"My Whole World Is Falling Down" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Jerry Crutchfield and performed by Brenda Lee. Its chorus is based on the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down". The song reached #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.Brenda Lee, "My Whole World Is Falling Down" Chart Positions Retrieved May 13, 2014 The song is featured on her 1964 album, By Request.Brenda Lee, By Request Retrieved May 13, 2014 The song also reached #16 in Australia.
Lee's recording of the song appeared in the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing.
Sylvie Vartan version (in French)
Sylvie Vartan released a French version titled "Si je chante" (meaning "If I sing") as part of an eponymous EP in December 1963.Sylvie Vartan, "Si Je Chante" EP release Retrieved May 13, 2014
In France her version of the song spent three weeks on the singles sales chart (from 18 to 31 January and from 8 to 14 February 1964).
Charts Chart (1963–1964)Peakposition France (singles sales) 1 Spain Promusicae 1 Swiss Hitparade 8
See also List of number-one singles of 1964 (France)
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