"My Whole World Is Falling Down" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Jerry Crutchfield and performed by Brenda Lee. Its chorus is based on the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down".[1] The song reached #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.[2] The song is featured on her 1964 album, By Request.[3] The song also reached #16 in Australia.

Lee's recording of the song appeared in the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing.

Sylvie Vartan version (in French)

Sylvie Vartan released a French version titled "Si je chante" (meaning "If I sing") as part of an eponymous EP in December 1963.[4]

In France her version of the song spent three weeks on the singles sales chart (from 18 to 31 January and from 8 to 14 February 1964).[5]

Charts

Chart (1963–1964) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 6
France (singles sales)[5] 1
Spain Promusicae[7] 1
Swiss Hitparade[8] 8

See also

References

  1. ^ Michael Jack Kirby. "Brenda Lee". Wayback Attack. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ Brenda Lee, "My Whole World Is Falling Down" Chart Positions Retrieved May 13, 2014
  3. ^ Brenda Lee, By Request Retrieved May 13, 2014
  4. ^ Sylvie Vartan, "Si Je Chante" EP release Retrieved May 13, 2014
  5. ^ a b "Si je chante - Sylvie Vartan - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  6. ^ "Sylvie Vartan – Si je chante" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  7. ^ "Billboard Magazine, September, 1964". Billboard. 12 September 1964.
  8. ^ "Billboard Magazine, February, 1964". Billboard. 29 February 1964.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Whole_World_Is_Falling_Down
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