Après toi

1972 song by Vicky Leandros

"Après toi" (apʁɛ twa; "After you") is a song recorded by Greek singer Vicky Leandros, with music composed by her father Leandros Papathanasiou –known as Leo Leandros–, under his pseudonym Mario Panas, and German composer de, with French lyrics by fr. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 held in Edinburgh, winning the contest.

"Après toi" was composed by Leandros' father Leandros Papathanasiou –known as Leo Leandros–, under his pseudonym Mario Panas and German composer de, with French lyrics by fr. It is a dramatic ballad, with the singer telling her lover what will happen to her once he has finally left her for someone else; "After you I will be nothing but the shadow of your shadow".

Originally, the song was written with German lyrics as "Dann kamst du" and was submitted to the German Eurovision national selection process. When the song did not qualify for that competition, Yves Dessca, who had co written the lyrics of the winning song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue", penned French lyrics and the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) internally selected it as for the of the Eurovision Song Contest. Dessca remains the only author/composer ever to score back to back Eurovision victories. In addition to the French version, Vicky Leandros recorded the song in English –as "Come What May"–, in Italian –"Dopo te"–, German –"Dann kamst du"–, Spanish –"Y después"–, Greek –"Móno esý", Μόνο εσύ–, and Japanese –"Omoide ni ikiru", 思い出に生きる–. By the close of voting, the song had received 128 points, placing it first in a field of eighteen, and winning the contest. "Après toi" was succeeded as contest winner in by "Tu te reconnaîtras" sang by Anne Marie David, also for .

In the Eurovision fiftieth anniversary competition Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 October 2005 in Copenhagen, Anne Marie David performed the song as part of the interval acts.

"Après toi" has been afforded a number of translated cover versions including "Jak mám spát" (Czech) recorded by Helena Vondráčková, "Keď si sám" (Slovak) recorded by sk, "Rakastan saavuthan" (Finnish) recorded by Carola Standertskjöld, "Posle tebe" (Serbian) recorded by Lola Novaković, "Vắng bóng người yêu" (Vietnamese) recorded by Thanh Lan, "Si te vas" (Spanish) recorded by Paloma San Basilio, "Vad än sker" (Swedish) recorded by Ann Louise Hanson, "Etter deg" (Norwegian) recorded by nb and Gro Anita Schønn, "Sled teb" ("След теб", Bulgarian), recorded by Lili Ivanova, and "Aşk mı bu" (Turkish), recorded by Ayla Algan in 1973. The English version "Come What May" was covered by John Gummoe of the Cascades on a 1972 London Recordings single, and by Filipina singer Pilita Corrales on her 1976 album Live At The Riveira With Pilita Amado Vol. 2.