Tu' mir nicht weh explained

Tu' mir nicht weh
Type:single
Artist:Connie Francis
B-Side:"Paradiso"
Released:1962
Recorded:April 12, 1962
both at Austrophon Studio, Vienna
Genre:Schlager music
Length:A-Side: 2:55
B-Side: 2:39
Label:MGM Records 61 056
Producer:Gerhard Mendelsohn
Chronology:Connie Francis
German
Prev Title:"Lili Marleen"/
"Mond von Mexico"
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:"Wenn du gehst"/
"Gondola d'Amore"
Next Year:1962

Tu' mir nicht weh is the eighth German single recorded by U. S. entertainer Connie Francis.

The single's A-side is a German cover version of Francis' U. S. # 1 hit Don't Break the Heart That Loves You, which Francis also recorded in

The single's B-Side was Paradiso, a song written especially in German for Francis.

"Tu' mir nicht weh" peaked at # 2 of the German charts, while "Paradiso" peaked at # 1, marking this record as Francis first double-sided single in Germany of which the B-side scored better on the charts than the A-side.[1]

Subsequently, "Paradiso" became one of the biggest hits of the year 1962 with cover versions in

References

  1. Richard Weize: Connie Francis, companion book to 8-LP-Boxed Boxed Set Connie Francis in Deutschland, Bear Family Records BFX 15 305, Hambergen/Vollersode (Germany) 1988