"Amsterdam" is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam. The melody is presumably borrowed from the traditional 16th century song, "Greensleeves". Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his only version was released on the live album Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964. Despite this, it has been one of his most enduringly popular works .

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  • "Amsterdam" is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam. The melody is presumably borrowed from the traditional 16th century song, "Greensleeves". Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his only version was released on the live album Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964. Despite this, it has been one of his most enduringly popular works . Mort Shuman translated several of his songs into English for the Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris musical. Brel worked on the song at his house overlooking the Mediterranean at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the house he shared with Sylvie Rivet,a publicist for Philips, in the place she had made known to him in 1960. It was the ideal place for him to create, and to indulge his passion for boats and planes. One morning at six o'clock he read the words of Amsterdam to Fernand, a restaurateur who was about to set off fishing for scorpion fish and conger eels for the bouillabaisse. Overcome, Fernand broke out in sobs and cut open some sea urchins to help control his emotion.
  • Amsterdam est une chanson de 1964 écrite et interprétée par Jacques Brel qui reprend le thème de la chanson traditionelle Greensleeves avec d'autres paroles. Jacques Brel a fait part de sa surprise face au succès d'Amsterdam dont l'écriture lui avait semblé facile. Il n'a jamais fait d'enregistrement studio de cette chanson, et seule la version en public de l'album Olympia 1964 est disponible.
  • "Amsterdam" (często spotyka się również tytuły "Port Amsterdam" lub "Jest port wielki jak świat") – popularna pieśń, której autorem i pierwszym wykonawcą był belgijski bard Jacques Brel; w oparciu o piosenki Greensleeves. W późniejszym okresie wykonywali ją również David Bowie, John Cale, Scott Walker oraz zespoły The Dresden Dolls oraz Acda en De Munnik. Polski tekst utworu napisał Wojciech Młynarski. Najbardziej znaną polską wersję piosenki wykonywał Piotr Zadrożny, do swojego repertuaru włączyła ją również Katarzyna Groniec.
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  • "Amsterdam" is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam. The melody is presumably borrowed from the traditional 16th century song, "Greensleeves". Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his only version was released on the live album Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964. Despite this, it has been one of his most enduringly popular works .
  • Amsterdam est une chanson de 1964 écrite et interprétée par Jacques Brel qui reprend le thème de la chanson traditionelle Greensleeves avec d'autres paroles. Jacques Brel a fait part de sa surprise face au succès d'Amsterdam dont l'écriture lui avait semblé facile. Il n'a jamais fait d'enregistrement studio de cette chanson, et seule la version en public de l'album Olympia 1964 est disponible.
  • "Amsterdam" (często spotyka się również tytuły "Port Amsterdam" lub "Jest port wielki jak świat") – popularna pieśń, której autorem i pierwszym wykonawcą był belgijski bard Jacques Brel; w oparciu o piosenki Greensleeves. W późniejszym okresie wykonywali ją również David Bowie, John Cale, Scott Walker oraz zespoły The Dresden Dolls oraz Acda en De Munnik. Polski tekst utworu napisał Wojciech Młynarski.
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