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Alcohol Is Free - Wikipedia

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"Alcohol Is Free"

Single by Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis

from the album Keep Up The Rhythm

Released

February 11, 2013

Genre

Length

2:58

Platinum Records

Ilias Kozas

Koza Mostra singles chronology

"Tora/Me Trela"
(2012)

"Alcohol Is Free"
(2013)

"Ti Kano Edo"
(2013)

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 entry

Country

Greece

Artist(s)

Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis

Languages

Composer(s)

Ilias Kozas

Lyricist(s)

Stathis Pahidis

Finals performance

Semi-final result

2nd

Semi-final points

121

Final result

6th

Final points

152

Entry chronology

◄ "Aphrodisiac" (2012)

"Rise Up" (2014) ►

Official performance video

"Alcohol Is Free (Second Semi-Final) on YouTube
"Alcohol Is Free (Final) on YouTube

"Alcohol Is Free" is a song performed by Koza Mostra and Agathonas Iakovidis. It was the Greek entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, where it eventually came 6th at the finals.^[1] It was composed as a mix of ska, punk and rebetiko music styles.^[2] The song's chorus is sung in English while the rest of it is in Greek.^[3] It was performed at Eurovision with the performers wearing kilts.^[4] The song also included a number of allusions to the Greek government-debt crisis and a feeling of suffering as a result of it.^[5]

Eurovision

At the Eurovision Song Contest, "Alcohol is Free" was placed in the second semi-final where it was performed 9th in the running order.^[3] The song was voted through to compete in the final.^[6] There it was selected to play 21st in the Eurovision final running order.^[7] The song eventually finished 6th in the competition after receiving the maximum of 12 points from Cyprus and San Marino while also receiving high marks from Albania, Armenia, Russia, and the United Kingdom.^[8] "Alcohol is Free" was also the highest-ranking song not sung primarily in English.^[9]

The song was praised by critics, with the British Daily Mirror newspaper calling it "certifiably brilliant madness".^[4] A panel of music critics rated it as 67%. Czech musician Stano Simor criticized its melody as being too similar to Russian folk songs.^[10] Neos Kosmos, a Greek-Australian newspaper, opined that "Alcohol is Free" had gained a cult following because it contrasted with Europop music while maintaining Greek folk music.^[11]

Chart performance

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)^[12]	1
Germany (GfK)^[13]	85
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[14]	95
UK Indie (OCC)^[15]	30

References

^ Roxburgh, Gordon (18 February 2013). "Koza Mostra & Agathonas Iakovidis to represent Greece". European Broadcasting Union.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest - Greece". BBC. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ ^a ^b "Music Showcase - Most Popular - Koza Mostra featuring Agathon Iakovidis (Greece): 'Alcohol Is Free'". BBC Music. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ ^a ^b Postans, Adam. "The pure joy of the annual singing contest is that it's proudly un-PC". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "Eurovision 2013 Denmark, Emmelie de Forest Wins Eurovision: Photos". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 – Semi-final 2". Metro. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ Gripper, Ann. "Eurovision 2013 full running order: When will the UK and Ireland sing?". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "'Alcohol is free' gives Greece sixth place at Eurovision as Denmark wins". Ekathimerini. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "English atop the Eurovision pile, yet again". The Economist. 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "Greece: Reviewing the track 'Alcohol is Free'". Escflashmalta.com. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "the high notes of Eurovision 2013". Neos Kosmos. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
^ "Digital Singles Charts - Greece". Billboard. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "Koza Mostra & Agathon Lakovidis – Alcohol Is Free" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "Koza Mostra & Agathon Lakovidis – Alcohol Is Free" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.

v t e Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
Ellinikós Telikós
Participation	1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 ~~1982~~ 1983 1985 ~~1986~~ 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	~~Themis Adamantidis~~ Giorgos Alkaios Antique Argo Bessy Argyraki Paschalis Arvanitidis Bang Kostas Bigalis Takis Biniaris Christos Callow Cleopatra Demy Yiannis Dimitras Katerine Duska Marianna Efstratiou Eleftheria Eleftheriou Elpida The Epikouri Freaky Fortune Afroditi Frida Katy Garbi Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord Agathonas Iakovidis Kalomira Mariza Koch Koza Mostra Elina Konstantopoulou Maria Elena Kyriakou Mando Marina Satti Marinella Helena Paparizou ~~Polina~~ Michalis Rakintzis RiskyKidd Sakis Rouvas Sarbel The Sea Lovers Kristi Stassinopoulou Stefania Stereo Mike Yianna Terzi Thalassa Marianna Toli Tania Tsanaklidou Victor Vernicos Anna Vissi Sophia Vossou Wave Robert Williams Loukas Yorkas Marianna Zorba
Songs	"Alcohol Is Free" "Aphrodisiac" "Autostop" "Better Love" "Charlie Chaplin" "Clown" "Die for You" "Die Together" "Ellada, chora tou fotos" "Emis forame to himona anixiatika" "Everything" "Feggari kalokerino" "Horepse" "Horis skopo" "I anixi" "Krasi, thalassa kai t' agori mou" "Last Dance" "Mathima solfege" "Mia krifi evaisthisia" "Miazoume" "Mou les" "My Number One" "Never Let You Go" "Olou tou kosmou i Elpida" "One Last Breath" "Oniro mou" "Opa" "Panagia mou, panagia mou" "Pia prosefhi" "Rise Up" "S.A.G.A.P.O." ~~"Sarantapente kopelies"~~ "Secret Combination" "Shake It" "Sokrati" "Stop" "Supergirl" "This Is Love" "This Is Our Night" "To diko sou asteri" "To trehantiri (Diri Diri)" "Utopian Land" ~~"Wagon-lit"~~ "Watch My Dance" "What They Say" "Yassou Maria" "Zari"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Greece did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Countries

Final	Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Lithuania Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Albania Austria Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Israel Latvia Macedonia Montenegro San Marino Serbia Slovenia Switzerland

Artists

Final	Anouk Roberto Bellarosa Margaret Berger Birgit Amandine Bourgeois ByeAlex Cascada Cezar Ryan Dolan Dorians ESDM Eythor Ingi Emmelie de Forest Dina Garipova Gianluca Koza Mostra and Agathon Iakovidis Alyona Lanskaya Farid Mammadov Marco Mengoni Aliona Moon Zlata Ognevich Andrius Pojavis Krista Siegfrids Robin Stjernberg Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani Bonnie Tyler
Semi-finals	Esma and Lozano Hannah Natália Kelly Klapa s Mora Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko Moran Mazor Moje 3 Valentina Monetta Despina Olympiou PeR Takasa Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov Who See

Songs

Final

"Alcohol Is Free"
"Believe in Me"
"Birds"
"Contigo hasta el final"
"Ég á líf"
"L'Enfer et moi"
"L'essenziale"
"Et uus saaks alguse"
"Glorious"
"Gravity"
"Hold Me"
"I Feed You My Love"
"It's My Life"
"Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix)
"Lonely Planet"
"Love Kills"
"Marry Me"
"O mie"
"Only Love Survives"
"Only Teardrops"
"Solayoh"
"Something"
"Tomorrow"
"Waterfall"
"What If"
"You"

Semi-finals

"An me thimasai"
"Crisalide (Vola)"
"Here We Go"
"Identitet"
"Igranka"
"Ljubav je svuda"
"Mižerja"
"Pred da se razdeni"
"Rak Bishvilo"
"Samo shampioni"
"Shine"
"Straight into Love"
"You and Me"

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