![]() In Germany, the English version competed with the German-language version with the former more successful, reaching #16 while "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" peaked at #23. "C'est Ma Chanson" reached #1 in France and #3 on the chart for Belgium's French-speaking sector, also reaching #10 on Belgium's Dutch chart where the English version had hit #1 total sales of the French-language version were reported as 350,000 by 8 April 1967. The These Are My Songs album peaked at #27 in the U.S., becoming Clark's second-and final-US Top 30 album ( Downtown at #21 would remain Clark's top-ranking U.S. The North American single release omitted the opening lyrical section, following the instrumental introduction, owing to the length of the song. "This Is My Song" also earned hit status in Finland (#8), India (#5), Malaysia (#1), New Zealand (#15), Norway (#6), Singapore (#1), Spain (#8), Thailand (#9) and Venezuela (#5). 1 for three weeks in Ireland and six weeks in Australia it also topped the charts in Rhodesia and South Africa, and reached the top of the Dutch charts for both the Netherlands and Belgium. 1 hit which won a gold disc for sales in Germany alone and " My Love". ![]() "This is My Song" (in English) is one of four Petula Clark hits for which she has expressed dislike, the others being: " Sailor", another UK no. "This Is My Song" was also included on Clark's next album: These Are My Songs, which reached no. The breakout of "This Is My Song" in the UK in February 1967 caused Pye Records to withdraw Clark's current album release Colour My World, which was rush re-released with "This Is My Song" added on to reach no. Certified Silver for sales of 250,000, the total sales of "This Is My Song" in the UK would exceed 500,000. 1 on the chart dated 16 February 1967, a position it retained the next week. ![]() Instead, she found herself atop the UK Singles Chart for the first time in six years when "This Is My Song" reached no. UK hit Ĭlark had assumed her recording of "This Is My Song" with the original quaint Chaplin lyrics would only be used as an album track on learning of Pye Records' plan to release the track as a single she attempted to block its release. The recording session featured the backing of the Wrecking Crew. Clark did not even wish to record the song in English, because she disliked the deliberately old-fashioned lyrics, which Chaplin refused to modify however, after the translated versions of the song had been recorded, some time remained on the session, and Burke coaxed Clark to use this to record Chaplin's lyrics. Clark recorded the song not only in English, but in French as "C'est Ma Chanson" (lyrics by Pierre Delanoë, who also felt the song a poor choice for Clark), German as "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" (lyrics by Joachim Relin) and Italian as "Cara Felicità" (lyrics by Ciro Bertini). records sent Ernie Freeman who flew to Reno to prepare for the song's recording session which was to be produced by Sonny Burke at Western Studios in Los Angeles. French label Vogue Records then commissioned a then successful French arranger Jacques Denjean whose work was judged unsuitable by Wolff. However, Clark's regular collaborator Tony Hatch was not impressed with the song, and refused Wolff's invitation to arrange it for Clark to record. ![]() Clark's husband and manager Claude Wolff-who at the time was with Clark in Reno, Nevada-received a copy of "This Is My Song" in September 1966, and liked the song which Clark felt had special potential for success in France. Ultimately, the song would be featured in the film only as an instrumental.īillboard advertisement, February 25, 1967Īfter being disillusioned with regard to Jolson, Chaplin considered having "This Is My Song" recorded by Petula Clark, who had a home in Switzerland near his residence. To reinforce the evocation, Chaplin was determined to have Al Jolson sing the song-so determined that he only accepted the information that Jolson had died on 23 October 1950 when shown a photograph of Jolson's tombstone. Chaplin saw his film as a throwback to the shipboard romances that were popular in the 1930s, and wrote "This Is My Song" with the intent of evoking that era. "This is My Song" was intended for the film A Countess from Hong Kong, which Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed. " This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966, and performed by Petula Clark.
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