The Singing Nun - "Dominique" (1963)

[soulwinnerism]

I first heard this song when I was about 7 or 8 years old, it was on an album my mother had, and I would hear it when she'd play it, and even though I didn't know what the song was about, I liked it anyway. I like it even more now because it brings back memories of about 40 years ago when I first started hearing it. Thanks for the upload.

[2012uchicago]

This song actually beat the Beatles in 1963 in the US. The UK was smart enough to have the Beatles atop the charts by '63 but for some reason Dave Dexter and other U.S. record executives thought the Beatles wouldn't sell. Crazy I know!

[kekeisthebestfriend]

This song brings back memories for me because it was on a CD my dad had bought and my mom and I would dance around the house to this song when I was about 5 or 6 yrs old..of course I didn't know what it was about until recently lol! I just liked the signing. xD

[ElderTempest]

JUST FOR LAUGHS

[paulsmartialarts]

This was the first chillwave song

[HayabusaSenToTai]

Murdered by Brussels over financial burdens...Now its the Greeks turn, followed by the Portugese, the Italians, the Spanish and maybe even the French....

[Bertiemarmite1]

@HayabusaSenToTai

WOW, that's a statement and a half, perhaps you could find time to explain your feelings

[Bertiemarmite1]

Oh My Goodness, I am sooo sad,I loooved this song as a child, I am now 55. I don't understand the reasoning and sadness behind what happened, but I can understand the place they they were in was painful for them. Much love to them both and their families. Yvonne in Suffolk UK

[doman1ck]

I was named after this song.

[misskissa1975]

wtf

[rokndady]

I attended Catholic School when this song came out...I just came down with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from watching this video and seeing all these nuns - especially the nuns with guns!

[colibridorado7]

yo la escuchaba en la radio en español, cuando tenia escasos 6 años

[Naturalhit]

I just want to buy this music only and download it, but nobody seems to carry it. Do you know who? Thanks

[dornep55]

I have the album I wonder if it's worth anything.

[TheBacmaster]

@dornep55 Yes, up to $40 depending on the condition and if it's a 45 or album. I'll send you the link. Just answer a few questions. I just did it for you.

[kriegmeister3000]

Grosse Gut

[merlepoo]

Number on on my birthday too, My dad had the Album and we use to listen and sing to it..

[PamTheBestMom]

This was the number 1 song on my birthday.  This is the first time I've ever heard it and I'm 48 yrs old now.

[ALFASPR]

@PamTheBestMom Just the same ...!!! :-)

[Cynbad63]

This is the number one song on the day of my birth. So sweet sounding. I remember listening to this years after.

[GrnEyed81]

@Cynbad63 : It was for me too - always wondered why I had a musicbox w/this song that was 4 nuns together (altho as Catholic, wasn't really strange). Also have French first and middle name - it all now ties together....LOL. Nothing wrong with late 1963!!

[therealzilch]

Yeah, I well remember when this came out. A sweet song- ironic, that the "conversion of the heretic" refers to Dominic Guzman's part in the genocide against the Cathars.

[davidallenroth]

trivia this was a number one song and kept louie louie from the kingsmen from being number 1 on the charts

wtf lol

[6thgraderfriends]

My dad learned this song in public school back in 1962, now it's illegal because it mentions believing in God.

[azne69]

@6thgraderfriends you've got to be kidding that it's illegal to sing this song in school?

[DiscoveringReason]

@azne69 not kidding, just incredibly ignorant.

[whotaughtyou]

ADRIAN SWABY

[trebor3863]

the purest words of a song i ever heard and it is so true,god is the word and he is all mighty.God is good as long as we are good to ourselves because our bodies are his church

[orangecountyhouse]

I use to have this album when I was little and use to sing to this song...it came out even before I was born....lol!

[mal007ful]

Cette vidéo est un truc de bonne femme et j'aime pas ça

[BigSkyShooter]

This is good enough that I wanted to learn French just to translate the lyrics.  Merci for sharing it.

[lip58]

Try playing the Pyro at TF2 while listening to this. Just do it.

[elise49866]

cracked did not send me here, my mom did at 3:20 am LOL

[FourPie]

A Judas Priest documentary brought me here. Wtf?!?!

[wakyfungurls]

the best of the past gotta love it

[Dwk519]

Everybody Loves Raymond brought me here

[agent007jr]

@Dwk519 I also just saw that episode :-)

[tfrunk20]

Charlotte Flax!

[mypearlzofwisdom]

I used to listen to this with my dad. I really miss him.

[BRENT69696]

I remember this song well........

[mrjordythegreat]

My history professor sent me here.

[mryjn420090]

Im gonna blast this goin down the street on 20s

[TheCurvyJ]

My name is Dominique. I am going to make this my ring tone.

[monoceros1222]

@TheCurvyJ Good choice!! This song actually reached #1 on the charts in 1963!

[AnnHeaney1]

I enjoy this little ditty. I am addicted to hearing it because I like it so much. This song transcends language barriers.

[gentrygold09]

was actually born and died in belgium

[961archie]

@hermunculous1968 learn french you Ignoramus you must feel a right donkey

[Syzygy60]

memory sent me here

[marinello6]

Did any of them live long enough to marry each other?...Well, come on now, a few of them anyway. With so few men around in later life, what are women to do? Big Deal to gay marriage. I grew up near a very large Catholic whatever for Priests. Live and let live. I want to sue the Catholic Church for the Priest that almost had sex with me when I was 16 but my mother caught wind of it and threw cold water on all the fun that I deserved to have!

[Alikah1]

@hermunculous1968 It's about three minutes.

[maplebar67]

i have never heard dominique in english but i am sure it sounds just as good as in french it gives a happy feeling i was 14 years old when i heard it, and learn to sing it in french also.

[SignorThomasino]

2:19 BB guns?

[DisismyUTube]

I remember seeing this as a child also.♥♥♥♥

[pimbadoti]

Thanks to the tax office  in Belgium They did a great job i really admire them

[roonietunes]

What a shame that a 72 year old has to write... "Was far more stunned to hear she was a damn dike..... What a shame..." How sad.

[top8889]

I was shocked - to hear she did herself in... What a shame......

I was around long before the song came out -- born 1939... Was far more stunned to hear she was a damn dike..... What a shame...

She did sing well - and I loved to hear her....what a shame.....

[562Pink]

Awesome song....

[mikkelinkittaaja]

Kaunis kappale .Olen tykänny tästä aina .olen vasta 55. En osaa ranskaa.Jotaki skandinaviasta siinä sanotaan ,mut mitä.Nunnaa näkyy olevan .Vaistosin jo tämän pikkupoikana. Mahtava biisi.

[1985ovation]

My goodness I remember my Grandpa singing this!!!!

[pressmankcmy]

i love this song wen i was kid i still remember like it was yesterday today im 51 i still love the song great memories

[195savage]

thumbs up if everybody loves raymond sent you here

[Zappamaniac]

The idea of two hot lesbian nuns is arousing.

[pomposo11]

zijn een schande dat werd ze een sex slaaf en een ondergrondse porno ster bekend als de pik zuigen non.

[sonicwarrior]

Great memories growing up at Immaculate Conception School and Church in South Chicago Illinois. Sad and tragic ending to her life.

[ATEERIPALO]

Fabulous song

[MultiEjner]

man kommer næsten i en eller anden høj og samtidig hellig stemning, men på den gode måde, det viser bare at hellige mennesker ikke bare synger salmer hele tiden.

[mkl62]

A #1 hit for The Singing Nun in December 1963. It also went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts, Canada and New Zealand. Would a religious figure be the breakout star of the 1960's? I think that we know the answer to that (The British Are Coming. The British Are Coming).

[BritishSnail]

Oh it's lovely for everyone to have the link to all of the lyrics, Joe.

We thank you :-)

[BritishSnail]

Btw 1963 is a vintage year ;-)

lol x

[BritishSnail]

To bring back the straying liars

And the lost sheep to the fold

He brought forth the Preaching Friars

Heaven's soldier's, brave and bold

[BritishSnail]

One day, in the budding Order There was nothing left to eat Suddenly two angels walked in With a loaf of bread and meat Dominique once, in his slumber Saw the Virgin's coat unfurled Over Frairs without number Preaching all around the world Grant us now, oh Dominique The grace of love and simple mirth That we all may help to quicken Godly life and truth on earth

[BritishSnail]

Haha, love it! Even if it is in French! :-)

God bless

[dlr4767]

I'm probably one of a handful of people that bought the album. I've still got it. It had a French/English insert. I sang all the songs [even though I don't speak French nor am I Catholic].

[whitefalcon74]

were are they now? might make for  a good TV documentary.

[sidewinder3000]

hey man, do you know the specific recording this came from? I'd like to get an mp3 of this version. thanks.

[jakerox111]

I sing this to my sis cuz her name is dominique.

[TheSnowballEarth]

Those are some pretty well-pressed and starched habits c.0:48. I wonder if The Magdalene Sisters did their laundry. Do ya think?

[LICHBKLYN1]

I was 4 years old when this song came out. I remember watching this on the Ed Suliivan show. It was a Sunday. It was transmitted world wide. How very tragic that this nun, and her partner took their own lives. Yes, she was a lesbian. That didn't make her any less of a person. What she did, and what she accomplished as far as helping others, goes beyond words. For those of us who remember that Sunday, let us remember her. BTW, I'm 52 now.

[Pitkamien]

@LICHBKLYN1 There is no such person as a lesbian, but rather, a person with a lesbian inclination. Giving in to a lesbian inclination did not make her less of a person but demeaned her own nature and purpose as a person of God. As a nun, under Oath she swore to marry and be faithful to God and instead went ahead and committed adultry against God. She aided the destruction of human life, by supporting abortifacient pill use. All sins tarnish the image of God in us.

[TheKievKen]

@Pitkamien Hank Williams said it best

He said it a long time ago

"Unless you have made no mistakes in your life

Be careful of stones that you throw"

[artbrooks100]

@Pitkamien Thank you for your all knowing answer. There is no such thing as god either, but I wont lecture you superstitious and holding a belief system that condemns your fellow humans is not something I would be proud of. Religion and gods, the enslaver of mankind.

[beentheredonethatb4]

@LICHBKLYN1, I remember watching this on Ed Sullivan as well. I guess I was 10 at the time.

[1956meister]

Ich war 7 als ich das Lieds hörte kann mich aber gut daran erinnern.

[xSakuraxBlizzardx]

ayeee , thtss mi name ( -dominique ) there singin about me even tho i cant understand them :)

[XhaleeyXx]

;O ewww not as good as party rock anthem

[TommyzzMindzz]

i really Luv this sung! >_<

[RockabillyAutopsy]

Somebody needs to sing this in Simlish.

[ChIcKyDoO122]

-megusta-

[TheBacmaster]

@hermunculous1968 This song is in French. Check the link below the video for the english conversion.

Thanks..

[Ian20100]

Thank you for putting her whole story here, this makes for a very educational youtube experience. What a terrible jolt at the ending, and what sounds like so many less than successful attempts at asserting her selfhood leading up to it. Her reaction to her circumstances is unfortunate; I imagine there might have been other ways out of it. As they say in some circles, why choose a permanent solution to a temporary problem. We can be grateful for the joy this song brought to so many.

[guz11aug]

A five year old child, I was singing the melody (not the lyrics in french - I´m German) day for day at this time - wonderful to hear it again, thanks for posting.

[TheBeaverEh]

Mes sœurs, je vous pardonne.

[sweetpea7144]

i remember this song well,didnt know about her death

[chkjns]

It is hard to listen to this knowing the tragic ending of this good lady. Thanks for repeating her sad story in your notes. We somestimes ask what is the value of a human life. Apparently for the Belgian tax authorites, lives are worth USD 31,500 each. & I thought only we in the USA would be messed up enough to hound a nun to cough up her 'fortune' Sad that the convent also kept no records to prove her donations or that the church would not help her. Ugh - the ugliest side of humanity . . .

[narox]

@chkjns Yeah that's messed up what they did to a nun.

[jojodot]

eat your heart out, Justin Biebeier

[Vincent50]

As a kid I use to love this song. When it came out I saw them on Ed Sullivan Show sing it live.  I guess most nuns are B's because they haven't had any kind of man love in their life so they take out their frustration on other people during their womanly thingy each month.

[chamberl]

I heard this was number one ... until they started playing some Beatles songs

[donaldagoncalves]

Most nuns I've met are ibtches. Sorry.

[soverysneaky]

@donaldagoncalves Most nuns I've met said you're an asshole. Sorry.

[DarkBazil]

Love Cracked, but I came here on my own.

[5ivepdx]

This still beats Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black.

[voltOhm]

YOU BEEN CRACKAFIED!!!

[choachi2]

CRACKED!!

[Rolleyessmiley]

For those who came from the cracked article - ironically, the chorus is "Dominique, nique, nique", which was very unfortunate because in French, "niquer" is a slang word meaning "to fuck". So basically, the nuns were singing something that sounded like "Dominique fucks fucks" (the reste of the chorus makes up for a misunderstanding, but the realisation was a tough moment for Soeur Sourire, if I recall well)

[Kiwirnango]

thums up if cracked sent you here

[firuinthehouse]

@Kiwirnango Can I get a link brother?

Or what's the article about?

Been a while since I've been on cracked, about time to get back :)

[hermiehermit]

@Kiwirnango  who is "cracked"?

[ibpwalker88]

Yeah, rock on! This is the song that beat Louie, Louie by The Kingsmen on the Billboard Charts. It was number 1!

[lesorciercalifornien]

3 albigeois combattent le bouton "like"

[John27346]

They say it was a suicide pact, but I reckon she wanted out.

She learned at her cost that it's not so easy to leave the nuns.

[SmellMyKutscheet]

Jeanine Deckers loved sucking stiff throbbing Peckers and swallowing their jism.In fact she blew Ed Sullivan twice backstage in the early sixties.

[showtuneful]

The Singing Nun was a great lady, but the Belgium government in effect caused her death as she and her significant other were running an orphanage and the gov't wanted 20,000 in back taxes suddenly and they committed suicide together holding each other in death. Bravo Belgium for pettiness in the face of do-gooders who just wanted to help children.

[Hansibuwi]

Super Song +5*****

Very very nice for ever

Best wishes from Bavaria South Germany

[trishb26]

cool nuns



[celloprofundo]

Nuns with guns? What's next, punk monks? Chipmonks singing Christmas songs?

[olivier404]

Epic :D

[acartee]

Great pix! Love the dawgs! And the nuns with guns! My sister gave me a cookbook called "Let the Good Times Roll" written by "nun other than Sister Karol Jackowski", and I swear more than half the recipes have booze in them! (Usually Southern Comfort!) She claims "nuns have fun" - ayup! I have HUGE fondness for the Singing Nun - and her songs - and her voice - going back to kidhood, oh, about 45-50 yrs ago. Ahhh dear Sister Smile, may you RIP.

[10dushka]

wow, perfekto.....

[KatzPalme]

A beautiful song, and a nun who had guts. So sorry that I do not understand all the words, my French is lousy.

[celloprofundo]

@KatzPalme They are saying Dominique should try out for a part in The Sound of Music, which was just starting to film when this song was written, sorry your French didn't turn out very well, the French maid I ordered didn't fulfiill my dreams either..stereotypes aren't always cliches...which is French for "old saying" or "sayings"..it's been a long time since I took Spanish 101...it has SO not came in handy over the years..

[KatzPalme]

ein schönes Lied. Leider verstehe ich nicht alles. Sie redet nur über Gott. Für mehr reicht mein Französisch leider nicht.

[paddyosee]

A truly beautiful song. It show's our musical tastes are rather catholic (no pun intended) in this country, when a song about a saint sung in French skyrockets to the top of the charts. How I miss that era...

[XDomX990]

XD this is my namee

[citizenfitz]

Her success affected her head. "Sister Smile" went rogue, became a feminist agitator and advocate for birth control among other things, then left the convent. Her musical career immediately stalled. She and her girlfriend opened a school for children but ran afoul of Belgian tax collectors. Drinking heavily by this time, she and her "partner" committed suicide in 1985.

[beatakrejcova]

@citizenfitz Is this the truth? I didn't know that! ...suicide...?

This is such a lovely and lively song, I know it's old, but I've always loved it.

What a shame - little fame and ppl go nuts! Thanks for sharing.

[nikkivwhiting]

my name is dominique.. and they call me nikki...

[kittyprydekissme]

This is the song that prevented Louie Louie from reaching #1 in December 1963.

[OSuzieQBabyILuvU]

It's a little before my time, but I used to play my mom's 45 on my toy record player when I was little. I still wonder what they're singing about, but enjoy it just the same. Thanks!

[kodachromefilm]

Beautiful. And wonderful pics, too! Thank you! Ave Maria Gratia Plena

[MenechemShaul]

Nuns with Guns, that fits the Cults violent history to a T!

[juneshopper]

I can remember this song because I was taught by Dominicans in grade school.

[rds1958]

I was only 5 when this came out but I remember it was heard everywhere and they appeared on Ed Sullivan..an exquisitely beautiful little ballad performed to perfection

[Commonsensitivity]

We had this record. Oh, the days.

[willssonline]

This is the first song I heard on my first transistor radio. Remember those?

skaterdave45,

I almost fell of my chair laughing when you said your wife liked the song better on the wrong speed! I've been doing that kind of stuff since I was a kid. My dad got me started. With all the audio editing programs available, you can do some hilarious things to songs. Great stuff! I'll bet she'd sound great at 45 rpm in reverse!

[dosmilfuegos]

c'est tres bon

[garycalgary]

sounds like 3 little girls from school are we

[moomaw05]

Grew up with this one myself. It's a part of growing up so much that when I found the album I bought it.

[skaterdave45]

My wife likes this played on 45 instead of 33.

[1691bhm]

YOWSER...!!! I remember this....blimey, haven't heard it in years......Thanks for the memory...!

[10khertz]

Great performance from the past!

[anitashelby]

Such A Great Song & Vid!!! I have always loved this one! 5*s Thankyou Joe....Anita.

[angelofbebop]

A favorite of mine! Gosh.......it's just perfect!!!! Thank you for posting it!

[hrpman]

A charming little number!

[northcoast69]

Forgot about this one! Thanks for the post.

[431516020205]

thanks joe!!