My Whole World Is Falling Down

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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
GenrePop
Length1:52
LabelDecca 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"
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.