Comment te dire adieu (song)

Françoise Hardy
French edition
EP by Françoise Hardy
Released	1968
Recorded	Studio Pye, London, England
Genre	Pop music
Length	9:46
Label	Disques Vogue
Producer	Production Asparagus

"Comment te dire adieu" (English: "How to Say Goodbye to You") is a French adaptation of the song "It Hurts to Say Goodbye". It was recorded by Françoise Hardy in 1968^[4] and remains one of Hardy's most popular songs.

Background

The song, originally called "It Hurts to Say Goodbye", was written by Arnold Goland and Jack Gold and was recorded by Margaret Whiting on her album The Wheel of Hurt (1966).^[5] It was also recorded by Vera Lynn in 1967; this version reached #7 in Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.^[6]^[7] Hardy heard an American instrumental version of the song and her manager asked Serge Gainsbourg to provide suitable lyrics for it.^[8] Gainsbourg's French adaptation of the original lyrics, "Comment te dire adieu", was included on Hardy's 1968 album.^[4] Hardy also recorded the song in Italian ("Il pretesto", 1968) and German ("Was mach' ich ohne dich", 1970; collected in the album Träume, 1970.) The lyrics are notable for their uncommon rhymes in "ex", within the subject of the song having a sense of "ex" as in "ex-boyfriend".

Formats and track listings

French SP

Production Asparagus/Disques Vogue/Vogue international industries (V.45-1552), 1968.
- A-side: "Comment te dire adieu" ("It Hurts to Say Goodbye"), (ad. lyrics from Jack Gold: Serge Gainsbourg / music: Arnold Goland, arr. S. Gainsbourg) – 2:25
- B-side: "L’Anamour" (lyrics and music: Serge Gainsbourg) – 2:14

English SP

Asparagus Production/United Artists (UP 35011 ), 1969.
- A-side: "Comment te dire adieu" ("It Hurts to Say Goodbye"), (ad. lyrics from Jack Gold: Serge Gainsbourg / music: Arnold Goland, arr. S. Gainsbourg) – 2:25
- B-side: "La Mer, les étoiles et le vent" (lyrics and music: Françoise Hardy) – 1:50

French EP

Production Asparagus/disques Vogue/Vogue international industries (EPL 8652), 1968.
- A1: "Comment te dire adieu" ("It Hurts to Say Goodbye"), (ad. lyrics from Jack Gold: Serge Gainsbourg / music: Arnold Goland, arr. S. Gainsbourg) – 2:25
- A2: "Il vaut mieux une petite maison dans la main, qu’un grand château dans les nuages" (lyrics: Jean-Max Rivière / music: Gérard Bourgeois) – 2:23
- B1: "Suzanne", (ad. lyrics from Leonard Cohen: Graeme Allwright / music: L. Cohen) – 3:08
- B2: "La Mer, les étoiles et le vent" (lyrics and music: Françoise Hardy) – 1:50

Jimmy Somerville version

"Comment te dire adieu"

Single by Jimmy Somerville featuring June Miles-Kingston

from the album Read My Lips

B-side

"Tell the World"

Released

October 1989

Format

7" single

Genre

Pop

Length

3:35

Label

London

Writer(s)

Serge Gainsbourg
Arnold Goland
Jack Gold

Producer(s)

Pascal Gabriel

Jimmy Somerville featuring June Miles-Kingston singles chronology

"Comment te dire adieu"
(1989)

"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
(1990)

In 1989 it was covered by former Bronski Beat and Communards singer Jimmy Somerville, as a duet with June Miles-Kingston. The song was a hit in the UK, reaching #14 on the UK singles chart, helping Somerville's solo career take off.

Track listing

7" single

"Comment te dire adieu (7" version) — 3:35
"Tell the World" — 4:12

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France^[9]	Silver	1990	200,000

Charts

Chart (1989/90)	Peak position
Dutch Mega Top 100^[10]	26
French SNEP Singles Chart^[10]	3
German Singles Chart^[10]	25
Irish Singles Chart^[11]	3
UK Singles Chart^[12]	14

Other cover versions

Apart from Jimmy Somerville, a number of artists have covered the song:

Walter Wanderley, a Brazilian organist, recorded an instrumental cover of the song on his album Batucada (1967).
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, later a member of Abba, recorded the song in Swedish as "Så synd du måste gå" (1969). It was collected on her album Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1972).
Aida Vedishcheva, recorded the song in Russian language as "Моя мечта" in 1974.
Hana Hegerová recorded the song in Czech as "Rýmováni o životě".
Ilona Csáková also recorded a Czech version, "Jedno Tajemství", collected in Blízká i vzdálená (1999).
Jane Birkin, collected on her album Versions Jane (1996).
Taxi Girl's frontman Daniel Darc, collected on Sous influence divine (1987).
Jun Togawa recorded a Japanese version, さよならをおしえて (Sayonara wo oshiete, literally "Tell me goodbye"; 1985).
Scottish indie group Belle and Sebastian have performed the song live in concert.
In 2001, a cover arranged by Tomosuke Funaki, and sung by Shizue Tokui (as Orange Lounge), appeared in beatmania IIDX 6th style.
In 2003, the song was also covered in France by Annie and Valérie, two contestants of Star Academy 3 and included on the album Star Academy fait sa bamba.^[13]
Amanda Lear recorded her version for her double-cd Brief Encounters in 2009.
Meg, a Japanese singer, covered the song in French for her album La Japonaise in 2012.
Kate Ryan, a Belgian singer, released a cover of the song in 2016.

References

↑ Serge Gainsbourg, biography, RFI Musique. Accessed on line May 7, 2009.
↑ On this label there is a mistake in the firstname of one of the authors of the song; we should read A. Goland instead of G. Goland.
↑ On this label there is a mistake in the firstname of one of the authors of the song; we should read A. Goland instead of G. Goland.
1 2 "Original versions of Comment te dire adieu by Françoise Hardy". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
↑ "Cover versions of It Hurts to Say Goodbye by Margaret Whiting". SecondHandSongs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
↑ Vera Lynn - Billboard Singles, Allmusic. Accessed on line May 5, 2009.
↑ "Original versions of It Hurts to Say Goodbye by Vera Lynn". SecondHandSongs.com. 1967-01-06. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
↑ p. 50, Serge Gainsbourg: a fistful of gitanes: requiem for a twister, Sylvie Simmons, Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN 0-306-81183-9.
↑ French certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved October 3, 2008)
1 2 3 "Comment te dire adieu", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved October 3, 2008)
↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite (Retrieved October 3, 2008)
↑ "Comment te dire adieu", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved October 3, 2008)
↑ Star Academy fait sa Bamba, track listing and charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved October 3, 2008)

External links

Françoise Hardy

Studio albums	Tous les garçons et les filles (1962) Le premier bonheur du jour (1963) Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano (1963) Mon amie la rose (1964) In Deutschland (1965) L'amitié (1965) Françoise Hardy Sings in English (1966) La maison où j'ai grandi (1966) Ma jeunesse fout le camp... (1967) En anglais (1968) Comment te dire adieu (1968) One-Nine-Seven-Zero (1969) Träume (1970) Soleil (1970) La question (1971) Et si je m'en vais avant toi (1972) If You Listen (1972) Message Personnel (1973) Entr'acte (1974) Star (1977) J'écoute de la musique saoûle (1978) Gin Tonic (1980) À suivre (1981) Quelqu'un qui s'en va (1982) Décalages (1988) Le danger (1996) Clair-obscur (2000) Tant de belles choses (2004) (Parenthèses...) (2006) La pluie sans parapluie (2010) L'amour fou (2012)

Compilation albums	Françoise (1970) Françoise in Italian (1970)

Singles	"Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962) "Mon amie la rose" (1964) "All Over the World" (1965) "Comment te dire adieu" (1968)

Family	Jacques Dutronc Thomas Dutronc

Vera Lynn

Albums	We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn

Singles	"You Can't Be True, Dear" "Again" "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" "Forget-Me-Not" "The Homing Waltz" "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)" "We'll Meet Again" "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" "My Son, My Son" "A House with Love in It" "The Faithful Hussar (Don't Cry My Love)" "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"

Related articles	We'll Meet Again One Exciting Night

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Jimmy Somerville

Studio albums

Bronski Beat	The Age of Consent (1984) Rainbow Nation (1995)

The Communards	Communards (1986) Red (1987)

Read My Lips (1989) Dare to Love (1995) Manage the Damage (1999) Home Again (2004) Suddenly Last Summer (2009) Homage (2015)

Remix albums

Bronski Beat	Hundreds & Thousands (1985)

Root Beer (2000)

Live albums

The Communards	Storm Paris (1988)

Compilations

The Communards	Heaven (1993) Het Beste Van The Communards (2005) The Platinum Collection (2006)

Best (1989) The Singles Collection 1984/1990 (1990) Master Series (1991) The Very Best of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat and The Communards (2001) The Essentials (2002) For a Friend: The Best of Bronski Beat, The Communards & Jimmy Somerville (2009) Dance & Desire: Rarities & Videos (2014)

Other albums

Fine Young Cannibals (1985)
(VA) Red Hot + Blue (1990)
(OST) Orlando (1993)
Plagiarism (1997)
Another Gay Soundtrack (2006)
Clubland 10 (2006)

Extended plays

Bright Thing (2010)
Momentum (2011)

Singles

Bronski Beat	"Smalltown Boy" (1984) "Why?" (1984) "It Ain't Necessarily So" (1984) "I Feel Love" with Marc Almond (1985) "Run from Love" (1985) "Smalltown Boy ('94 Remix)" (1994) "Why? (1995 Remix)" (1995)

The Communards	"You Are My World" (1985) "Disenchanted" (1986) "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1986) "So Cold The Night" (1986) "You Are My World ('87 Remix)" (1987) "Tomorrow" (1987) "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1987) "For a Friend" (1988) "There's More to Love" (1988)

"Suspicious Minds" with Fine Young Cannibals (1986) "The Last Infanta" with Uno (1988) "Comment te dire adieu" with June Miles-Kingston (1989) "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (1990) "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (1990) "To Love Somebody" (1990) "Smalltown Boy ('91 Remix)" (1991) "Run from Love ('91 Remix)" with Claudia Brücken "Coming" (1993) "Gimme Shelter" with Voice of the Beehive (1993) "Heartbeat" (1995) "Hurt So Good" (1995) "By Your Side" (1995) "Star" with The Weather Girls (1996) "Safe" (1997) "Dark Sky" (1997) "The Number One Song in Heaven" with Sparks (1997) "Something to Live for" (1999) "Lay Down" (1999) "Why? (Almighty Mix)" (2000) "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (2001) "It's So Good" (2004) "Come On" (2004) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (2004) "You & Me" with Blue Ray (2007) "I Believe in Love (Remix)" with Arthur Baker (2011)

Other songs	"Love to Love You Baby" (1985) "Johnny Remember Me" (1985} "Lover Man" (1986) "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Band Aid II (1989) "From This Moment On" (1990) "Someday We'll Be Together" (1995) "But Not Tonight" (2004) "I Was Born This Way" (2006) "Tell Me Why" (2006)

Video albums

Bronski Beat	The First Chapter (1985)

The Communards	The Video Singles (1986) Live at Full House Rock Show (2006)

The Video Collection 1984/1990 (1990)

Filmography

Ahí Te Quiero Ver (TV series) (1987)
Looking for Langston (1989)
Orlando (1992)
Lexx: "Girltown" (TV series) (2000)

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