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Wikipedia article
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| length = 2:55
| label = La Voix de Son Matre
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| writer = Salvatore Adamo
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"'Tombe la neige'" (English: "The snow falls") is a French language song written and sung by Belgian-Italian singer Salvatore Adamo. The song was released in 1963 and became an international hit and one of his best-known songs.
Releases
;45 rpm (France)
*A-side: Tombe la neige (2:55)
*B-side: Car je veux (2:40)
;EP (France)
*A1: Tombe la neige (2:55)
*A2: J'ai rat le coche (2:35)
*B1: Car je veux (2:40)
*B2: Le train va (2:50)
;Adamo Language versions
Adamo also released versions in many languages that contributed to the propagation of the song worldwide:
*German: "Grau zieht der Nebel"
*Italian: "Cade la neve"
*Japanese: "Yuki ga Furu" ()
*Spanish: "Cae la nieve"
*Brazilian: "Cai a neve"
*Turkish: "Her yerde kar var"
*Azeri: "Gar yaqir"
*Persian: " "
*Vietnamese: "Tuyt ri"
*Russian:
*Albanian: Bie Dbor
Covers
The song was subject to many covers in original French version and in other language versions[http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/97191 Second Hand Songs - Tombe la neige]
*In 1969, Danile Vidal recorded it on her album 'L'amour est bleu'
*Paul Mauriat made an instrumental version in 1971 on an album also entitled 'Tombe la neige'
*In 2008, Adamo recorded it as a duo with Laurent Voulzy on the album 'Le bal des gens bien'
;Languages
*In 1965, Croatian mezzosoprano Anica Zubovi recorded 'Pada sneg', with lyrics adapted into Serbocroatian by Ildi Ivanji and in arrangement by Aleksandar Subota, as a part of EP 'Ivan Ivanovi'.
*In 1965, Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan had her first recording, "Her Yerde Kar Var", an arrangement of Salvatore Adamo's "Tombe la Neige" by Fecri Ebciolu.
*In Germany, Alexandra had a hit with the German version "Grau zieht der Nebel"
*In 1968, Emil Gorovets recorded it in Russian as "Padaet sneg" (in Russian ) on his album 'Vdali'
*In 1974, Chinese Mandarin version under the title of "" (Who Will Think Of Me) was covered by both Hong Kong singer Paula Tsui () & Singaporean singer (Nam Hong). In 1977, another Hong Kong singer Amina () recorded a Japanese & Chinese Mandarin crossover version, titled "" (The Falling Snow) of which the Japanese lyrics part is same as the version of the "Yuki ga Furu" (). Also, Hong Kong entertainer Liza Wang () did record a Cantonese version, titled "" (Stepping Through The Snowy Land) in the same year. In 1979, another Cantonese version with the name of "" (Get Hold Of Today) was recorded by Hong Kong singer May Cheng ().
*In 2010, Adamo recorded it as a duet with Mario Barravecchia in Italian based on Adamo's Italian rendition "Cade la neve". It appears in a collection album 'Intimo - Le pi belle canzoni italiane'
*In 2018 the character 'Adamo' in the movie Patser (gangsta in english) made by Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah was related to "Tombe la neige" and the actor was also from Belgian-Italian origin despite he played a moroccan-italian gangster .
*In 2011, the Turkish-Albanian pop singer Candan Eretin sang her song "Her Yerde Kar Var" in Turkish and French.
References
Category:1963 singles
Category:Salvatore Adamo songs
Category:1963 songs
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