Imaste dio
Template:Infobox song Imaste dio, Ímaste dió or Eimaste dio (Template:Langx, meaning 'We are two') is a song by Mikis Theodorakis, the leftist Greek composer and politician.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Background
Ímaste dió was one of the songs written by Mikis Theodorakis for prominent member of the Greek left Andreas Lentakis (1935-1997) towards the end of the 1960s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the time of the 7 year military dictatorship in Greece this song, whose theme was the torture and isolation of a political detainee in prison,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> became a major rallying cry of the Greek leftwing political groups.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song is also featured in a comedy by Thanasis Veggos about the forbidden songs in Greece during the time of the Colonels.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Versions
A French version of Eimaste Dio, Nous sommes deux, was popularized by singer Georges Moustaki in the 1970s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A second version was recorded with different lyrics by singer Dalida with the title A chaque fois j'y crois in 1977.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A Swedish version, Två, was recorded by singer Sven-Bertil Taube in 1974.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>