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"Kili Watch"
Single by The Cousins
Released1960 (1960)
Label Ariola
Songwriter(s) Gus Derse
Music video
The Cousins "Kili Watch" (French TV, 1961) on YouTube

"Kili Watch" is a song originally recorded by the Belgian band The Cousins [ nl; fr]. They released it in 1960 (as a single and on an EP).

Charts

Chart (1960–1961) Peak
position
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [1] 3
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [2] 1
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [3] 6

Johnny Hallyday version (in French)

"Kili watch"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
Released1960 (1960)
Label Disques Vogue
Songwriter(s)French adaptation:
Jil & Jan [ fr]
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
" Itsy bitsy petit bikini"
(1960)
"Kili watch"
(1960)
"Tu parles trop"
(1961)

In the same year, the song was adapted into French by lyricists Jil & Jan [ fr] and recorded by Johnny Hallyday. His version spent one week at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 9 to 15 January 1961). [4]

Charts

Chart (1960–1961) Peak
position
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [5] 1
France (singles sales) [4] 1

References

  1. ^ " The Cousins – Kili-Watch" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ^ " The Cousins – Kili-Watch" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ " The Cousins – Kili-Watch" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  4. ^ a b "Kili Watch - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  5. ^ " Johnny Hallyday – Kili Watch" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.