| "Le Moribond" | |
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.jpg) 7" vinyl single cover | |
| Song by Jacques Brel | |
| from the album Marieke | |
| Released | 1961 |
| Recorded | 22 February 1961 |
| Genre | Chanson |
| Length | 3:06 |
| Label | Philips |
| Songwriter(s) | Jacques Brel |
| "Seasons in the Sun" | ||||
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 German 7" vinyl cover | ||||
| Single by Terry Jacks | ||||
| from the album Seasons in the Sun | ||||
| B-side | "Put the Bone In" | |||
| Released | December 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen | |||
| Producer(s) | Terry Jacks | |||
| Terry Jacks singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Seasons in the Sun" on YouTube | ||||
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song Le Moribond ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel,[2] with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen,[3] depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for singer Terry Jacks and reached Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife.
- ^ "Billboard Top Soft Rock Hits: 1974" – via AllMusic.
- ^ "30 years since the death of Jacques Brel: his life, his art, his legacy". World Socialist Web Site. December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ McKuen, Rod (8 April 2000). "Remembering Jacques Brel". Flight Plan. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
My first experience with Brel consisted of doing an unauthorized adaptation of 'Le Moribund', which I called 'Seasons in the Sun'... I subsequently learned that Brel had received my recording...