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.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petula_Clark
Discography
Petula Clark Sings (1956)
A Date with Pet (1956)
You Are My Lucky Star (1957)
Γ Musicorama (1958)
Petula Clark in Hollywood / Pet Clark (1959)
Prends mon coeur (1959)
TΓͺte Γ tΓͺte 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)
Heart
Petula Clark Lyrics
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Always follows me around
When you're close to me
You will hear it
It's the sound that lovers
Finally will discover
When there is no other
It's my happy heart you hear
Singing loud and singing clear
And it's all because you're near
Be my love
Take my happy heart away
Make me love you, make my day
In your arms I want to stay
All my love
Yeah
Feeling more and more
Like I've never felt before
You have changed my life
So completely
Music fills my soul now
I've lost all control now
I'm not half unhold now
With your love
It's my happy heart you hear
Singing loud and singing clear
And it's all because you're near
Be my love
Take my happy heart away
Make me love you, make my day
In your arms I want to stay
All my love
It is my happy heart
You can hear my happy heart
I love you
Aah, darling
Take me
Take my happy heart
Please be my happy heart
The lyrics to Petula Clark's "Happy Heart" tell of the elation and joy that comes with being close to a loved one. The first verse introduces the "certain sound" that follows the singer when her love is near. She explains that it's the sound of love, the one that "lovers finally will discover when there is no other for their love." The chorus reiterates the theme of the song, with the singer explaining that her happy heart is singing loud and clear, and it's all because her love is near.
The second verse takes the listener deeper into the singer's feelings, as she explains that she's feeling more and more like she's never felt before. Her lover has changed her life completely, and now music fills her soul. The final lines of the song implore her love to take her happy heart away and to be it. She wants to stay in their arms and give all of her love.
Overall, the song communicates the overpowering emotions that come with being in love. The simple and repetitive melody matches the sentiment of the lyrics, making it both catchy and easy to sing along with.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a certain sound
Always follows me around
When you're close to me
You will hear it
There is a special sound that true lovers share, which can be heard when they are close to each other.
It's the sound that lovers
Finally will discover
When there is no other
For their love
This sound of true love and devotion is only discovered when two people realize that they are meant for each other and no one else.
It's my happy heart you hear
Singing loud and singing clear
And it's all because you're near
Be my love
This sound is Petula's happy heart singing loudly and clearly, and it is only because her true love is near.
Take my happy heart away
Make me love you, make my day
In your arms I want to stay
All my love
Petula wants her true love to take her heart and make her love him more, and she wants to stay in his arms forever.
Feeling more and more
Like I've never felt before
You have changed my life
So completely
Petula's true love has completely changed her life and she is feeling emotions that she has never felt before.
Music fills my soul now
I've lost all control now
I'm not half unhold now
With your love
The music in Petula's heart and soul is overflowing and she has lost control, but she feels complete and whole with her true love.
It is my happy heart
You can hear my happy heart
I love you
Petula's happy heart is the sound of her love and devotion, and she wants her true love to know that she loves him.
Aah, darling
Take me
Take my happy heart
Please be my happy heart
Petula asks her true love to take her and her heart and to be her happy heart forever.
Lyrics Β© BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: JACKIE RAE, JAMES LAST
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
445Frogger
I love Pet she wrote this tune and has a fine arrangement. But that Liverpool Five version rocks like Ravel's Bolero.
Jackie Stull
best song she ever did imo. really cooks. i remember when it came out, as the fip side of one of her mostly corny, imo, songs but this, this had balls. i used to play it over and over, like hypnotic.
mikedtw
same here! This was the b-side on a 45-rpm of one of her hits, but this was the side I wore out! 2021 now and its still a fav that I seek out!
Loverockdog69
Great tune off one of her albums.For a great rock interpretation you should check out the Liverpool Five's 1965 version on You Tube. Truly a revelation.The Remains also recorded it but not as well.
KOOLEO329
I love Pet but that Liverpool Five version is absolutely fantastic...check it out on You Tube and you will understand why they were her favorite rock band and why she offered them the song .
Sam Wilkie
The Remains version kicks it
jethrotull511
Have always loved this song. Come to think about......loved just about everything she did. :)
A M
Going through a stack of 45s I have inherited from various relatives. The "A" side, "You'd Better Come Home" is a perfectly acceptable pop tune that did make the Top 40 in the US. This song, the "B" side, is just wonderful. Much more interesting. Sad that it never charted.
Alès Ville Fleurie Records
Liverpool 5 are awesome. Barry Tashian and his Remains are GODS. Authentic sound, pure and neat. Their version of Heart sounds reduced to essentials but it blasts off like no others version of this song. These guitar lines are classics. Perfect vocal harmonies, terrific beat... Rock'n'roll at his finest. In fact Liverpool V have way better songs, especially some originals. Check out "Gotta Get A Move On"
Jan Wall
I like this version the best. Interpretation from a woman's point of view. More emotion and more passion.