"Dans la ville endormie" ("In the sleeping city") is a

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

song recorded by singer Dalida, first released on EP during summer of 1968. It is the product of Dalida's collaboration with composer

William Sheller William Sheller (born William Desboeuf on 9 July 1946) is a French classical composer and singer-songwriter. A prominent artist of French popular music since the 1970s, William Sheller has the particularity of being one of the few singers of Fren ...

with whom she worked on ''

Le temps des fleurs "Le temps des fleurs" ("The time of the flowers") is a song by French singer Dalida for her twenty-first studio album of the same name. While the French lyrics were written by Eddy Marnay, the melody was taken from Russian romance song "Dorogoi ...

'', her album released later that year. English language cover "My year is a day" by Les Irrésistibles achieved success several months later. The song appears in '' No Time to Die'', the 25th installment of the

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during the films pre-title sequence.

Description

"Dans la ville endormie" was composed specially for Dalida by

, then young and still not known composer, alongside another song "Je me repose" which was released later the same year. Lyrics were written by . Released on

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of an EP, Dalida focused on performing the song at concerts, avoiding all broadcast promotion except for one TV rendition. It was soon picked up by French-American boy band Les Irrésistibles who covered it in English. It became their debut single and remained only success. Following the announcement in 2020 that the song would be in the James Bond film '' No Time to Die'', "Dans la ville endormie" was reissued as a 10" vinyl single and a new compilation album ''Les Belles Chansons Ne Meurent Jamais...'' followed. An official clip was also made in the style of James Bond credits.

References

Bibliography

* ''L'argus Dalida: Discographie mondiale et cotations'', by Daniel Lesueur, Éditions Alternatives, 2004. and .

External links

Dalida Official Website
"Discography" section {{Authority control Dalida songs 1968 songs French songs Songs from James Bond films