<P> `` Seasons in the Sun '' is an English - language adaptation of the song `` Le Moribond '' by Belgian singer - songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics by American singer - poet Rod McKuen . It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for Canadian singer Terry Jacks and became a Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife . Jacks 's version is one of the fewer than forty all - time singles to have sold 10 million copies worldwide . </P>
<P> `` Seasons in the Sun '' is an English - language adaptation of the song `` Le Moribond '' by Belgian singer - songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics by American singer - poet Rod McKuen . It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for Canadian singer Terry Jacks and became a Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife . Jacks 's version is one of the fewer than forty all - time singles to have sold 10 million copies worldwide . </P>
when did seasons in the sun come out
when did seasons in the sun come out
1974
1974