Theleis I Den Theleis

As of late 1997, Rouvas had signed a new contract with Greek record-label giant Minos EMI in favour of his former PolyGram Records. Following the concert for the Greco-Turkish peace and reconciliation that Rouvas gave on the Green Line in Cyprus with the Turkish artist Burak Kut, there was much controversy surrounding Rouvas. The concert had an ill-fated date of May 19, 1997, which coincided with a day of remembrance for the genocide of Pontian people by "Young Turks" army. Although many attended the concert and it was a commercial success, and Rouvas was honored with the International Abdi Ipekçi Prize for his co-operation and effort, fighting broke out into the audience leaving many youth wounded. Opposing critics believed that this would be the end of Rouvas' career and the phenomenon of his fans. Rouvas and manager Elias Psinakis left Greece for the United States for many months at a time, meanwhile in Greece he was slowly disappearing from the front-pages, as the withdrawal helped the criticisms fade.[2]

Rouvas returned to Greece, ready to re-launch his career, and started to look for a new record deal after his record company (Universal Music - Polygram at that time) didn't seem to be in favour of a new released album. Makis Matsas, chief executive officer of Minos-Emi Greece along with one of his A&R manager, Vangelis Yannopoulos, take the odds and signed the artist. The first difficulty that Vangelis Yannopoulos had in front of him was to convince composers and lyricists to work on Sakis Rouvas' new release. Well-known composer Phoebus was approached and declined. Then came the idea to fight back the Cypriot problem with a ... Cypriot composer. Vangelis worked a lot in that period with Giorgos Theofanous whom he had produced some golden albums with (Evridiki). After having obtained the "go on", he then turned to another Vangelis (Konstantinidis), a well-known lyricist he had also worked with on other golden albums by prominent Greek artists (Dantis, Stefanos Korkolis, etc.). Konstantinidis was hesitant due to the negative image that had been associated with Rouvas and delayed his response. Konstantinidis stated that Yannopoulos had called him for a final time and asked "Do you want to or not, Vangeli?", which the lyricist claimed was the inspiration for his first hit with Rouvas.[3] Rouvas' collaboration with Konstantinidis would continue on to future albums (with songs like "Andexa" - an hymn and another production of Vangelis Yannopoulos, and composed by newcomer Stratos Diamandis - a sound engineer assistant on this single), also achieving success, while the release of the single would begin his collaboration with rock/folk singer Stelios Rokkos, who wrote the song "Tha Mou Pari Kairo". Rokkos came to work for this album as a good friend of Sakis, and declared himself to be a big supporter of Rouvas, as he constantly promoted him during his time of receiving very harsh treatment by the media.[2]

The release of the single, which was his first new material since 1996's Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola, proved to revive the artist's career upon returning to Greece, with high sales and sold-out concert performances. The single as did its album, featured a more mature sound from Rouvas than previously which was the bet Makis Matsas and Vangelis Yannopoulos along with Sakis Rouvas' manager Elias Psinakis took and won together.

The song is of a 1990s dance-pop style with a strong beat, featuring a lot of bass. It has a large range in dynamics, a style commonly used in many Rouvas songs. Lyrically, the song sees Rouvas asking his lover "Do you want to or not? You will tell me tonight" and asking if she has any room in her heart for him or if she just simply likes the chase. The pre-chorus states "However, at this moment, bruised egos ask with a voice". He is asking that she decide because he has grown tired of her games and of worrying at nights. He commands that she "cut the mystery", saying that he has gone through with the love adventure, and her insanity, only to fall in love with her and has become frustrated.

The other three songs from the single also previewed the general idea of Rouvas' forthcoming album, as they experimented with much more different styles in popular music than Rouvas had sung in past years. A good example of this is the song "Tha Mou Pari Kairo" which contained an Eastern oriental flavor, brought by the skills of Rokkos who is known for infusing the two very different genres of rock and laïka. "Poso Thelo Na 'Xeres" is a serious ballad, while "Ipirhes Panda", a power-ballad with jazz elements (both written by Giorgos Theofanous), after the release of the full-length album would go on to become one of the artist's most-recognizable songs. However, the song was not the promoted one as the record company thought that a dance song would be more popular.[2]

• Record Producer: Vangelis Yannopoulos
• Composers: Giorgos Theofanous (Track 1,2,3), Stelios Rokkos (Track 4)
• Lyricists: Vangelis Konstantinidis (Track 1,2,3), Stelios Rokkos (Track 4)
• Arrangement: Giorgos Theofanous (Track 1,2,3), Haris Andreadis (Track 4),
• Digital programming: Vasilis Nikolopoulos (Track 1,2,3), Elias Ahladiotis (Track 4)
• Released by: Minos EMI-A.E.

• Vocals: Sakis Rouvas (lead), Christina Argyri, Katerina Kyriakou, Alex Panayi, Kostas Hrysis with Giorgos Theofanous and Vangelis Yannopoulos (backing)
• Guitars: Savvas Christodoulou
• Bass: Nikos Vardis
• Additional guitars: Mihalis Armagos
• Drums: Andreas Mouzakis
• Percussion: "Mohammed"
• Keyboards: Giorgos Theofanous (tracks 1, 2, 3) and Haris Andreadis (track 4)
• Photography: Yorgos Lanthimos
• Recording and mixing: Vasilis Nikolopoulos with Stratos Diamandis at Power Music Studio
• Vocal recording: Tasos Bakasietas, Vangelis Papadopoulos, and Antonis Papathanasiou at Studio Sierra
• Mastering: Giannis Ioannidis, Petros Siakavelas-Digital Press Hellas
• Transfer: Theodoris Hrysanthopoulos-Fabelsound
• Management: Elias Psinakis