 "Elle était si jolie" | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1963 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist | |
| Language | |
| Composers | Alain Barrière, A. Migiani |
| Lyricists | Alain Barrière, A. Migiani |
| Conductor | |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 5th |
| Final points | 25 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Un premier amour" (1962) | |
| "Le Chant de Mallory" (1964) ► | |
"Elle était si jolie" (French pronunciation:[ɛletɛsiʒɔli]; "She Was So Pretty") was theFrench entry in theEurovision Song Contest 1963, performed inFrench byAlain Barrière.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (followingSwitzerland'sEsther Ofarim with "T'en va pas" and precedingSpain'sJosé Guardiola with "Algo prodigioso"). At the close of voting, it had received 25 points, placing 5th in a field of 16.
The song is a ballad, with Barrière reminiscing about a girl he used to know and how pretty she was. Her beauty was apparently so much that he could not love her. Barrière also recorded the song inGerman andItalian, as "Du gingst fort ohne Abschied" and "Era troppo carina" respectively. The song was well received in Latin America, particularly in Chile.[1]
It was succeeded as French representative at the1964 contest byRachel with "Le Chant de Mallory".
Dragan Stojnić, aYugoslavchanson singer, released a cover version of the song in 1965 with lyrics inSerbo-Croatian, entitled "Bila je tako lijepa". The song was released on the EP of the same name,[2] becoming a major hit in Yugoslavia.
| "Bila je tako lijepa" | ||||
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| Single byPekinška Patka | ||||
| B-side | "Bumba, rumba" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Meta Sound studio,Novi Sad | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Jugoton SY 23756 | |||
| Songwriters | A. Barrière, B. Stojadinović, N. Čonkić | |||
| Producer | Pekinška Patka | |||
| Pekinška Patka singles chronology | ||||
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Yugoslavpunk rock bandPekinška Patka recorded a cover of Dragan Stojnić's version, releasing it on a7-inch single in 1980, with "Bumba, rumba" as the B-side.[3] The release was the band's third and last 7-inch single.[3]
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Croatian punk rock bandHladno Pivo released a cover of Pekinška Patka version on their 1995 albumG.A.D..[4]German punk rock band Autozynik released a cover of Pekinška Patka version on their 2000 albumBing.[5]
Israeli singerDaklon recorded a cover version of the song inHebrew, called "Benativ Meurpal" ("On a Foggy Path"), in 1998.[6] Israeli singerRika Zarai also recorded a cover of the song. Israeli poetDavid Avidan wrote a parody based on the Hebrew version, performed byArik Lavie, with lyrics about a prostitute and her pimp.[7]
InVietnamese, the song is known as "Em Đẹp Như Mơ".[8]
