Eleni Dimou (real name Eleni Gkikodimou / Ελένη Γκικοδήμου) was born in Ath… Read Full Bio ↴Eleni Dimou (real name Eleni Gkikodimou / Ελένη Γκικοδήμου) was born in Athens. She graduated from the National Conservatory and started her singing career at the age of 16. In 1980 she performed during a radio session to promote the work of new composers, where she sang songs from Dimitris Lekkas. That same year, she participated in the Thessaloniki Music Festival, ending third. The following year she returned with the song ’Mia Agapi stan ki anti’ (‘A love like this’), written by Sasha Manetas and won the first price. In 1981 she also appeared participated in Manos Loizou’s international concert tour.

Her first album ‘Mila mou apla’ (‘ Just speak to me’) was a collaboration with new singers Manolis Lidakis and Melina Tanagri, based on songs composed by Taki Bougas with lyrics from Antonis Andrikaki. With every following album, Dimou’s popularity increased, thanks to her modern, natural and flexible interpretations, combining the more traditional Greek roots with western pop style.

In 1986 she collaborated with Lakis Papadopoulos on her album ‘Kata bathos alepou’ (‘Basically fox’). With her by that time already highly acclaimed husky, sultry voice she sang both ballads and pop-rock songs. In this periode of time, she collaborated with famous artists like Georgios Dalaras and Mikis Theodorakis.

Her 1988 album ‘Prosopika’ (‘Personal’), recorded with G. Spanos, was both artistically as commercially a great success. In the next decade Dimou keeps releasing new albums regularly, always combining Greek folk music with western arrangements and world music influences. In 1990 she released the album ‘Pathis’ (‘Passions’), on which she chanted byzantine hymns on a requiem by D. Papostolou.

In the second half of the nineties, popularity and album sales decreased. A new generation of Greek pop singers seemed to have taken her place. Dimou seemed to be stuck between Greek folk and modern pop, unable to rejuvenate herself. Around the start of the new millennium, inspiration and creativity seemed to have returned, resulting in more frequent album releases and collaborations with international artists like Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, The Christians, Gipsy Kings and Linton Kwesi Johnson.

In her almost thirty year spanning career, Eleni Dimou recorded more than 20 albums, nine went gold and three platinum in Greece. She is married to producer and engineer Akis Golfidis and the couple have a son named Anthony.

I Agapi Mou I Agapi Sou I Agapi Mas
Eleni Dimou Lyrics

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Η αγάπη θέλει δάκρυ και νερό
Για να πιει
Να ξεδιψάσει τον καιρό
Θέλει σώμα
Και ψυχή και παγωνιά
Θέλει πόνο
Και μια σκοτεινή γωνιά

Η αγάπη θέλει νύχτα και φιλί
Να χαθείσ μεσ στο παιχνίδι το πολύ
Θέλει χώμα κι οξυγόνο και βροχή
Καταιγίδα
Να μην είναι μοναχή
Να λεσ δεν πειράζει
Να κλαισ μη σε νοιάζει
Να λεσ
Σ' αγαπώ να λεσ
Σ' αγαπώ κι ο κόσμοσ αλλάζει

Η αγάπη ένα συννεφο λευκό
Βρέχει μόνο
Να ξεπλύνει το κακό
Η αγάπη
Είν' αυτό που λεσ μικρό

Να ‘σαι μέσα
Μεσ στα ρούχα που φορώ

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Eleni Dimou's song "I Agapi Mou I Agapi Sou I Agapi Mas" (My Love, Your Love, Our Love) speak about the nature of love and the experiences it brings. The song suggests that love requires tears and water to quench the time that passes. It needs both body and soul, as well as a sense of coldness or detachment. Love desires pain and a hidden corner for vulnerability and intimacy to thrive.

The lyrics continue to describe how love needs darkness and kisses in order to be lost within the intensity of its own game. It requires soil, oxygen, and rain, like a storm, with the intention of not being alone. The song emphasizes the importance of expressing love and not being afraid to admit it, even if it means crying and being unconcerned about how others perceive it. It states that saying "I love you" can change the world.

Finally, the lyrics describe love as a white cloud that only rains to wash away the bad. Love is seen as something small that you carry within yourself, embedded in the clothes you wear.

Overall, the song presents love as a complex and multifaceted emotion, capturing its various dimensions and the transformative power it holds.

Line by Line Meaning

Η αγάπη θέλει δάκρυ και νερό
Love requires tears and water

Να πιει, Να ξεδιψάσει τον καιρό
To drink, to quench the thirst of time

Θέλει σώμα, Και ψυχή και παγωνιά
It requires body, soul, and coldness

Θέλει πόνο, Και μια σκοτεινή γωνιά
It requires pain and a dark corner

Η αγάπη θέλει νύχτα και φιλί
Love requires night and a kiss

Να χαθείς μες στο παιχνίδι το πολύ
To get lost in the game excessively

Θέλει χώμα κι οξυγόνο και βροχή
It requires soil, oxygen, and rain

Καταιγίδα, Να μην είναι μοναχή
Storm, not to be alone

Να πεις δεν πειράζει, Να κλαις μη σε νοιάζει
To say it doesn't matter, to cry without caring

Να πεις, Σ' αγαπώ να πεις
To say, to say 'I love you'