Padam, padam...
{{Short description|1951 song by Édith Piaf}}
{{for|the Kylie Minogue song|Padam Padam (song)}}
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| artist = Edith Piaf
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| written = 1942–1951
| released = {{start date|1951}}
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| genre = Waltz
| language = French
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=17}}
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| composer = Norbert Glanzberg
| lyricist = {{ill|Henri Contet|fr}}
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"Padam, padam..." is a song originally released in 1951 by Édith Piaf. The melody of the song was originally composed in 1942 by Norbert Glanzberg,{{Cite news |date=17 Dec 1952 |title=Disc Digest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/924669851 |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 Dec 2024 |work=The Australian Women's Weekly |pages=10}} and lyrics were later added by {{Ill|Henri Contet|fr}}.{{cite book|author=Carolyn Burke|title=No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGR_EJTRapEC&q=Padam%E2%80%A6+Padam+Edith+Piaf&pg=PA153|date=April 2012|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-395-9|pages=153–}}
{{cite book|author=Carolyn Burke|title=Piaf - Uma Vida|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRJ_vNX9SsYC&q=Padam%E2%80%A6+Padam+Edith+Piaf&pg=PT189|date=27 February 2012|publisher=Leya|isbn=978-85-8044-468-1|pages=189–}}{{cite book|author=Willie Robertson|title=Michael Ball - The Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TboRBwAAQBAJ&q=Padam%E2%80%A6+padam+Edith+Piaf&pg=PT103|date=5 March 2015|publisher=John Blake Publishing|isbn=978-1-78418-366-0|pages=103–}}{{cite book |author=Droznes |first=Lázaro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WUqDwAAQBAJ&q=Padam%E2%80%A6+Padam+Edith+Piaf&pg=PT36 |title=No, no regrets |date=28 June 2017 |publisher=UNITEXTO. Digital Publishing |isbn=978-1-5475-0607-1 |pages=36 |language=en}}
Composition
It is a waltz.{{cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/edith-piafs-greatest-songs-3552805|title=Edith Piaf's 10 Best Songs|publisher=Thought Co.|author=Megan Romer|date=2017-05-04|accessdate=2017-11-07}} The song has been described as "maddeningly catchy".{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CsIAQAAMAAJ&q=Padam%E2%80%A6+Padam+Edith+Piaf|year=2007|publisher=Orpheus Pub.}}
The person singing the song experiences a music-related memory. She describes how a certain melody evokes in her memories of a former lover,{{cite web|url=http://www.muziekaanbed.nl/padampadam/|title=Padam, Padam by Edith Piaf|publisher=MUSIC TO BED (MUZIEK AAN BEN)|date=2017-06-21|accessdate=2017-11-07}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} hence the onomatopoeia of "padam, padam..." of one's heartbeat.
Track listings
7-inch EP EMI Columbia ESRF 1023 (1954, France)
- "Padam padam..." (3:17)
- "Jézébel" (3:07)
- "Mariage" (4:16)
- "Les amants de Venise" (3:10){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Edith-Piaf-Padam-Padam-/master/753576|title=Edith Piaf - Padam Padam ... at Discogs|website=Discogs |accessdate=2017-11-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/258a0/Edith-Piaf-Padam...-padam|title=ultratop.be - Edith Piaf - Padam... padam|website=Ultratop |accessdate=2017-11-07}}
Cover versions
The song was covered, among others, by Tony Martin,{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/view/1106020|title=Tony Martin (3) - Padam ... Padam ... at Discogs|website=Discogs |accessdate=2017-11-07}}{{cite book |author= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSAEAAAAMBAJ&q=Padam%E2%80%A6+Padam+Edith+Piaf&pg=PA18 |title=Billboard |date=6 Dec 1952 |publisher=
In 2023, Yeong Taek Seo, a member of {{Ill|Forténa|zh}} covered the song.
References
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- {{cite web|url=https://listverse.com/2008/07/23/10-of-the-greatest-edith-piaf-songs/|title=10 of the Greatest Edith Piaf Songs|date=24 July 2008 |publisher=Listverse|accessdate=2017-11-07}}
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