Seasons in the Sun
| "Le Moribond" | |
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7" vinyl single cover | |
| Song by Jacques Brel | |
| from the album Marieke | |
| Released | 1961 |
| Recorded | 22 February 1961 |
| Genre | Chanson |
| Length | 3:06 |
| Label | Philips |
| Songwriter(s) | Jacques Brel |
| "Seasons in the Sun" | ||||
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German 7" vinyl cover | ||||
| Single by Terry Jacks | ||||
| from the album Seasons in the Sun | ||||
| B-side | "Put the Bone In" | |||
| Released | December 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen | |||
| Producer(s) | Terry Jacks | |||
| Terry Jacks singles chronology | ||||
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| "Seasons in the Sun" on YouTube | ||||
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song Le Moribond ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for singer Terry Jacks and reached Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife.