| "Marie" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys | |
| from the album The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away | |
| A-side | "Can You Dance To It?" |
| B-side | "Marie" |
| Released | 1969 (1969) |
| Label | Polydor |
| "C'est la vie, Lily" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Joe Dassin | ||||
| Language | French | |||
| A-side |
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| Released | 1970 (1970) | |||
| Label | CBS Disques | |||
| Songwriter(s) | French adaptation: Pierre Delanoë | |||
| Joe Dassin singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "C'est la vie, Lily" (French TV, 1970) on YouTube | ||||
"Marie" is a song, originally recorded by Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys on their 1969 album The Street Giveth... And The Street Taketh Away. In the same year it was released on the B-side of the single "Can You Dance to It?".
Soon it was adapted into French (under the title "C'est la vie, Lily") by Pierre Delanoë. The French version was released in 1970 by Joe Dassin.
Background and writing
The original was produced by Jimi Hendrix and Cat Mother.
Commercial performance
According to the charts, courtesy of the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque, that U.S. Billboard published in its "Hits of the World" section), the song "C'est la vie Lily" by Joe Dassin reached at least the top 6 in France (in the national singles chart).
Track listings
Joe Dassin version
7" single "C'est la vie, Lily / Billy Le Bordelais" CBS 4736
- A. "C'est la vie, Lily" (3:03)
- B. "Billy le Bordelais" (4:02)
See also
References
- "Marie by Cat Mother and The All-Night Newsboys". WhoSampled. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - C'est la vie Lily". Ultratop. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- "ultratop.be - Cat Mother And The All Night Newsboys - Marie". Ultratop. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1970-02-28. pp. 64–. ISSN 0006-2510.
Joe Dassin C'EST LA VIE LILY.
- "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - C'est la vie Lily". Ultratop. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- "Joe Dassin - C'est La Vie, Lily / Billy Le Bordelais at Discogs". Discogs. 1970. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-12-01.