Merci, Chérie
| Merci, Chérie | |
|---|---|
| Udo Juergens | |
| publication | 1966 |
| length | 3:14 |
| Genre (s) | Chanson |
| Author (s) | Udo Jürgens, Thomas Hörbiger |
| Publisher (s) | Vogue |
| Award (s) | 1st place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 |
Merci, Chérie is the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 in Luxembourg .
content
It was composed by Udo Jürgens and Thomas Hörbiger and interpreted by Jürgens. Despite the French title, the text is in German. The content is about a man who says goodbye to his beloved for good times and positive moments.
Eurovision Song Contest
It was Udo Juergens' third participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in a row, after he won in 1964 with Why only, why? took sixth place and in 1965 with Tell her, I let her say hello, took fourth place. In a field of participation of 18 countries, Jürgens started at number 9 and was finally able to collect 31 jury points.
success
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The single reached number four in the German single charts , number two in Austria and number 19 in the Netherlands .
In Germany, Jürgens received a platinum record for one million units sold by his music label for his success, making the piece one of the best-selling singles in Germany . In France, Merci, Chérie sold over 350,000 times.
In June 1966 the song reached number 36 in the British singles chart in the English version, which was arranged by Baker Cavendish and Johnny Anthey and interpreted by Vince Hill . A Swedish version, to which Al Sundström wrote the text, was recorded by Gunnar Wiklund and Nisse Hanséns Orchester that same year . Bent Fabric released an instrumental version on his album Operian Lovebirds . There are other cover versions by Adoro , Belinda Carlisle , Bobby Darin , Karel Gott , Peter Alexander , Paul Mauriat , Tim Fischer , Ricky King , Harry Snell , Helene Fischer , Nicole and Annett Louisan .
literature
- David Roberts (Ed.): British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th edition. Guinness World Records Limited, London 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5 , p. 253.
Web links
- Merci, Chérie at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT
- ^ A b Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 444 .
- Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 206 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Poupée de cire, poupée de son France Gall |
Winner song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 |
Puppet on a String Sandie Shaw |
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Tell her I send my regards to Udo Juergens |
Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 |
Why there are 100,000 stars Peter Horton |