les étoiles et le vent" (lyrics and music: Françoise Hardy) – 1:50 French EP Production Asparagus/disques Vogue/Vogue international industries (EPL 8652), 1968. A1: "Comment te dire adieu" ("It Hurts to Say Goodbye"), (ad. lyrics from Jack Gold: Serge Gainsbourg / music: Arnold Goland, arr. S. Gainsbourg) – 2:25 A2: "Il vaut mieux une petite maison dans la main, qu'un grand château dans les nuages" (lyrics: Jean-Max Rivière / music: Gérard Bourgeois) – 2:23 B1: "Suzanne", (ad. lyrics from Leonard Cohen: Graeme Allwright / music: L. Cohen) – 3:08 B2: "La Mer, les étoiles et le vent" (lyrics and music: Françoise Hardy) – 1:50 Jimmy Somerville version The song was covered in 1989 by former Bronski Beat and Communards singer Jimmy Somerville, as a duet with June Miles-Kingston. It was a hit in the UK, reaching number 14 on the UK Singles Chart, helping Somerville's solo career take off. David Giles of Music Week deemed Somerville's cover as "a slightly housey version", adding: "The sheer vivacity of his performance sends the record soaring off the turntable, and the orchestral bits topped with spoken French are out of this universe". Track listing 7" single "Comment te dire adieu" (7" version) — 3:35 "Tell the World" — 4:12 Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Kate Ryan version In 2016, Belgian dance singer Kate Ryan covered the song and released it as a stand-alone single via iTunes on 24 June 2016, under CNR Music Belgium. It was produced by Yves Jongen a.k.a. Yves Gaillard and Soufiane Amrani "Amro". A music video accompanied the song, premiered via YouTube on 29 June 2016. Other cover versions 1967: Walter Wanderley, a Brazilian organist, recorded an instrumental cover of the song on his album Batucada 1967: Caravelli and his orchestra released an instrumental version on the album Eloïse 1969: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, later a member of ABBA, recorded the song in Swedish as Så synd du måste gå ("So sad you have to go"); it was also included on her 1972 album Anni-Frid Lyngstad 1973: Czech recording by Hana Hegerová titled Rýmováni o životě ("Rhyming about life") 1974: Russian version Моя мечта ("My dream") by Aida Vedishcheva 1985: Jun Togawa recorded a Japanese version, さよならをおしえて (Sayonara wo oshiete, literally "Tell me goodbye") 1987: Taxi Girl's frontman Daniel Darc, collected on Sous influence divine 1996: Jane Birkin published an "arabesque version" on her album Versions Jane 1996: Brave