La Mer (song)

La mer (French: ' The sea ') is a famous song of the French cabaret singer Charles Trenet in 1946 He composed it in 1943 in only 20 minutes during a train journey between Narbonne and Perpignan.. In March 1949, Benny Goodman came up with his version ( Beyond the Sea ) at # 26 on the U.S. charts.

Under the English song title Beyond the Sea ( German: Beyond the Sea - Music was his life, 2004) was the life story of singer Bobby filmed Darin, the advancing with an English version of the song in 1960 to finish in 8th place of the UK singles charts. 1964, the Danish guitarist Jorgen Ingmann with the instrumental version also some success in Germany.

In the seventh episode of the German crime series Derrick (Madeira, April 1975 with Curd Jürgens ) Trenet's recording of La mer as a recurring musical theme will be used.

The original version of Trenet was used in many movies, such as in A Safe Place (1971 ), LA Story ( 1991), Funny Bones (1995), The Dreamers (2003 ), Le et le papillon scaphandre / Diving Bell and the Butterfly ( 2007). In the film, Mr. Bean's Holiday Mr. Bean dancing to this song at the end of the film. In October of 2009, the nearly complete original of Trenet's song All You Can Eat ran in the detective series A strong team during the series.

The song was frequently readmitted as a cover version, most recently in an English version under the title Beyond the Sea by Robbie Williams in the animated film Finding Nemo. In the French language version of the film, the original version Trenet used. In the movie French Kiss Kevin Kline sings the song in the end credits in French. Another version, sung by Julio Iglesias and adopt the British espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011). It is also the end credits of the German film backed his last race.