"Le Moribond" | |
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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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Single by Terry Jacks | ||||
from the album Seasons in the Sun | ||||
B-side | "Put the Bone In" | |||
Released | December 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
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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] portraying a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for singer Terry Jacks and became a Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife.
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...