Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (1969)
totally different version
[Re-Recorded] "lost album" version
Published on Aug 16, 2015
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) [Re-Recorded] by Peter Sarstedt from the album The Lost Album Released 2008-02-01 on Singer Records peter sarstedt the lost album. discovered after being thought lost forever, these tracks recorded in 1970, can at last be released. recorded in london after a period of rehearsal in copenhagen. © singer records 2008 ℗ singer records
Full "PETER SARSTEDT" 1969 [mono] lp - with totally different version at 17mins 20secs - "The version on the album Peter Sarstedt is longer than the radio edit version released as a single, having extra stanzas beginning "You go to the embassy parties..." and "You're in between twenty and thirty...[etc.]"." [Wiki]
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?
"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" | ||||
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Single by Peter Sarstedt | ||||
from the album Peter Sarstedt | ||||
B-side | "Morning Mountain" | |||
Released | January 1969 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:42 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Peter Sarstedt | |||
Producer(s) | Ray Singer | |||
Peter Sarstedt singles chronology | ||||
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Lyrics
The song is about a fictional girl named Marie-Claire who grows up on the poverty-stricken backstreets of Naples, becomes a member of the jet set, and goes on to live in Paris. The lyrics describe her from the perspective of a childhood friend; it is left unclear whether they have remained close. The rhetorical question of the title suggests that her glamorous lifestyle might not have brought Marie-Claire happiness or contentment.
- Marlene Dietrich: German American actress and singer
- Zizi Jeanmaire: French ballerina
- Pierre Balmain: French designer of elegant fashions
- Boulevard Saint-Michel: street in the Latin Quarter of Paris
- The Rolling Stones: popular British rock and roll band
- Sacha Distel: French singer and musician
- Sorbonne: University of Paris
- Picasso: Spanish pioneer of modern art
- Juan-les-Pins: fashionable beach resort on the French Riviera
- Topless swimsuit: first conceived by Austrian-American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich in 1964
- Saint Moritz: fashionable ski resort in the Engadin, Swiss Alps
- Napoleon brandy: a blended brandy in which the youngest brandy of the blend has been aged for at least six years
- Aga Khan: world-travelling Islamic leader and racehorse owner
Inspiration
Reception
Sequel
References
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 229–30. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Lister, David (27 May 1994). "Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion". The Independent. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Peter Sarstedt: biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 October2012.
- ^ "Record Details". 45cat. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "60's chart topper Peter Sarstedt visits the KZN Midlands". Treeroutes.co.za. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ^ Confirmation of this can be found on the CD cover of The Best of Peter Sarstedt, EMI, nr. 8297622, Australian CD.
- ^ "One of those songs by Sarstedt". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1982. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ^ Steyn, Mark. "Where Do You Go To My Lovely". Steyn Online. Mark Steyn. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Murphy, Peter (27 May 1998). "So Where Did You Go To, My Lovely?". Hot Press. Dublin. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ England's Lane released as Round Tower RTM CD89
- ^ "Untitled" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
Preceded by "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" by Amen Corner | UK number one single 26 February 1969 | Succeeded by "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye |
- 1969 singles
- 2006 singles
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Peter Sarstedt songs
- 1969 songs
- United Artists Records singles
- Cultural depictions of Pablo Picasso
- Songs about The Rolling Stones
- Songs about Naples
- Songs about Paris
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8 For Sale from £4.99 [original in mono too!! wot a bargain - eat ya heart out Ebay]
Peter Sarstedt – Peter Sarstedt
Tracklist
A1 | I Am A Cathedral | |
A2 | Sons Of Cain Are Abel | |
A3 | No More Lollipops | |
A4 | Stay Within Myself | |
A5 | You Are My Life | |
A6 | Sayonara | |
A7 | Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) | |
B1 | Blagged | |
B2 | My Daddy Is A Millionaire | |
B3 | Once Upon An Everyday | |
B4 | Mary Jane | |
B5 | Time Was Leading Us Home | |
B6 | Many Coloured, Semi Precious Easter Eggs | |
B7 | Time, Love, Hope, Life |
Credits
- Arranged By – Ian Green (2)
- Producer – Ray Singer
- Written-By – P. Lincoln* (tracks: B7), Peter Sarstedt (tracks: A1 to B6)
Notes
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Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Sarstedt (LP, Album) | United Artists Records | SULP 1219 | UK | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Sarstedt (LP, Album) | United Artists Records | SULP-933.249 | Australia | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Where Do You Go To My Lovely (LP, Album) | World Pacific | WPS-21895 | US | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Sarstedt (LP, Comp) | United Artists Records | XUA S-5019 | Netherlands | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Sarstedt (LP, Album, RE, Gat) | United Artists Records, United Artists Records, United Artists Records | SFLZ -912, SUAL-933249, ULP 1219 | New Zealand | Unknown |