The tune of the song's mukhda was taken from the Greek song "Ta Paidia Tou Pirea" composed by Manos Hatzidakis and sung by Melina Mercouri for the film "Pote Tin Kyriaki" (1960). The film and the song are commonly known by their English title "Never On A Sunday". The Greek song became the first song from a foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was translated into several languages and covered by many artists.[1]