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"Zing voor me"
Song

"Zing voor me" meaning 'sing for me' (also known as Zing een liedje voor me (Frans) meaning Sing a song for me Frans) is a Dutch language 2010 single by Lange Frans featuring Thé Lau. It was released on TopNotch Dutch record label.

It is a mix of hip hop and rap as performed by Lange and melodic music sung by Thé Lau. Both portions are covered by a string orchestra with violin and piano accompaniment.

Subject

The lyrics take three social cases of broken dreams, presenting the stories of an aspiring soccer player whose sports career ends with a major injury, then a young man who suffers post-traumatic syndrome and is now an alcoholic, and a young single mother surviving on welfare after dropping out to take care of her newborn. All three ask Frans to sing for them:

Zing een liedje voor me Frans
Ook al is het in 't Frans
Zing een liedje voor me
Het leven gaat zo snel voorbij
Dus zing en ik vergeet de tijd
Je muziek die maakt me vrij
Zing een liedje voor me

It translates as 'Sing a song for me Frans / Even though it is in French / Sing a song for me / Life goes by so fast / So sing and till I forget the time / Music that makes me free / Sing a song for me...'

Chart performance

The song was performed in public during a show presented by Giel Beelen and seen on De Wereld Draait Door show on 22 November 2010.[1] It peaked at #5 on the official Dutch Top 40, and reached the top of the Dutch Single Top 100.

Chart (2010-2011) Peak
position
Dutch Top 40 5
Dutch Single Top 100 1
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