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"Les Trois Cloches" (French pronunciation: ​[le tʁwɑ klɔʃ]) is a Swiss song written in French by Jean Villard Gilles.[1] Édith Piaf and Les Compagnons de la chanson started their US tour in 1945/46 with this song, which was one of Piaf's greatest hits. The song was recorded by the Browns in 1959 in English as "The Three Bells" (with words adapted by Bert Reisfeld)."[2] Dutch singer/comedian André van Duin had a Dutch Top 40 number one hit in 1982 with his Dutch comedy version of the song titled "Bim bam".[3]

Tina Arena version

"Les Trois Cloches"
Single by Tina Arena
from the album In Deep
Released	January 21, 2000 (January 21, 2000)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:50
Label	Sony
Songwriter(s)	Jean Villard Gilles
Producer(s)	Christophe Battaglia, J. Kapler
Tina Arena singles chronology
"Aller plus haut" (1999) "Les Trois Cloches" (2000) "Live (For the One I Love)" (2000)

Australian singer Tina Arena released her version of the song as a single from her 1997 album In Deep. The song became a huge hit in Belgium (Wallonia) where it topped the chart for three weeks and remained in the top 40 for 20 weeks, and in France, where it charted in the top ten for 13 weeks and peaked at number 4 for 2 weeks. The single was certified gold by the SNEP. The single version was different from the album version in that it featured only two of the three original verses, omitting the last one.

Track listing

1. "Les Trois Cloches" – 3:50
2. "Burn" (version acoustique) – 5:34

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	1
European Hot 100 Singles	15
French Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	49

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4]	17
French Singles Chart[5]	28

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[6]	Gold	250,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

• The Browns went to the top of the charts with "The Three Bells" in the United States, in 1959.[2]
• Esther & Abi Ofarim recorded the song for their album That's Our Song (1965). It was released as a single on Philips Records.[7]
• Ben Keith recorded an instrumental version for Seven Gates: A Christmas Album by Ben Keith and Friends in 1994. The album was reissued in 2008 under the title "Christmas at the Ranch" but with a new recording of the song with vocal by Neil Young and Pegi Young, which also appeared two years later on the Christmas album Gift Wrapped II: Snowed In (2010).
• Ehud Manor translated the song into Hebrew, and it was sung by Tunisian-Israeli singer Corinne Allal on her 1990 album Sfat Immi ("my mother's tongue").

See also

• The Three Bells
• While the Angelus Was Ringing

References

External links

• Édith Piaf and the compagnons de la chanson in 1956
• Micheline Calmy-Rey sings "Les Trois Cloches"
• André van Duin "Bim bam" music video
• Esther & Abi Ofarim

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