephone box, something similar to those elements that big stars use in their music videos, such as Madonna's music video "Frozen".^[7]

It made its television premiere on MAD TV's Mixer Greeks Only at 12:00 am on April 15, 2008.^[8] On 16 April the video was played all day, every hour on the hour. On April 19 the "Porta Gia Ton Ourano" music video debuted at number one on MAD TV Top 50 countdown.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Greece	April 8, 2008	Sony BMG	Radio Single
	May 9, 2008		Digital download
Cyprus	April 8, 2008	Sony BMG	Radio Single

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Greek Airplay Chart[citation needed]	1
Greek Digital Singles Chart[9]	1

References

1. "Σε λίγες μέρες το νέο album της Έλενας". Archived from the original on 2008-05-14.(in Greek) MAD TV, May 11, 2008. Retrieved on April 19, 2008
2. "Helena Paparizou is back!!"". Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-02.(in Greek) SONY BMG. Retrieved on April 2, 2008.
3. "Η Έλενα Παπαρίζου επιστρέφει δυναμικά..." Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-04-16.(in Greek) Music.net.cy, April 4, 2008. Retrieved on April 15, 2008.
4. "ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΟΣΜΟΡΑΔΙΟ 95.1!!!"".^{[permanent dead link‍]}(in Greek) Κοσμοράδιο.gr. Retrieved on April 13, 2008.
5. "Greece: Helena Paparizou goes rock". ESCToday, April 16, 2008. Retrieved on April 26, 2008.
6. "Την Τρίτη το νέο video της Έλενας Παπαρίζου"". Archived from the original on 2008-04-06.(in Greek) MAD TV. Retrieved on April 4, 2008
7. "Έλενα Παπαρίζου: Το concept του νέου της video"". Archived from the original on 2008-04-20.(in Greek) MAD TV. Retrieved on April 14, 2008
8. "OI ΕΚΠΟΜΠΕΣ ΤΟΥ MAD - Mixer Greeks Only (1 hour)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29.(in Greek) MAD TV, April 14, 2008. Retrieved on 14 April 2008
9. Billboard.com

External links

• "Porta Gia Ton Ourano" music video on YouTube