Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1977


Prendre un enfant

Buy Prendre un enfant now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Prendre un enfant

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Yves Duteil

| album =

| EP =

| written =

| published =

| released =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length =

| label = Path Marconi EMI

| writer = Yves Duteil

| composer =

| lyricist =

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| prev_track =

| track_no =

| next_track =

| misc =

| language = French

}}

"'Prendre un enfant'" is a song by Yves Duteil from his 1977 album 'Yves Duteil'. In 1978 he released it as a single.

It is one of his most famous songs.

Background and writing



The song was written and composed by Yves Duteil himself.

Track listings



'7" single Path-Marconi-EMI 2C 008 - 14.607'

:A. "Prendre un enfant ( Martine)" (4:17)

:B. "Vole tire d'ailes, nage tire d'eau" (2:05)

Cover versions



The song has been adapted into several languages, not all of them keeping the original meaning.

It has been recorded, among others, by Monika Martin (in German under the title "Gib einem Kind deine Hand"), Benny Neyman (in Dutch as "Ode aan Maastricht"), Nana Mouskouri (both in French and in German), Kids United with Claudio Capo, Paul Roelandt (in Dutch under the title "Neem eens een kind bij de hand"), Monika Martin with Yvann (in German), Stefanie Hertel (in German), Peter Reber & Nina, Andr Rieu (in a multilanguage version as "Ode to Maastricht"), Vox Angeli, Joan Baez, and Miriam Makeba.

References




Buy Prendre un enfant now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1977



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1088426443.