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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
274-Charles Trenet-La Mer.
1946-Has never charted,there was no UK chart until 1952.
Best Bit-At 2.27.The song has been recorded in several different languages,in Italy it is ‘II Mare,’ in Belgium,’De Zee.’German speaking countries call it ‘Das Meer,’ in Russia it is known as ‘Volna’ and in English speaking countries it is called ‘Beyond The Sea.’
La Mer(in English,the sea) was written by French composer Charles Trenet,(18 May,1913-19 February,2001.)
Trenet has said he wrote the lyrics in 1929 as a poem but the tune didn’t come to him until 1943 while travelling by train between Montpellier and Perpignan,he was gazing out the window at the Etang de Thau,a lagoon in the south of France.
The lyrics of La Mer talk about the sea which greatly differ from the English lyrics(Beyond The Sea) written by Jack Laurence who wrote his version as a romantic love song.The most famous recording is sung by Bobby Darin who took the song to Number 8 in the UK in 1959.
‘La mer qu’on voit danser le long des golfes clairs a des reflets d’argent.’
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