When Chopin wrote this prelude in the 1830s, he was far from imagining that this song would become one of the biggest hits of the 70s ... and 90s.
Incredible but true !!
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1839...the Original. How could Chopin have imagined that by composing this title he was going to set fire to all the Dancefloors of the planet almost 150 years later...
1973...this is what Barry Manilow first made of it. A first revised version quite close to the original but with lyrics, which changes everything...
1975 ... then it is Alain Chamfort who gives a version that has nothing to envy to the previous one...but still quite close
1976...then here comes the one that will make it a legendary hit ! The singer delivers here a Dance version which will set fire to all the Dancefloors of the planet and which will undoubtedly remain as the most famous version...
1992...but the story will not end there. The Take That decide to resume the title in their turn at the beginning of the 90s and make a new Dance version of it of the most successful...
1997...the final climax in the Boys Band version. Never could Chopin have imagined that his prelude would make such a journey through the musical history of the end of the 20th century...
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