Clark has sold more than 68 million records. She has also enjoyed success in the musical film Finian's Rainbow and in the stage musicals The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, Sunset Boulevard, and Mary Poppins.
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Discography
Petula Clark Sings (1956)
A Date with Pet (1956)
You Are My Lucky Star (1957)
À Musicorama (1958)
Petula Clark in Hollywood / Pet Clark (1959)
Prends mon coeur (1959)
Tête à tête avec Petula Clark (1961)
Rendez-vous avec Petula Clark (1962)
In Other Words (1962)
Petula (1962)
Le soleil dans les yeux (1963)
Ceux qui ont un coeur (1964)
Hello Paris (1964)
Petula au Canada (1964)
Downtown (1965)
I Know a Place (1965)
The World's Greatest International Hits (1965)
Petula '65 (1965)
My Love (1966)
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (1966)
Petula Clark '66 (1966)
Colour My World (1967)
These Are My Songs (1967)
C'est ma chanson (1967)
Petula Italiana (1967)
The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (1968)
Petula (1968)
Portrait of Petula (1969)
Just Pet (1969)
Memphis (1970)
Warm and Tender / The Song of My Life (1971)
Comme une prière (1972)
La chanson de Marie-Madeleine (1972)
Now (1972)
Come On Home (1974)
I'm The Woman You Need (1975)
Je reviens (1977)
Destiny (1978)
Where The Heart Is (1998)
Here For You (1998)
Solitude & Sunshine: The Songs of Rod McKuen (2007)
Lost in You (2013)
From Now On (2016)
Living For Today (2017)
Vu d'ici (2018)
Color My World
Petula Clark Lyrics
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Hanging 'round me
Now there is only blue sky
To surround me
There's never been a grey day
Since you found me
Everything I touch
Is turning to gold
So you can colour my world
With sunshine yellow each day
Oh you can colour my world
With happiness all the way
Just take the green from the grass
And the blue from the sky up above
And if you colour my world
Just paint it with your love
Just colour my world, mmh
Just as long as I know
You're thinking of me
There'll be a rainbow
Always up above me
Since I found the one
Who really loves me
Everything I touch
Is turning to gold
So you can colour my world
With sunshine yellow each day
Oh you can colour my world
With happiness all the way
Just take the green from the grass
And the blue from the sky up above
And if you colour my world
Just paint it with your love
Just colour my world, mmh
Sunshine yellow, orange blossom
Laughing faces everywhere, yeah
So you can colour my world
With sunshine yellow each day
Oh you can colour my world
With happiness all the way
Just take the green from the grass
And the blue from the sky up above
And if you colour my world
Just paint it with your love
Just colour my world, mmh
Colour my world
Oh colour my world
"Colour My World" is a love song by Petula Clark that explores the idea of how love can change everything in a person's life. The opening lines, "You'll never see a dark cloud hanging 'round me. Now there is only blue sky to surround me. There's never been a grey day since you found me. Everything I touch is turning to gold," speaks to the transformation that the love of the other person has brought to the singer's life. The idea that everything the singer touches now turns to gold is a metaphor for the positive impact that love can have on one's life.
The chorus of the song underscores the idea of love's transformative power. The repeating line, "Just colour my world," suggests that the singer's love interest has the power to make everything in the world more vibrant and full of life. The use of the colors yellow, green and blue in the lyrics reinforces this theme of vibrancy and happiness. The lyrics suggest that the simple pleasure of being in one's love's thoughts can create rainbows and happiness in the singer's life.
The final verse of the song adds to the celebratory nature of the lyrics by invoking joyous colors such as "Sunshine yellow" and "orange blossom" alongside "laughing faces everywhere." This is a celebration of the love between the two individuals that can be shared with the whole world.
Line by Line Meaning
You'll never see a dark cloud
I am not in a bad place in my life.
Hanging 'round me
Negativity doesn't cling to me.
Now there is only blue sky
My life is filled with positivity.
To surround me
I am completely immersed in positivity.
There's never been a grey day
Since I met you, every day has been bright and happy.
Since you found me
You have brought immense happiness and positivity to my life.
Everything I touch
My life has become blessed and everything is going well.
Is turning to gold
Because of your love, everything in my life has been successful and full of richness.
So you can colour my world
You can make my life and everything in it amazing and beautiful.
With sunshine yellow each day
Fill my life with brightness, joy and warmth every single day.
Oh you can colour my world
I give you full permission to change my life in the most wonderful ways possible.
With happiness all the way
Every moment of my life is filled with joy and contentment.
Just take the green from the grass
Everything that is wonderful and positive in the world can be used to make my life better.
And the blue from the sky up above
Even the skies can be used to bring positivity and happiness into my life.
And if you colour my world
With your love and positivity, make my life amazing and wonderful.
Just paint it with your love
Add your love, care and affection to everything that is wonderful in the world and use that to better my life.
Oh colour my world
Change my life and make it more beautiful, amazing and wonderful in every way possible.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
George Vreeland Hill
Give me a Petula Clark song any day. Her music represents real music and great times. So glad I grew up listening to her.
Darren Plumpton
George Vreeland:
I ECHO EVERY SINGLE WORD that you have said in your comment.
Very Good Indeed.
Wendy Lee Connelly
Even though she was a bit before my time, I still relate as when I was a kid in the 70s my grandparents had these songs on an 8 track mix tape my uncle made for them, and played it all the time.
Mark James Meli
I'm with you Mr. Hill.
Jack Schleich
im beginning to like her too. nice surprise for someone the age of her grandson
Videstra
Wow - this was "out there" for the Ed Sullivan show. It speaks of her tremendous stardom as most performers were pretty much relegated to a gray stage with drab curtains.
GrtSatan
No, it was not. They crammed every "Swinging London" cliche they could think of into a cartoonish display of what they believed mainstream America would accept.
Jimmy B
Her voice made me happy when I was a kid and it still does today.
Kim Clark
Same here. Listening to her songs makes my soul soar, especially this one and "Don't Sleep in the Subway".
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Perfection, what a song, singer and choreography, absolutely amazing. Love it.