Hymne à l'amour
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"Hymne à l'amour" is a popular French song originally performed by Édith Piaf
. The lyrics were written by Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot
. She first sang this song at the cabaret Versailles in New York on September 14, 1949. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan
. On October 27, 1949 Cerdan was killed in a plane crash on his way from Paris to New York to come see her. She recorded the song on 2 May 1950.
The song was adapted into Japanese in 1951 as , by singer Fubuki Koshiji, featuring lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani. The song became one of her signature songs, amassing around 2,000,000 copies sold of various singles featuring this song. Similarly, the song was adapted into English as "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" with lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons
, first recorded in this form in 1952
by Vera Lynn
. Subsequent covers by Kay Starr
in 1954, and Shirley Bassey
in 1959 brought fame to this version.
The song is a central plot point to Anne Wiazemsky
's 1996 autobiographical novel Hymnes à l'amour, which won the Prix Maurice Genevoix
that year. The book further inspired the 2003 Jean-Paul Civeyrac
film All the Fine Promises
.
The song is used in a commercial campaign for Japan exclusive Pepsi
drink, Pepsi Nex. This was Utada's first time in five years to be featured in a television campaign. Utada chose to cover the song for her second greatest hits album
because of this commercial. She chose to sing a song in French because of the challenge it presented her. Utada was inspired to chose Piaf as she had been listening to her on her iPod
, and considered "Hymne à l'amour" Piaf's signature song. Utada was touched by the story of the song, it being Piaf's first song recorded after Cerdan's death.
Utada's cover was arranged as a jazz song, influenced by the jazz fusion
style of Chick Corea
's composition "Spain
." It is sung bilingually, with the first two stanzas in French, as well as the phrase "Si tu me le demandais," with the rest sung in personally translated Japanese lyrics. Utada wrote an indirect translation, influenced by her personal experiences. Despite this, several direct references from the original stay the same. Utada's lyrics mention changing hair color, denying friends and country, and not minding if God takes her lover away, as long as she can come as well. While translating the song, Utada found the final line "Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment" (God reunites those who love each other) difficult to translate due to the Christian viewpoint, as she believed this did not translate well into Japanese. Hence, she attempted to reproduce the sentiment in a Buddhist
way.
The song was performed during Utada's two date concert series Wild Life
in December 2010. This, however, was a "stripped down" performance, and played in more of a "ballad" format, with only a piano accompanying Utada's vocals.
. Kay Starr
took "If You Love Me..." to #4 US in 1954 while the song reached the UK charts via recordings by Shirley Bassey
(#28/ 1959) and - as "If You Love Me (I Won't Care)" - Mary Hopkin
(#32/ 1976).
The song has also been recorded in English by -
Raquel Bitton 2000 (Raquel Bitton sings Edith Piaf)
Édith Piaf
Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
. The lyrics were written by Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot
Marguerite Monnot
Marguerite Monnot was a French songwriter and composer best known for having written many of the songs performed by Édith Piaf and for the music in the stage musical Irma La Douce....
. She first sang this song at the cabaret Versailles in New York on September 14, 1949. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan
Marcel Cerdan
Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French pied noir world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa...
. On October 27, 1949 Cerdan was killed in a plane crash on his way from Paris to New York to come see her. She recorded the song on 2 May 1950.
The song was adapted into Japanese in 1951 as , by singer Fubuki Koshiji, featuring lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani. The song became one of her signature songs, amassing around 2,000,000 copies sold of various singles featuring this song. Similarly, the song was adapted into English as "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" with lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons
Geoffrey Parsons was an English lyricist.He worked at the Peter Maurice Music Company run by James Phillips, who wrote under the pseudonym John Turner. The company specialized in adapting songs originally in foreign languages into the English language...
, first recorded in this form in 1952
1952 in music
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by Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
. Subsequent covers by Kay Starr
Kay Starr
Kay Starr is an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 50s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz"....
in 1954, and Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
in 1959 brought fame to this version.
The song is a central plot point to Anne Wiazemsky
Anne Wiazemsky
Princess Anne Wiazemsky is a French actress and novelist, of the Russian Rurikid family of Princes Vyazemsky-Counts Levashov. Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of François Mauriac. She appeared in Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar and in Godard's films La Chinoise and Week End...
's 1996 autobiographical novel Hymnes à l'amour, which won the Prix Maurice Genevoix
Prix Maurice Genevoix
The Prix Maurice Genevoix is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix ....
that year. The book further inspired the 2003 Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Jean-Paul Civeyrac
Jean-Paul Civeyrac is a French New Wave director whose films are usually characterized by close attention to music and actors' bodies. He has adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l’amour, with the title All the fine promises . This movie was awarded by The Prix Jean Vigo 2003...
film All the Fine Promises
All the Fine Promises
All the Fine Promises is a 2003 French movie directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac based on the novel Hymne à l'amour by Anne Wiazemsky.- Plot :...
.
Hikaru Utada version
"Hymne à l'amour" was covered by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada in 2010, under the name . The title is unique to Utada's version, as most Japanese renditions have the same title as Fubuki Koshiji's 1951 cover, .The song is used in a commercial campaign for Japan exclusive Pepsi
Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...
drink, Pepsi Nex. This was Utada's first time in five years to be featured in a television campaign. Utada chose to cover the song for her second greatest hits album
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 is Japanese pop singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada's second compilation album, released on November 24, 2010, the same day as her Universal-released English language compilation album, Utada the Best...
because of this commercial. She chose to sing a song in French because of the challenge it presented her. Utada was inspired to chose Piaf as she had been listening to her on her iPod
IPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
, and considered "Hymne à l'amour" Piaf's signature song. Utada was touched by the story of the song, it being Piaf's first song recorded after Cerdan's death.
Utada's cover was arranged as a jazz song, influenced by the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
style of Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
's composition "Spain
Spain (composition)
Spain is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea. It is probably Corea's most prominent piece, and some would consider it a modern jazz standard....
." It is sung bilingually, with the first two stanzas in French, as well as the phrase "Si tu me le demandais," with the rest sung in personally translated Japanese lyrics. Utada wrote an indirect translation, influenced by her personal experiences. Despite this, several direct references from the original stay the same. Utada's lyrics mention changing hair color, denying friends and country, and not minding if God takes her lover away, as long as she can come as well. While translating the song, Utada found the final line "Dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment" (God reunites those who love each other) difficult to translate due to the Christian viewpoint, as she believed this did not translate well into Japanese. Hence, she attempted to reproduce the sentiment in a Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
way.
The song was performed during Utada's two date concert series Wild Life
Wild Life (concert)
WILD LIFE was Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada's final concert tour before her scheduled hiatus from 2011. Performing only two dates at the Yokohama Arena, Japan on December 8 and 9 2010.-Set list:-Tickets:...
in December 2010. This, however, was a "stripped down" performance, and played in more of a "ballad" format, with only a piano accompanying Utada's vocals.
Chart rankings
| Charts (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Adult Contemporary Airplay |
5 |
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... |
7 |
| RIAJ Digital Track Chart RIAJ Digital Track Chart The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads .... Top 100 |
19 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Ringtone (French section) | |
| Digital download, ringtone (Japanese sections) | ||
| United States | Digital download |
Other versions
French language
- Thierry AmielThierry AmielThierry Amiel is a French singer and songwriter from Marseille, France. He rose to fame after coming in second place to Jonatan Cerrada on the first edition of the French 'Pop Idol', À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star.-Biography:...
(2002, for À la Recherche de la Nouvelle StarA La Recherche De La Nouvelle StarÀ la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star is a reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in La Francophonie. It was hosted by Benjamin Castaldi...
) - Dee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater...
(2005, album J'ai Deux AmoursJ'ai Deux AmoursJ'ai Deux Amours is a 2005 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater. This was Bridgewater's first album of French music; she lived in France for more than two decades and speaks French.-Track listing:...
) - Raquel BittonRaquel Bitton (singer)Raquel Bitton is a critically acclaimed French jazz singer and interpreter of Edith Piaf's songs.-Life and career:...
2000, Album' Raquel Bitton sings Edith Piaf) - Gerry BouletGerry BouletJoseph Gaétan Robert Gérald Boulet was a Canadian rock singer. Most famous as vocalist for the Quebec rock band Offenbach, he also released two solo albums...
and OffenbachOffenbach (band)Offenbach is a Quebec blues rock band, initially active from 1969 to 1985. Following a successful reunion tour in 1996, the band released a new album in 2005.-History:...
(1974, album Tabarnac) - Jeff BuckleyJeff BuckleyJeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
(1995, live album Live from the BataclanLive from the BataclanLive from the Bataclan is a live EP by singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley, released in October 1995 .It was recorded at the Bataclan in Paris, France on February 11, 1995,-Track listing:...
) - Patrick FioriPatrick FioriPatrick Fiori is a French singer.-Biography:Fiori was born to an Armenian father and a Corsican mother in Marseille, France. When he was only 12 years old, he was offered his first role in the musical La légende des santonniers...
and Lara FabianLara FabianLara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....
(1999) - Yvette GiraudYvette GiraudYvette Giraud is a French singer, born in Paris. She started singing in 1946 with "Mademoiselle Hortensia" ou La Danseuse est Créole...
- Josh GrobanJosh GrobanJoshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
(2003, album CloserCloser (Josh Groban album)Closer is the second studio album and third overall album by vocalist Josh Groban, released in November 2003. Much like his first studio album, half of Closers songs are sung in English, with the remainder sung in various other languages .The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200...
) - Mireille MathieuMireille MathieuMireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...
- Caroline O'Connor (2009, A Tribute to Piaf)
- Engelbert HumperdinckEngelbert HumperdinckEngelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel. Humperdinck was born at Siegburg in the Rhine Province; at the age of 67 he died in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.-Life:After receiving piano lessons, Humperdinck produced his first composition...
- Franck PourcelFranck PourcelFranck Pourcel was a French easy listening musician.-Biography:Born in Marseille, Pourcel's father started to teach him music at the age of six...
- Ginette Ravel
- Sylvie VartanSylvie VartanSylvie Vartan is a French singer. She was one of the first rock girls in France. Vartan was the most productive and active of the yé-yé style artists, considered as the toughest-sounding of those. Her performance often featured elaborate show-dance choreography. She made many appearances on French...
English language
English language versions are usually titled after the rendering by lyricist Geoffrey Parsons: "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)", introduced in 1952 by Vera LynnVera Lynn
Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
. Kay Starr
Kay Starr
Kay Starr is an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 50s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz"....
took "If You Love Me..." to #4 US in 1954 while the song reached the UK charts via recordings by Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
(#28/ 1959) and - as "If You Love Me (I Won't Care)" - Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin , credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti, is a Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 UK number one single "Those Were The Days". She was one of the first musicians to sign to The Beatles' Apple label....
(#32/ 1976).
The song has also been recorded in English by -
Raquel Bitton 2000 (Raquel Bitton sings Edith Piaf)
- Caterina ValenteCaterina ValenteCaterina Valente is a singer, dancer, and actress. She was born into an Italian artist family; her father Giuseppe was a well-known accordion player, her mother, Maria Valente, a musical clown...
- Aoife (2003, album The Turning of the TideThe Turning Of The TideThe Turning Of The Tide is an album by Irish singer Aoife.-Track listing:# Caledonia# Both Sides Now# After the Goldrush# Danny Boy# Maggie# Turn Turn Turn# Bonny Portmore# Ready For the Storm# Neidín# If You Love Me# Never Be the Sun...
) - Bing CrosbyBing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra, Decca L7648-A, rec April 28, 1954 - The BluenotesThe BluenotesThe Bluenotes were a vocal group featuring Tom Underwood, Joe Tanner, Pat Patterson, and Ralph Harrington. They recorded for the Brooke and Colonial record labels. Their first single, Page One/Mighty Low, was released in 1957 on the Colonial label and the last single, It Had To Be You/Summer Love,...
- Johnny HallydayJohnny HallydayJohnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
- The HappeningsThe HappeningsThe Happenings were a pop music group that originated in the 1960s. The group's major hits were "See You In September" , which was originally recorded by the Tempos in 1959; a cover version of the George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin song, "I Got Rhythm" , updated for the nascent pop/rock era; and "Hare...
- Shirley HornShirley HornShirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist.-Biography:Encouraged by her grandmother, who was an amateur organist, Horn began piano lessons at the age of four. At twelve, Horn studied piano and composition at Howard University and later majored from there in classical music...
(1992, album Here's to Life) - Patti LaBellePatti LaBellePatricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
(1998, Live! One Night Only) - Cyndi LauperCyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
(2003, album At LastAt Last (Cyndi Lauper album)At Last is a Grammy Award-nominated 2003 album by Cyndi Lauper. It made the top 40 of the album charts in both the US and Australia. The album features a duet with Tony Bennett on "Makin' Whoopee". Lauper co-produced the album with Russ Titelman...
, direct translation with new lyrics as "Hymn to Love") - Brenda LeeBrenda LeeBrenda Mae Tarpley , known as Brenda Lee, is an American performer who sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s, a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis...
- The LettermenThe LettermenThe Lettermen are an American male pop music vocal trio. The Lettermen's trademark is close-harmony pop songs with light arrangements. The group started in 1959...
- Donna LorenDonna LorenDonna Loren is a singer and actress. A very prolific performer in the 1960s, commenciong while still attending Venice High School in western Los Angeles, she was the Dr Pepper spokesperson from 1963–1968, prolific vocalist on ABC-TV’s Shindig, and a cast member of the American International...
(1966) - Vera LynnVera LynnDame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
(1952) - Johnny MandelJohnny MandelJohnny Mandel is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.-Life:...
(1992) - Nana MouskouriNana MouskouriNana Mouskouri , born Ioánna Moúschouri on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a Greek singer who has sold about 300 million records worldwide in a career spanning over five decades, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She was known as Nána to her friends and...
(1965) - My Brightest DiamondMy Brightest DiamondMy Brightest Diamond is the project of singer–songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shara Worden. The band has released two studio albums, 2006's Bring Me the Workhorse and 2008's A Thousand Shark's Teeth, along with a remix album Tear It Down and a download-only release through iTunes...
(2006) - Caroline O'Connor (2001, album From Stage to Screen)
- Elaine PaigeElaine PaigeElaine Paige OBE is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16...
(1994, album Piaf) - Esther PhillipsEsther PhillipsEsther Phillips was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music.-Early life:...
(1965, also featured on the soundtrack127 Hours: Music from the Motion Picture127 Hours: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to Danny Boyle's 2010 film of the same name. It was composed by two-time Academy Award Winner A. R. Rahman, Boyle's previous collaborator on Slumdog Millionaire. The score, centred on guitar, was recorded mainly in London and was completed...
of the 2010 film 127 Hours127 Hours127 Hours is a 2010 biographical adventure drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco as mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah in April 2003....
) - P.J. Proby (1997, album Legend)
- Ciara SottoCiara SottoCiara Anna Gamboa Sotto-Oconer is a Filipina actress and singer.-Personal life:She is the youngest daughter of actress Helen Gamboa and actor and senator Tito Sotto. She is first cousins with Sharon Cuneta and first niece with KC Concepcion. She is also cousins with Danica and Oyo Boy Sotto...
(2008, with French sections) - Mary WellsMary WellsMary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s...
(1964, album Mary Wells Sings My GuyMary Wells Sings My GuyMary Wells Sings My Guy is the fourth studio album and fifth overall album released by Motown vocalist Mary Wells. The album features "her signature hit of the same name" and the proposed singles "Whisper You Love Me Boy" and "He's the One I Love", the latter later re-recorded by Tammi Terrell...
) - Paws (1976, album Paws)
- Yulia, (2004, album Into the West)
- Josh GrobanJosh GrobanJoshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
Japanese language
Japanese language covers frequently are titled after the 1950s Tokiko Iwatani/Fubuki Koshiji version, .- Minako HondaMinako Honda, born Minako Kudo was a Japanese "idol" pop-star and musical singer. She became famous and popular as "Japan's Madonna" because of her sexy fashion and live performances in the mid to late 1980s...
(1994, album Junction) - Kazuya IchijōKazuya Ichijois a seiyū. He is married to fellow seiyuu Minami Hokuto.-Notable voice roles:*Fao Lafine in B't X*Kahyul in Crest of the Stars*Gurumet, Keisuke Kusanagi, Meteor in Gear Fighter Dendoh*Hokuto Umeda in the Hana-Kimi drama CDs*Kōichirō Kisaragi in Hell Girl...
(2003, album Tight Rope: Ai no Kazuya Ichijō Album) - Hiromi IwasakiHiromi Iwasaki (singer)is a Japanese female singer debuted in 1975. Her younger sister Yoshimi Iwasaki is also a singer. In 1981 she was awarded the Silver Prize at the Tokyo Music Festival for her song "Koimachigusa"....
(2006, album Dear Friends III) - Fubuki Koshiji (越路吹雪) (1951)
- Keisuke KuwataKeisuke Kuwatahas gained fame as a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All-Stars, as well as his own solo band, the Kuwata band. He has also done significant amount of scoring music for films. He went to Aoyama Gakuin University....
(1998, live performance at Live AAA 1998) - Hibari MisoraHibari Misorawas an award-winning Japanese enka singer and actress. and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's Honour Award, which was awarded posthumously for her notable contributions to the music industry. Misora recorded 1,200 songs, and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand...
(1962, as a single) - Kenichi MikawaKenichi Mikawais a Japanese singer and TV personality, known for his outspoken views and style.Mikawa was born in Suwa, Nagano as . He recorded a number of hit songs as a male enka singer in the 1960s and 1970s. The most well-known of his songs include "Sasoriza no Onna" and "Yanagase Blues"...
(2006 as a single, performed 56th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen) - Akihiro MiwaAkihiro Miwa, is a Japanese singer, actor, drag queen, director, composer and author from Nagasaki in Nagasaki Prefecture. His real name is . He writes most of his own music and has written over 20 books. An open homosexual, he is also a drag queen who often dyes his shoulder-length hair bright yellow.-Early...
(1979) - Ayumi Nakamura (中村あゆみ) (2004, album Rocks)
- Kazuyoshi Saito (斉藤和義) (2003, single "Niji" B-side)
- Atsushi SakuraiAtsushi Sakuraiis a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He has been the vocalist for the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985, previously being their drummer from 1983. He was also a member of Schwein with Hisashi Imai , Sascha Konietzko and Raymond Watts ....
(2005, single "Wakusei (Rebirth)" B-side) - SophiaSophia (rock band)SOPHIA is a Japanese rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist Mitsuru Matsuoka, guitarist Kazutaka Toyota, bassist Yoshio Kuroyanagi, drummer Yoshitomo Akamatsu and keyboardist Keiichi Miyako. They made their major debut in 1995....
(2005, single "One Summer Day" B-side)
Other recorded versions
- "Himnos al Amor (Spanish) - Paloma San BasilioPaloma San BasilioPaloma San Basilio is a Spanish singer. Although she was born in Madrid, at the age of 6 months the family moved to Sevilla , where she was raised till the age of 8...
, DyangoDyangoDyango, born José Gómez Romero on March 5, 1940 in Barcelona, is a Spanish musician. While he was born in Barcelona, capital of La Cataluña, he is not a Catalán, but rather, of Castilian or "Castellano" ancestry.... - "Hino ao Amor" (Portuguese) - Dalva de OliveiraDalva de OliveiraDalva de Oliveira or Vicentina de Paula Oliveira was a Brazilian singer and one of divas of the Radio Era....
, Maysa MatarazzoMaysa MatarazzoMaysa Figueira Monjardim , better known as Maysa Matarazzo or simply Maysa, daughter of Alcibíades Guaraná Monjardim and wife Inah Figueira and paternal granddaughter of Manuel Silvino Monjardim and wife Ursulina Guaraná, was a singer, composer, and actress from Brazil...
(album Maysa É Maysa... É Maysa... É Maysa/ 1959) - "Inno All'Amore" (Italian) - MilvaMilvaMaria Ilva Biolcati , known as Milva, is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. She is also known as 'La Rossa', , due to the colour of her hair, and additionally as the 'Panther of Goro', which stems from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female...
(1961) - "Himna Ljubavi" (Serbian) - Senka Veletanlić (1962)
- "Hymni Rakkaudelle" (Finnish) - Tuulikki Eloranta (album Hymni Rakkaudelle/ 1974), Irmeli Mäkelä, Ragni Malmstén, Marjatta Leppänen
- "Loflied Der Liefde" (Swedish) - Conny Vandenbos
- "Til Dig" (Danish) - Bamse (album Din Sang/ 1977)
- "Kap Nei" (給你 To You) (Cantonese) - Anthony Wong (album Yeuk Seui/ 2006)
- instrumentals - Paul MauriatPaul MauriatPaul Mauriat was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his million selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968...
(album Hymne à l'amour/ 1977), Tokyo Ska Paradise OrchestraTokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, commonly abbreviated by fans as Skapara or TSPO, is a Japanese ska and jazz band officially formed in 1988 by the percussionist Asa-Chang, and initially composed of over 10 veterans of Tokyo's underground scene...
(album KinouKyouAshita/ 2009)