Peak
6
Weeks
13
Score
2,342
Chart Year
1963
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position6
Peak DateMay 25, 1963
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted13
Weeks in Top 4010
Weeks in Top 104
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc1,055
Weekly Calc1,287
Total Score2,342
Rankings
Year Ranking#68
Decade Ranking#667
Billboard Year#67
Top 5000#5,905
Details
- Album
- Let Me Sing
- Label
- Decca Records
- Genre
- -Pop
- Composer(s)
- Jean Renard:Carl Sigman
- Entered Chart
- Apr 6, 1963
- Peak Date
- May 25, 1963
- Released
- March 1963
- Recorded
- 20 February 1963
- Catalog #
- Decca 31478
Music Video
Notes
This is an adaptation of the French song "Connais-tu" written by Jean Renard and Pierre Havet. Carl Sigman penned the English version, which was originally recorded by Brenda Lee for her 1963 album Let Me Sing. Artists that have covered the tune include Doris Day for her 1963 album, Love Him and Al Martino as part of a 1964 EP. This was one of two Brenda Lee songs that Alison Krauss covered for her 2017 collection, Windy City - she also recorded "All Alone Am I." "I always think that people are attached to the music of their parents' youth," Krauss explained. "You see a lot of people who kinda go back to that period and they have a romance about it. There's just something past our own memory that makes us connect."
Don't sigh a sigh for me Don't ever cry for me This is goodbye for me I know we're through I'm losing you Love sang it's song for me Then things went wrong for me Nights are too long for me Because I'm losing you Our love and our devotion Were deep as any ocean Then, one day, like the tide you began to change And you became a perfect stranger Someone is holding you Sharing the lips I knew I can't believe it's true That I am losing you I can't believe it's true That I am losing you
Chart History (13 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 6, 1963 | 82 | 44 |
| 2 | Apr 13, 1963 | 56 | 70 |
| 3 | Apr 20, 1963 | 33 | 93 |
| 4 | Apr 27, 1963 | 26 | 100 |
| 5 | May 4, 1963 | 18 | 108 |
| 6 | May 11, 1963 | 10 | 116 |
| 7 | May 18, 1963 | 7 | 119 |
| 8 | May 25, 1963 | 6 | 120 |
| 9 | Jun 1, 1963 | 9 | 117 |
| 10 | Jun 8, 1963 | 12 | 114 |
| 11 | Jun 15, 1963 | 15 | 111 |
| 12 | Jun 22, 1963 | 36 | 90 |
| 13 | Jun 29, 1963 | 41 | 85 |