Amsterdam (original French version)
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Jacques Brel |
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| publisher: | Éditions Pouchenel |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/107 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q122781 [info] |
| later parody versions: | Îlot Amsterdam (Parabellum’s version, more violent lyrics) |
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| later translated versions: | (The Port of) Amsterdam (Rod McKuen translation) Amsterdam (English version) Amsterdam (Polish translation) Amsterdam (Afrikaans) Amsterdam (Finnish) Amsterdam (German translation: Klaus Hoffmann) Amsterdam (Dutch) Amsterdam (Michael Heltau version) Στο λιμάνι του Άμστερνταμ (Amsterdam) (Greek translation) אמסטרדם |
| later versions: | Amsterdam (additional music by John Doyle) Gijón |
| is based on: | Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1964-10 | Amsterdam (live, 1964: Olympia, Paris, France) | live | Jacques Brel | 2:56 |
| 1964-10 | Amsterdam (live, 1964: Olympia, Paris, France) | live | Jacques Brel | 3:20 |
| 1965-07-11 | Amsterdam (live, 11/07/1965 : Maison de la Radio, Paris, France) | live | Jacques Brel | 2:51 |
| 1966-10-28 – 1966-10-29 | Amsterdam (live, 1966-10: Olympia, Paris) | live | Jacques Brel | 2:44 |
| 1966-10 | Amsterdam (live, 1966-10: Olympia, Paris) | live | Jacques Brel | 2:55 |
| 1967 | Amsterdam (live, 1967: Roubaix) | live | Jacques Brel | 2:57 |
| 2001-07-10 | Amsterdam (live, 2001-07-10: Café Concert Elm, Nagoya, Japan) | cover and live | Francesca Solleville | 2:24 |
| 2002-01-21 | Amsterdam (live, 2002-01: Le Dôme, Marseille) | cover and live | Les Enfoirés | 3:17 |
| 2002-03-30 – 2002-03-31 | Amsterdam | cover and live | Isabelle Boulay | 3:45 |
| 2008-09 | Amsterdam (live, 2008-09: Cité de la musique (Salle des concerts), Paris, France) | cover and live | The Divine Comedy | 3:34 |
| 2008-10-23 | Amsterdam (live, 2008-10-23: La Boule Noire, Paris, France) | cover and live | Amanda Palmer | 5:24 |
| 2011 | Amsterdam | cover and live | I Muvrini | 3:38 |
| 2015-06-24 – 2015-06-26 | Vesoul - Amsterdam | cover and medley | David Linx & Brussels Jazz Orchestra | 7:37 |
| 2015 | Amsterdam | cover | Anthony Lovison | 2:28 |
| 2016-05 | Amsterdam (live, 2016‐05: St. Thomas the Apostle Church, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Diamanda Galás | 6:28 |
| Amsterdam | cover and instrumental | LeDuo | 5:47 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Mich en Scène | 3:30 | |
| Amsterdam | live | Jacques Brel | 3:11 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Sébastien Lemoine | 2:57 | |
| Amsterdam | Jacques Brel | 3:10 | ||
| Amsterdam (live, 1964: Olympia, Paris, France) | Jacques Brel | 3:20 | ||
| Amsterdam | cover | DENEZ | 3:50 | |
| Amsterdam (2019 version) | cover | Francesca Solleville | 2:33 | |
| Amsterdam | Claude Le Roux | 3:16 | ||
| Amsterdam | cover | I Muvrini | 2:58 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Catherine Ribeiro | 3:48 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Ute Lemper / I Muvrini | 3:01 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Ute Lemper | 3:21 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | I Muvrini | 3:33 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Michèle Torr | 3:02 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Juliette Gréco | 3:29 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Patrick Artero | 3:48 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Thierry Amiel | 3:34 | |
| Amsterdam | cover and live | Isabelle Boulay | 3:53 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Daniel Guichard | 3:18 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | The Moorings | 3:16 | |
| Amsterdam | cover and live | Florent Pagny | 4:26 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Micheline & Bruno Brel | 3:15 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Francesca Solleville | 2:12 | |
| Amsterdam | cover | Mich en Scène | 3:33 | |
| Amsterdam (inédit) | Florent Pagny | 2:41 | ||
| Amsterdam (live) | cover and live | Florent Pagny | 4:44 | |