"Tombe la neige" (English: "The snow falls") is a French language song written and sung by Belgian-Italian singer Salvatore Adamo. The song was released in 1963 and became an international hit and one of his best-known songs.
45 rpm (France)A-side: Tombe la neige (2:55)B-side: Car je veux (2:40)EP (France)A1: Tombe la neige (2:55)A2: J'ai raté le coche (2:35)B1: Car je veux (2:40)B2: Le train va (2:50)Adamo Language versionsAdamo also released versions in many languages that contributed to the propagation of the song worldwide:
German: "Grau zieht der Nebel"Italian: "Cade la neve"Japanese: "Yuki ga Furu" (雪が降る)Spanish: "Cae la nieve"Turkish: "Her yerde kar var"Azeri: "Gar yaqir"Persian: "برف میبارد"Vietnamese: "Tuyết rơi"The song was subject to many covers in original French version and in other language versions
In 1969, Danièle Vidal recorded it on her album L'amour est bleuPaul Mauriat made an instrumental version in 1971 on an album also entitled Tombe la neigeIn 2008, Adamo recorded it as a duo with Laurent Voulzy on the album Le bal des gens bienLanguagesIn 1965. Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan had her first recording, "Her Yerde Kar Var", an arrangement of Salvatore Adamo's "Tombe la Neige" by Fecri Ebcioğlu.In Germany, Alexandra had a hit with the German version "Grau zieht der Nebel"In 1968, Emil Gorovets recorded it in Russian as "Padaet sneg" (in Russian И падает снег) on his album VdaliIn 2010, Adamo recorded it as a duet with Mario Barravecchia in Italian based on Adamo's Italian rendition "Cade la neve". It appears in a collection album Intimo - Le più belle canzoni italiane 