Quand je ferme les yeux

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"Quand je ferme les yeux"
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Single by Natacha Atlas featuring Myra Boyle
from the album Something Dangerous
B-side "When I Close My Eyes"
Released 2003
Format CD
Genre Electronica
Length3:21
Label Mantra
Songwriter(s) Brian Higgins, Lisa Cowling, Natacha Atlas
Producer(s) Xenomania
Natacha Atlas singles chronology
"Le goût du pain"
(2001)		 "Quand je ferme les yeux"
(2003)		 "Man's World"
(2003)

"Le goût du pain"
(2001)		 "Quand je ferme les yeux"
(2003)		 "Man's World"
(2003)

"Quand je ferme les yeux" (English: "When I Close My Eyes") is an electronic music song performed by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas and Myra Boyle. It was written by Atlas, Brian Higgins and Lisa Cowling, and produced by Xenomania for Atlas' fifth album Something Dangerous (2003). It was released as a single by Mantra Recordings in 2003.

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Contents

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Quand je ferme les yeux".

CD single
(Released 2003; ATLAS #16)

  1. "Quand je ferme les yeux" (Single edit) – 3:21
  2. "When I Close My Eyes" (Album version) – 4:31

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Quand je ferme les yeux": [1]

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

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References

  1. ↑ "Quand je ferme les yeux" (CD liner notes). Mantra Recordings. 2003.
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