The most beautiful Jacques Brel songs
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Le Plat Pays · La Valse à mille temps · Vesoul. (Updated Dec 30, 2023.)
Brel's most listened-to songs and those most voted by SensCritique readers, from Le Plat Pays to Ne me quitte pas.
Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original
Top 12
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1
Le Plat Pays
1962. A declaration of love to Flanders.
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2
La Valse à mille temps
1959. A waltz that speeds up to the point of dizziness.
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3
Vesoul
1968. A mad dash between cities, with a frenzied accordion.
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4
Amsterdam
1964. The sailors of the port; only ever sung live, never recorded in the studio.
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5
Ne me quitte pas
1959. The lover's plea covered in dozens of languages.
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6
La Chanson des vieux amants
1967. Twenty years of love and quarrels; his most-streamed song today.
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7
Le Moribond
1961. A dying man says goodbye in song; adapted in English as Seasons in the Sun.
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8
Les Vieux
1963. Old age and the passing of time.
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9
Les Bourgeois
1962. Three students who mock the bourgeoisie before becoming bourgeois themselves.
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10
Ces gens-là
1966. A fierce portrait of a petty-bourgeois family.
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11
Mathilde
1963. The return of a destructive love.
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12
Quand on n'a que l'amour
1956. His first hit.
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Comments (1)
Ne me quitte pas, chaque fois des frissons.