Dans la ville endormie
"Dans la ville endormie" | |
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Cover of EP | |
Song by Dalida | |
Released | June 1968 (1968-06) |
Recorded | June 1968 |
Studio | Hoche |
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Length | 3:08 |
Label | Barclay |
Composer(s) | William Sheller |
Lyricist(s) | Claude Lemesle |
Music video | |
"Dans la ville endormie" on YouTube | |
"Dans la ville endormie" ("In the sleeping city") is a French language song recorded by singer Dalida, first released on EP during summer of 1968.[1] It is the product of Dalida's collaboration with composer William Sheller with whom she worked on Le temps des fleurs, her album released later that year. English language cover "My year is a day" by Les Irrésistibles achieved success several months later.
The song appears in No Time to Die, the 25th installment of the James Bond film series during the films pre-title sequence.[2][3]
Description
"Dans la ville endormie" was composed specially for Dalida by William Sheller, then young and still not known composer, alongside another song "Je me repose" which was released later the same year. Lyrics were written by Claude Lemesle [fr]. Released on B-side of an EP, Dalida focused on performing the song at concerts, avoiding all broadcast promotion except for one TV rendition. It was soon picked up by French-American boy band Les Irrésistibles who covered it in English. It became their debut single and remained only success.
Following the announcement in 2020 that the song would be in the James Bond film No Time to Die, "Dans la ville endormie" was reissued as a 10" vinyl single and a new compilation album Les Belles Chansons Ne Meurent Jamais... followed. An official clip was also made in the style of James Bond credits.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Dalida - Pars". Discogs. 1968. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Une chanson de Dalida dans le prochain James Bond". France Bleu (in French). 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ "Orlando : «Dalida aurait été très fière d'entendre l'une de ses chansons dans un James Bond»". LEFIGARO (in French). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Dalida - Dans La Ville Endormie - Les Belles Chansons Ne Meurent Jamais..." Discogs. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
- ^ ""Mourir peut attendre": une chanson de Dalida dans le prochain "James Bond"". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-28.
Bibliography
- L'argus Dalida: Discographie mondiale et cotations, by Daniel Lesueur, Éditions Alternatives, 2004. ISBN 2-86227-428-3 and ISBN 978-2-86227-428-7. (in French)
External links
- Dalida Official Website "Discography" section
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- Son nom est Dalida
- Miguel
- Gondolier
- Les Gitans
- Le Disque d'or de Dalida
- Love in Portofino
- Les Enfants du Pirée
- Milord
- Elle, lui et l'autre....
- Dalida internationale
- Loin de moi
- Le Petit Gonzales
- Il silenzio
- Pensiamoci ogni sera
- Piccolo ragazzo
- Olympia 67
- Un po' d'amore
- Le Temps des fleurs
- Ma mère me disait
- Ils ont changé ma chanson
- Une Vie
- Il faut du temps
- Julien
- Manuel
- J'attendrai
- Coup de chapeau au passé
- Femme est la nuit
- Salma ya salama
- Dédié à toi
- Gigi in Paradisco
- Olympia 81
- Special Dalida
- Les P'tits Mots
- Dali
- Le Visage de l'amour
- "Bambino"
- "Gondolier"
- "Come prima (Tu me donnes)"
- "Le Jour où la pluie viendra"
- "Ciao ciao bambina"
- "Love in Portofino"
- "T'aimer follement"
- "Romantica"
- "Les Enfants du Pirée"
- "Itsi bitsi petit bikini"
- "La Danse de Zorba"
- "Parlez-moi de lui"
- "Dans la ville endormie"
- "Le Temps des fleurs"
- "Darla dirladada"
- "Paroles, paroles"
- "Je suis malade"
- "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans"
- "Gigi l'amoroso"
- "J'attendrai"
- "Salma Ya Salama"
- "Génération 78"
- "Helwa ya baladi"
- "Monday Tuesday... Laissez moi danser"
- "Il pleut sur Bruxelles"
- "Mourir sur scène"
- Place Dalida
- Dalida (2005)
- Dalida (2017)
- List of Dalida music in motion pictures and TV
- Orlando Productions
- Barclay
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