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{{Short description|Greek singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Mihalis Rakintzis
| native_name       = Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής
| native_name_lang  = el
| image             = RAKINTZIS 2023.png
| image_size        = 
| background        = solo_singer
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1957|4|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
| origin            = [[Athens]], Greece
| instrument        = Vocals, guitars, keyboards
| label             = [[Minos EMI]]
| genre             = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[alternative rock]], [[power metal]]
| occupation        = Musician
| years_active      = 1987–present
| website           = 
}}

'''Mihalis Rakintzis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μιχάλης Ρακιντζής; born on 3 April 1957) is a Greek singer. He was born in [[Athens]] and studied Mechanical Engineering in the United Kingdom.<ref name=bio>[http://www.mygreek.fm/el/artists/Rakintzis-Mihalis   Biography] on Mygreek.fm, retrieved 30 August 2011 (in Greek).</ref> From 1982 to 1985, he participated at a rock group called Scraptown. After three albums & a maxi-single Scraptown split up and Rakintzis started a solo career.

Readers of the music magazine ''Popcorn'' voted him "Best singer of the Year" in 1991. Mihalis Rakintzis worked with international stars such as [[Ian Gillan]] from [[Deep Purple]], rocksinger [[Bonnie Tyler]] and [[Wee Papa Girl Rappers]]. He has also written songs for other Greek artists, such as Paschalis, Eleni Dimou, Dimitris Kontolazos, [[Sophia Arvaniti]], Stelios Dionisiou, and [[Vassilis Karras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rakintzis.com/v3/?p=485 |title=Mihalis Rakintzis – Official Web-Site |access-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729082036/http://rakintzis.com/v3/?p=485 |archive-date=29 July 2012 }}</ref>

Mihalis participated in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002]] in [[Tallinn]] with the song "[[S.A.G.A.P.O.]]" (I Love You) which took the 17th place.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bohlman|first=Philip V.|title=The music of European nationalism|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=978-1-57607-270-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkQf7k2OaDcC&pg=PA2|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2002|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=316|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref>

==Discography==
===International discography===
;Albums
*1982 ''Scraptown''
*1983 ''Rules of the Game''
*1985 ''Give Me a Break''

;Singles
*1984 "Viva Sahara" (maxi single-promo edition)

===Local discography===
;Albums
*1987 – ''Moro Mou Faltso'' (with Eleni Demou)
*1988 - ''Isovia''
*1989 – ''Dikaioma Gia Mia + Mia''
*1989 – ''Dikaioma Gia Mia + Mia'' "Second Edition" with bonus track "Nana"
*1990 – ''Apagogi''
*1990 – ''Apagogi'' 'Special Cd Edition'
*1991 – ''Na Eisai Ekei''
*1992 – ''Etsi M' Aresei'' (with [[Ian Gillan]])
*1994 – ''Ethinikos''
*1995 – ''H Proti Apeili''
*1996 – ''Trance Mix''
*1997 – ''Se Ena Vrady oti Zisoume'' (with [[Vasilis Karras]])
*1997 – ''Se Ena Vrady oti Zisoume'' "Special Edition" with bonus track "Beba"
*1998 – ''Kathreftis''
*1999 – ''Ton Filo Sou Zilevo''
*2001 – ''Oneiro 13''
*2002 – ''S.A.G.A.P.O.''
*2003 – ''Solo'' (2cds) (First CD – new songs, second CD – remakes of older songs)
*2005 – ''Bar Code'' (with T.D.A./Talenta Dihos Avrio and Afroditi Delgado)
*2006 – ''Made in Greece'' (with Trilogy)
*2008 – ''Energia'' (with Trilogy)
*2011 – ''Back to the Φuture'' "Black Edition" (with [[Sofia Arvaniti]], Alex Trigs (English lyrics), Nadia Zahoor (Indian lyrics), Dimitra Tsalopoulou)
*2011 – ''Back to the Φuture'' "White Edition" (with Sofia Arvaniti, Alex Trigs (English lyrics), Nadia Zahoor (Indian lyrics), Dimitra Tsalopoulou)
*2012 – ''HardStyle'' (released online)

;Singles
*1987 – "Moro Mou Faltso"
*1992 – "Get Away" (with [[Ian Gillan]])
*1995 – "Kardoula Mou Ego Ki Esy"
*1997 – "Beba"
*1998 – "Se Ena Katastroma"
*2000 – "Oti Kaneis Sou Kano"
*2002 – "[[S.A.G.A.P.O.]]" (maxi single-Promo Europe Edition) (released in Europe)
*2002 – "S.A.G.A.P.O." (maxi single-Limited Edition)
*2002 – "S.A.G.A.P.O." (maxi single-Special Edition)
*2004 – "Geysi Apo Sena" (maxi single-Internet Edition)
*2008 – "Erfoi" (maxi single-Internet Edition)
*2013 – "Hardstyle2" (maxi-single released online)

===Soundtrack appearances===
*1988 – ''Isovia'' (original soundtrack of [[Giannis Dalianidis]])
*2010 – ''Show Bitch'' (original soundtrack of Nikos Zervos)

===Compilation albums===
*1992 – ''The Very Best of Mihalis Rakintzis'' 
*2006 – ''Dekatessera Megala Tragoudia''
*2006 – ''Dekatessera Megala Tragoudia'' "Second Edition" (with other cover)
*2006 – ''Etsi Ksafnika'' (2cds)

===Music for TV===
*Music composition titles for comic [[ERT2]] TV series ''I Alepou Kai O Mpoufos/The Fox and the Fool'' (with George Constantine, Giovanna Fragouli, Dina Consta, Carmen Ruggeri, [[Dimitra Papadopoulou]], [[Tasos Kostis]], etc.) (1987–1988) the series aired in 1989 in Australia by [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] entitled "The Fox and the Fool"
*Music composition titles for the film ''[[Panos Michalopoulos]]'' – "Ena Moro Sto Taxi Mou/A Baby in My Taxi" (1989)
*Music composition titles for the program ''Greek Style/Styl gr'' by Theodore Rakitzis ("Savvato Vrady/Saturday Night" title track)
* Music composition titles for the program of the Constantina Stephanopoulou ("Geysi Zois/Taste of Life" the title track)
* Music composition titles for the program of the Christina Lambiri ''Super Star'' of [[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]] (Mihalis Rakintzis – Christina Lambiri, Theodore Rakitzis, Henry Petilon) (2006–2011)
* Music composition for advertising "Jannis" nougat (2011)

===Music for children===
* 2002 Participation of Mihalis Rakintzis with the song "To Dialeimma/The Break" the album of children's book writer and musician Letta Vasileiou and the Timos Papasokratis entitled ''Asimoprasino Dasos/Silver Green Forest'' – The School of Animal "(Acroasis 2002)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://rakintzis.com/  Official page] (in Greek)

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| before=[[Antique (band)|Antique]]<br>with "[[(I Would) Die for You]]"
| title=[[Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
| years=2002
| after=[[Mando (singer)|Mando]]<br>with "[[Never Let You Go (Mando song)|Never Let You Go]]"
}}
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{{Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest|state=collapsed}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2002|state=collapsed}}
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