My Whole World Is Falling Down

"My Whole World Is Falling Down"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album By Request
A-side	"I Wonder"
Released	July 8, 1963
Recorded	April 9, 1963
Genre	Pop
Length	1:52
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	Bill Anderson, Jerry Crutchfield
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Losing You" (1963) "My Whole World Is Falling Down" (1963) "The Grass Is Greener" (1963)
Audio
"My Whole World Is Falling Down" on YouTube

"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".^[1] The song reached #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.^[2] The song is featured on her 1964 album, By Request.^[3] 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)

"Si je chante"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album À Nashville
Language	French
English title	If I sing
Released	December 1963 (1963-12)
Recorded	Late 1963
Genre	Pop
Length	2:19
Label	RCA Victor
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
"Twiste et chante" (1963) "Si je chante" (1963) "La plus belle pour aller danser" (1964)
Music video
"Si je chante" on YouTube

Sylvie Vartan released a French version titled "Si je chante" (meaning "If I sing") as part of an eponymous EP in December 1963.^[4]

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).^[5]

Charts

Chart (1963–1964)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6]	6
France (singles sales)[5]	1
Spain Promusicae[7]	1
Swiss Hitparade[8]	8

See also

• List of number-one singles of 1964 (France)

References

1. Michael Jack Kirby. "Brenda Lee". Wayback Attack. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
2. Brenda Lee, "My Whole World Is Falling Down" Chart Positions Retrieved May 13, 2014
3. Brenda Lee, By Request Retrieved May 13, 2014
4. Sylvie Vartan, "Si Je Chante" EP release Retrieved May 13, 2014
5. "Si je chante - Sylvie Vartan - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
6. "Sylvie Vartan – Si je chante" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
7. "Billboard Magazine, September, 1964". Billboard. 12 September 1964.
8. "Billboard Magazine, February, 1964". Billboard. 29 February 1964.