My Whole World Is Falling Down
"My Whole World Is Falling Down" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Jerry Crutchfield and performed by Brenda Lee. Its chorus is based on the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is [Falling Down]". The song reached #8 on the Adult [Contemporary |Adult Contemporary chart] and #24 on the Billboard [Hot 100|Billboard Hot 100] in 1963. The song is featured on her 1964 album, By Request. The song also reached #16 in Australia.
Lee's recording of the song appeared in the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing.
Sylvie Vartan version (in French)
released a French version titled "Si je chante" as part of an eponymous EP in December 1963.In France her version of the song spent three weeks on the singles sales chart.