Ma Belle Amie

"Ma Belle Amie" is a single by Tee-Set off the album Ma Belle Amie. The song reached #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in Australia and Canada in 1970.[1] In South Africa, it was a #1 hit.[2] The song also reached the Top 10 across central Europe.

"Ma Belle Amie"
Single by Tee-Set
from the album Ma Belle Amie
B-side"Angels Coming In The Holy Night"
ReleasedDecember 1969 (December 1969) (International)
July 1969 (July 1969) (International)
Format7"
Recorded1969
GenrePop rock
Length3:16
LabelColossus
Songwriter(s)Peter Tetteroo / Hans Van Eijck

The original issue of the single in the Netherlands was released in 1969 on Tee Set Records (TS 1329), selling over 100,000 copies. There are available at least three studio recorded versions of the song - the US hit on Colossus Records (CS107), released in 1969, a British issue on Major Minor Records (MM666), released in 1970, and a Black and White video featuring the band miming along a waterfront. This video version appears to be the same as the hit US rendering but for minor differences to the repeated chorus ending of the song. The British release is completely different, slower in tempo and starting in a lower key. The group also recorded an Italian language version of the song.

Chart history

References
  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. Dutch Top 40, 19 July 1969
  5. Dutch Top 40, 19 July 1969
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  7. Dutch Top 40, 19 July 1969
  8. Dutch Top 40, 19 July 1969
  9. Flavour of New Zealand, 4 May 1970
  10. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. Dutch Top 40, 19 July 1969
  13. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  14. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  15. "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1970". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  16. Swiss Year-End Charts, 1970
  17. Musicoutfitters.com
  18. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
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