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Wikipedia article
"'Comment a va'" (French for "How is it going?") is a 1983 pop song by Dutch boy band The Shorts.
The song deals about a boy who meets a French girl, but they can not understand each other because they speak different languages.
It was originally written in English by Dutch composer Eddy de Heer, but EMI insisted on a Dutch version which was written by Jack Jersey who also produced this song. The Dutch version was released as a single, but was neglected by the official Dutch radio stations. After 10,000 singles were sold, with only airplay on pirate radio, the official radio stations started playing the song and it went to the number one spot in the Dutch Top 40. It quickly became an international hit, selling about 4 million singles, with versions in English, German, French and Spanish.
Ingela "Pling" Forsman wrote lyrics in Swedish, also named "Comment a va", which was recorded by Kikki Danielsson and released on the album 'Singles Bar' in 1983, and as a single with "Du skriver dina krlekssnger" as B-side. With her recording, Kikki Danielsson scored a hit in the Nordic region in mid 1983, peaking at #3 on the Norwegian singles chart.
Norwegian singer Bente Lind also recorded a Norwegian version of the song in 1983.
It was first performed in Hungary in the mid 1980s by the Fra Band (in Hungarian, only keeping in French the refrain: Comment a va; Comme ci, comme ci, comme a), then, after its high popularity, by other artists, for example Gyrgy Korda and Klri Balzs.
Chart performance
The Shorts
Kikki Danielsson
Sales and certifications
See also
*List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1983
References
Category:1983 singles
Category:Dutch pop songs
Category:Dutch-language songs
Category:Macaronic songs
Category:Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Category:Kikki Danielsson songs
Category:1983 songs
Category:Songs about Paris
Category:EMI Records singles
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