Tombe la neige

"Tombe la neige" (English: "The snow falls") is a French language song written and sung by Belgian-Italian singer Salvatore Adamo. The song was released in 1963 and became an international hit and one of his best-known songs.

Releases

45 rpm (France)

• A-side: Tombe la neige (2:55)
• B-side: Car je veux (2:40)

EP (France)

• A1: Tombe la neige (2:55)
• A2: J'ai raté le coche (2:35)
• B1: Car je veux (2:40)
• B2: Le train va (2:50)

Adamo Language versions

Adamo also released versions in many languages that contributed to the propagation of the song worldwide:

• German: "Grau zieht der Nebel"
• Italian: "Cade la neve"
• Japanese: "Yuki ga Furu" (雪が降る)
• Spanish: "Cae la nieve"
• Turkish: "Her yerde kar var"
• Azeri: "Gar yaqir"
• Persian: "برف می‌بارد"
• Vietnamese: "Tuyết rơi"

Covers

The song was subject to many covers in original French version and in other language versions^[1]

• In 1969, Danièle Vidal recorded it on her album L'amour est bleu
• Paul Mauriat made an instrumental version in 1971 on an album also entitled Tombe la neige
• In 2008, Adamo recorded it as a duo with Laurent Voulzy on the album Le bal des gens bien

Languages

• In 1965. Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan had her first recording, "Her Yerde Kar Var", an arrangement of Salvatore Adamo's "Tombe la Neige" by Fecri Ebcioğlu.
• In Germany, Alexandra had a hit with the German version "Grau zieht der Nebel"
• In 1968, Emil Gorovets recorded it in Russian as "Padaet sneg" (in Russian И падает снег) on his album Vdali
• In 2010, Adamo recorded it as a duet with Mario Barravecchia in Italian based on Adamo's Italian rendition "Cade la neve". It appears in a collection album Intimo - Le più belle canzoni italiane

References