Tu' mir nicht weh
| "Tu' mir nicht weh" | ||||
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| Single by Connie Francis | ||||
| B-side | "Paradiso" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | April 12, 1962 both at Austrophon Studio, Vienna | |||
| Genre | Schlager music | |||
| Length | A-Side: 2:55 B-Side: 2:39 | |||
| Label | MGM Records 61 056 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | A-side: Ted Murry, Benny Davis, Fini Busch B-Side: Peter König, Wolfgang Zell | |||
| Producer(s) | Gerhard Mendelsohn | |||
| Connie Francis German singles chronology | ||||
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Tu' mir nicht weh is the eighth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.
The single's A-side is a German cover version of Francis' U. S. # 1 hit Don't Break the Heart That Loves You, which Francis also recorded in
- Italian (as Un desiderio folle)
- Japanese
- Neapolitan (as Un desiderio folle)
- Spanish (as Mi corazón te adora)
The single's B-Side was Paradiso, a song written especially in German for Francis.
"Tu' mir nicht weh" peaked at # 2 of the German charts, while "Paradiso" peaked at # 1, marking this record as Francis first double-sided single in Germany of which the B-side scored better on the charts than the A-side.[1]
Subsequently, "Paradiso" became one of the biggest hits of the year 1962 with cover versions in
- Dutch (recorded by Anneke Grönloh)
- Finnish (recorded by Laila Kinnunen)
- French (recorded by Connie Francis)
- Malayan (recorded by Anneke Grönloh
References
[edit]- ^ Richard Weize: Connie Francis, companion book to 8-LP-Boxed Boxed Set Connie Francis in Deutschland, Bear Family Records BFX 15 305, Hambergen/Vollersode (Germany) 1988