"Spania" is a platinum CD single by popular Greek artist Despina Vandi

Despina Vandi

Despina Malea , known by her stage name Despina Vandi , is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, West Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old and she later enrolled at the University of Thessaloniki, but eventually dropped out to begin a career in...

 released in 1998 by Minos EMI

Minos EMI

Minos EMI is the domestic trade name of EMI Music Greece, a record company in Greece. It is the Greek record label division of the British-based, multinational EMI Group....

. The single was totally composed by popular composer Phoebus

Phoebus (songwriter)

Phoebus sometimes spelled Phivos or Fivos , is a well-known songwriter in both Greece and Cyprus. Phoebus is mostly known for his music through Despina Vandi and Katy Garbi, although he has composed albums for many other artists in Greece and Cyprus...

. The CD single was a forerunner of the cd Profities

Profities

Profities is the fourth studio album by Greek singer Despina Vandi. It was released in Greece in 1999 by Minos EMI, and in Arabian countries by EMI Arabia in 2000. It was certified gold the day of its release and platinum in 2 days. In 1999 it sales 70,000 copies and become the best selling album...

 which was released the next year and containing the two songs of the single.

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	1998	CD Single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...	Minos EMI Minos EMI Minos EMI is the domestic trade name of EMI Music Greece, a record company in Greece. It is the Greek record label division of the British-based, multinational EMI Group....
Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

Credits and personnel

Personnel

• Christina Argiri - background vocals
• Pavlos Diamantopoulos - bass
• Hakan - saz
• Giorgos Hatzopoulos - guitars (acoustic, twelve-string, electric)
• Katerina Kiriakou - background vocals
• Andreas Mouzakis - drums
• Giannis Mpithikotsis - bouzouki, mandolin, baglama
• Alex Panayi - background vocals
• Phoebus
  Phoebus (songwriter)
  Phoebus sometimes spelled Phivos or Fivos , is a well-known songwriter in both Greece and Cyprus. Phoebus is mostly known for his music through Despina Vandi and Katy Garbi, although he has composed albums for many other artists in Greece and Cyprus...
  
   - music, lyrics, keyboards, programming, orchestration
• Giorgos Roilos - percussion
• Despina Vandi
  Despina Vandi
  Despina Malea , known by her stage name Despina Vandi , is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, West Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old and she later enrolled at the University of Thessaloniki, but eventually dropped out to begin a career in...
  
   - vocals
• Thanasis Vasilopoulos - clarinet, ney
• Alexandros Vourazelis - keyboards
• Nikos Zervas - keyboards

Production

• Thodoris Hrisanthopoulos - digital mastering
• Vaggelis Siapatis - sound
• Giorgos Stampolis - sound, computer editing
• Achilleas Theofilou - production management
• Manolis Vlahos - recording officer, sound, mixing
• Alexandros Vourazelis - sound

Design

• Ntinos Diamantopoulos - photo
• Maria Pitsokou - artwork

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Official remixes

• Spania-Giatriko Flamenco Version 2002

In 2002, Tony Kontaxakis adapted and orchestrated a remix of the songs Spania and Giatriko. The remix was entitled Spania-Giatriko Flamenco Version 2002 and included on the CD single Ante Gia

Ante Gia

"Ante Gia" is a EP maxi single by Greek singer Despina Vandi released on December 19, 2002 by Heaven Music. The entire EP was written and produced by Phoebus in promotion of the reissue of Vandi's 5× Platinum album Gia, which was reissued as Gia + Ante Gia and as a box set as Gia + Ante Gia:...

 and on the Collector's Edition of CD Gia

Gia (album)

Gia is an album by Greek singer Despina Vandi that was originally released on December 19, 2001 by Heaven Music. Since release, it has been re-released several times, and has become one of the best-selling album of all time...

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Cover versions

• 2000: Ivana
  Ivana (singer)
  Vania Todorova Kaludova , better known as Ivana , is a popular Bulgarian female singer. She is one of the most prolific performers in the pop-folk music style in Bulgaria.- Biography :...
  
  - Kusno e (Σπάνια; Ивана - Късно е) (Bulgaria)