Songtekst
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh)
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh)
I play the game but to my real shame
You've left me to dream all alone
Too real is this feeling of make believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not (you see)
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Yeah ooh hoo
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Oh yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh)
I seem to be what I'm not you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're
Pretending that you're still around
Songinformatie
Trivia
het origineel is van: 1955: The Platters [Mercury 70753X45] [n°1 US-hit in 1956]
cover-versies: 1955: Jackie Riggs [Media Records 1020] 1956: Stan Freberg with The Toads and Billy May’s Music (Vocal with Orchestra) [Capitol F3396] {Billboard Classic Non-Hot 100 Song} 1956: Jimmy Parkinson (with Ray Martin and his Orchestra) [EMI Columbia D.B. 3729] [n°9 UK-hit] 1957: Stan Freberg op de LP:
Child’s Garden of Freberg [Capitol T-777] 1957: Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann getiteld
Kun en drømmer {Deense versie} [Metronome B 45-1146] 1957: Tobi Rix (met orkestbegeleiding) getiteld
Tante Greet, Ik ken d’r [Philips P 17655 H] 1960: Sam Cooke (Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser) op de LP:
Hits of the 50’s [RCA Victor LSP 2236] 1960 The Platters op de LP:
Encore of Golden Hits [Mercury MG-20472] [n°6 US album-hit] 1961: Pat Boone (Orchestra Conducted by Marty Paich) (Arrangements by Billy Vaughn) op de LP:
Moody River [Dot DLP 3384] [n°29 US album-hit] 1962: Carol Fran (Arrangement: Coral Moore) [Lyric Records 1006] 1962: Roy Orbison op de LP:
Crying [Monument SM 4007] [n°21 US album-hit] 1963: Mighty Sparrow op de LP:
Sparrow Sings for Lovers [RCA Victor LPB 3015] 1963: Bobby Vinton (with the Jordanaires) op de LP:
Bobby Vinton Sings The Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups [Epic BN 26049] 1965: The Righteous Brothers op de LP:
Just Once in My Life... [Philles Records LP-4008] [n°9 US album-hit] 1967: The Righteous Brothers op de LP:
Greatest Hits [Verve Records V6 5020] [n°21 US album-hit] 1969: Pat Kelley op de LP:
Pat Kelley Sings [Pama PMLP 12] 1969: Norro Wilson (Arranged by Cam Mullins) op de LP:
Dedicated to: Only You [Smash Mercury SRS-67116] 1970: Gene Pitney op de LP:
This Is Gene Pitney: Singing The Platters - Golden Platters [Musicor Records MS 3183] 1973: The Band op de LP:
Moondog Matinee [Capitol SW-11214] [n°28 US album-hit] 1973: The Platters op de LP:
41 Original Hits from the Sound Track of American Graffiti [MCA Records MCA2 8001] [n°10 US album-hit] 1975: Dan McCafferty op de LP:
Dan McCafferty [Mountain TOPS 102] 1975: Bamses Venner getiteld
Jeg har kun tre tænder op de LP:
Bamses Venner {Deense versie} [KMF JKLP 654] 1975: Bobby Vinton op de LP:
Bobby Vinton Sings The Golden Decade of Love [Epic KEG 33468] [n°154 US album-hit] 1976: The Stylistics (Arranged and Conducted by Horace Ott) op de LP:
Once Upon a Juke Box [H&L Records HL-69015-698] [n°209 US Bubbling Under album-hit] 1982: Rod Stewart op de LP:
Absolutely Live [Warner Bros. 1-23743] [n°46 US album-hit] 1984: Adriano Celentano getiteld
Il Cantante folle op de LP:
I miei Americani {Italiaanse versie} [Clan Celentano S.r.l. SP 60982] 1984: Dave (Réalisation et arrangemets: Slim Pezin) getiteld
Mon regret le plus tendre {Franse versie} [EMI 1A 006-1728707] 1984: Drukwerk getiteld
Kapsones op de LP:
Ho stil, wacht stop! {Nederlandse versie} [EMI 1A 068 1271441] 1984: Dolly Parton op de LP:
The Great Pretender [RCA Victor AHL1-4940] [n°73 US album-hit] 1987: Freddie Mercury [Parlophone R 6151] [n°4 UK-hit] Parlophone 1C 006-20 1647 7] [n°9 NL-hit] 1990: The Righteous Brothers op de CD:
Greatest Hits [Verve Records 823 119-2] [n°31 US album-hit] 1992: Freddie Mercury [Parlophone 7243 8 80382 2 5] [n°18 NL-hit] 2003: Jan Keizer op de CD:
Going Back in Time II [Universal Music 067 910-2] [n°3 NL album-hit]
| Artiest | Freddie Mercury |
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| | A-kant |
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| Titel |
The Great Pretender [1987] / The Great Pretender - Original Single Version [1992] |
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| Lengte |
3:25
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| Componist(en) |
Buck Ram
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| Producer(s) |
Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Dave Richards [1987] / Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, David Richards [1992]
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| | B-kant |
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| Titel |
Exercises In Free Love [1987] / Love Kills - Wolf Euro Version [1992]
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| Lengte |
[1987] 3:58 / [1992] 3:25
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| Componist(en) |
Mercury, Moran [1987] / Freddie Mercury, Giorgio Moroder [1992]
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| Producer(s) |
Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran, Dave Richards [1987] / Freddie Mercury, Giorgio Moroder, Mack, Richard Wolf [1992]
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| Mixage |
Richard Wolf [1992]
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| Platenlabel |
Parlophone
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| Catalogusnr |
006-20 1647 7 / 7243 8 80382 7 0
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| Hoogste positie UK |
4
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| Hoogste positie US |
-
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| Album |
The Freddie Mercury Album
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![Coverafbeelding Love Kills [Rank 1 Radio Remix] - Freddie Mercury](https://www.top40.nl/media/cache/related/uploads/title/2786/original.jpg)
