Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks

Saturday, March 2, 1974 – March 22, 1974 All day

Artist: Terry Jacks Weeks at #1: 3 weeks Chart dates: March 2, 1974 – March 16, 1974

About

Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song Le Moribond ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. "Seasons in the Sun" became a worldwide hit in 1974 for singer Terry Jacks and reached Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife.