My Whole World Is Falling Down

"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. The song is featured on her 1964 album, By Request. 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.

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)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)	6
France (singles sales)	1
Spain Promusicae	1
Swiss Hitparade	8

References

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

v t e Brenda Lee
Albums Singles
Studio albums	Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! (1959) Brenda Lee (1960) This Is...Brenda (1960) Emotions (1961) All the Way (1961) Sincerely (1962) Brenda, That's All (1962) All Alone Am I (1963) ..."Let Me Sing" (1963) By Request (1964) Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee (1964) Brenda Lee Sings Top Teen Hits (1965) The Versatile Brenda Lee (1965) Too Many Rivers (1965) Bye Bye Blues (1966) Coming On Strong (1966) Reflections in Blue (1967) For the First Time (with Pete Fountain) (1968) Johnny One Time (1969) Brenda (1973) New Sunrise (1973) The Winning Hand (with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton) (1982) Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends (2007)
Compilation albums	10 Golden Years (1966)
Singles	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "One Step at a Time" "Let's Jump the Broomstick" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Sweet Nothin's" "That's All You Gotta Do" "I'm Sorry" "I Want to Be Wanted" "Emotions" "You Can Depend on Me" "Dum Dum" "Fool #1 "Break It to Me Gently" "Speak to Me Pretty" "Everybody Loves Me But You" "Here Comes That Feeling" "Heart in Hand" "It Started All Over Again" "All Alone Am I" "Your Used to Be" "She'll Never Know" "Losing You" "I Wonder" "My Whole World Is Falling Down" "The Grass Is Greener" "As Usual" "Think" "Alone with You" "When You Loved Me" "Truly, Truly True" "Is It True" "Jingle Bell Rock" "Too Many Rivers" "No One" "Rusty Bells" "Coming On Strong" "Ride, Ride, Ride" "Johnny One Time" "Let It Be Me" "Always on My Mind" "Sunday Sunrise" "Wrong Ideas" "Big Four Poster Bed" "He's My Rock" "Tell Me What It's Like" "The Cowgirl and the Dandy" "Broken Trust" "Hallelujah, I Love You So"

v t e Sylvie Vartan
Studio albums	Sylvie Twiste et chante Sylvie Vartan (Ta sorcière bien-aimée)
Singles and EPs	"Le Loco-motion" "Tous mes copains" "Chance" "En écoutant la pluie" "I'm Watching" "Si je chante" "La plus belle pour aller danser" "Sha La La" "Par amour, par pitié" "Comme un garçon" "Irrésistiblement" "La Maritza" "J'ai un problème" (with Johnny Hallyday) "Qu'est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?" "Petit rainbow" "Georges"
Related topics	Discography Johnny Hallyday David Hallyday

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