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"My Whole World Is Falling Down"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album By Request
A-side" I Wonder"
Released8 July 1963
Recorded9 April 1963
Genre Pop
Length1:52
Label Decca 31510
Songwriter(s) Bill Anderson, Jerry Crutchfield
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
" Losing You"
(1963)
"My Whole World Is Falling Down"
(1963)
" The Grass Is Greener"
(1963)

"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.

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

Sylvie Vartan version (in French)

"Si je chante"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album À Nashville
Released1963 (1963)
Label RCA Victor
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
" I'm watching"
(1963)
"Si je chante"
(1963)
" La plus belle pour aller danser"
(1964)

Sylvie Vartan released a French version titled "Si je chante" as part of an eponymous EP in 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

Other versions

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.
  9. ^ "En stund till" (in Swedish). Swedish Mediadatabase. 1979. Retrieved 4 July 2018.