| "Ma Belle Amie" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Tee-Set | |
| from the album Ma Belle Amie | |
| B-side | "Angels Coming In The Holy Night" |
| Released | July 1969 (Netherlands) December 1969 (International) |
| Recorded | 1969 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Label | Colossus |
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Tetteroo / Hans Van Eijck |
| Music video | |
| "Ma Belle Amie" on YouTube | |
"Ma Belle Amie" is a song by Tee-Set, released as a single from the album Ma Belle Amie. It reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 in Australia and Canada in 1970,[1] No. 1 in South Africa,[2] and reached the Top 10 across central Europe.
The original song, whose French title means "My Beautiful Friend", features a French lyric line: "Apres Tous les beaux jours je te dis merci merci" ("After all the beautiful days, I say thank you, thank you"). The song is dominated by electric organ, and has drums, bass and acoustic guitar, with handclaps in the bridge section.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.