Jacky (Jacques Brel song)
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| Song by Jacques Brel from the album Ces Gens-Là | |
| Released | 1966 |
| Recorded | 2 November 1965 |
| Genre | Chanson |
| Label | Barclay |
| Writer(s) | Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest |
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| Single by Scott Walker | ||||||||
| from the album Scott 2 | ||||||||
| B-side | "The Plague" | |||||||
| Released | December 1967 | |||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||||||
| Genre | Baroque pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:24 | |||||||
| Label | Philips Records | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman | |||||||
| Producer(s) | John Franz | |||||||
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"Jacky" (La chanson de Jacky) (Translation: The song of Jacky) is a song written by the Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel and Gérard Jouannest. Brel recorded the song on 2 November 1965, and it was released on his 1966 album Ces Gens-Là. The song was translated from French into English and retitled "Jackie".
The song has been covered a number of times, particularly in Europe. In the United States, the song's popularity grew through its appearance (as "Jackie") in the score of the off-Broadway revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, which opened on January 22, 1968.
"Jackie" was later recorded and released by the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker as his first solo single in 1967. Walker recorded the Mort Shuman translation. The accompaniment was directed by Wally Stott.
The single met with controversy in the UK likely because of lyrics like "authentic queers and phony virgins" and drug references. The song was banned by the BBC and was not performed on the corporation's TV or played on the mainstream radio channels. The song was performed on non-BBC channels most notably on Frankie Howerd's show Howerd's Hour where Walker danced comically during the performance.
"Jackie" was a moderate hit spending nine weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #22 in January 1968. The following year was included as the opening track on Walker's most popular album Scott 2.
The single is notable for including one of Walker's only non-album b-sides. The accompaniment for "The Plague" was directed by Peter Knight in an atypical arrangement that featured guitar and female backing singers. English singer Marc Almond covered "The Plague" in 1986 for his covers EP A Woman's Story.
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