Waltz
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"La Foule" by Edith Piaf
La Foule was a song sung by famed French singer Edith Piaf, released in 1957. The song was written by Michel Rivgauche and composed by Angel Cabral.
The song was originally composed by Angel Cabral and the original lyrics by Enrique Dizeo, both of Argentine origin, in 1936. It was composed by them as a Peruvian Vals or Waltz, which between the 1930s - 1950s was a very popular musical genre in Spanish speaking America (The song is called "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir", and is one of two Argentine composed Peruvian waltzes that were regional hits, being "Amarraditos" the other). "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" was composed in 1936, almost twenty years before Edith Piaf heard it from the the 1953 recording by Alberto Castillo (the first recording was done in 1936 by Hugo del Carril). Edith Piaf did not care for the original lyrics (exact translation is "Let no one, know my suffering") and changed the theme of the song completely creating the world hit that is known today as "La Foule". The original lyrics are clearly meant to be sung by a heartbroken man who has been abandoned by his lover, whereas the Edith Piaf song keeps the heartbreak in the context of a dazed girl who falls for a man in a crowd and then loses him almost immediately. The rhythm respects the 3/4 of the regular Waltz, but as a Peruvian Waltz, requires a light step and a much faster tempo.
House musician Casita did a cover of the song which was used as an ad for Perrier.
