There is a very rare version of Only You, Beth singing in French.

It haven't been officially released. It was only released on the French promo cd: 

"Only You" (Go! Beat 3815-LC 7192)

I searched a long time for it and finaly got a cd copy from the promo.

 

Because it's so rare (and not commercially released so far), I uploaded it for you.

I converted the cda file to lossless wav - than the wav to lossless flac (cd quality!).

Note: I uploaded it in flac format in order to save best sound quality. Needles asking - I will NOT upload it in mp3 !!!

If you want to listen to it or to burn it, you need a "flac to wav" converter.

Here you can download a free and simple converter: http://www.brothersoft.com/flac-download-72501.html

 

Download (10.1mb):

http://www.mediafire.com/?qwjcjknedy1

 

PLEASE don't convert the download in any shitty audio format (mp3...).

Enjoy it.

 

Lyrics:

Nous souffrons tout les jours
A quoi ca sert
Ces crimes d'illusions
Nous trompent tous
Maintenant je suis las
C'est tout ce que je ressens

It's only you
Who can tell me apart
And it's only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

L'ampleur de notre guerre
Ce n'est qu'un rêve
On a tout ecrasé
Ca je peux le voir egoistement
Nous avons echoué
C'est tout ce que je ressens

It's only you
Who can tell me apart
And it's only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

On a choisi de prendre tout ce qu'on pouvait
Ce teint d'automne a une fin amer
Des années de frustration s'allongent côte à côte

It's only you
Who can tell me apart
And it's only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

It's only you
Who can tell me apart
And it's only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

so cool, thanks for that

do you collect Portishead cd & vinyls?

 

 

When I click the link, it gives me a whole lot of coded lines in a texte document as follows :

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Could you possibly upload it on www.sendspace.com ? I'd really like to listen to it. thx ;)

10.1mb? You sure you converted that right? A FLAC file should generally be 30-40mb. Thanks for uploading though, i've had this in MP3 for a while so it's nice to have a higher quality one. 

Yeah, this is a low quality FLAC (as FLACs go), it's just slightly higher than a 320kb MP3 (FLACs are variable, this peaks at about 440kb, falls to as low as 250kb, average of about 350kb) Try encoding it at a higher FLAC level (i use FLAC Level 5) and it'll give you close to CD quality
 

here you go (first time I upload something ) : http://www.sendspace.com/file/h84nmo

just tell me if it's ok with the quality (I converted it into .wav )

 

rewak:

Yeah, this is a low quality FLAC (as FLACs go), it's just slightly higher than a 320kb MP3 (FLACs are variable, this peaks at about 440kb, falls to as low as 250kb, average of about 350kb) Try encoding it at a higher FLAC level (i use FLAC Level 5) and it'll give you close to CD quality

 

 

I decoded the original WAV correctly to FLAC with "level 6".

The file size results from the original WAV file size: 38,2 mb - length: 3:47 min (same as "Only You edit").

So don't complain, but anyway: here is the original WAV to download.

 

"Only You (French)" WAV download:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ugsrwdiy0qz 

 

 

Oh i wasn't complaining! Just saying if you encode to FLAC, you should end up with something almost the size of the original WAV (how else can it be CD quality?), so was wondering why it was so small a FLAC. And thank you for uploading the original WAV!

Thank you, Nunsulus! I love this song 

Thank you... I already had the track but not in such and incredible quality

Oh my goodness! Thank you SO much for this! The quality is wonderful and the song is of course beautiful. I just discovered that a french version existed today as I was listening to the paris 1998 performance and suddenly Beth started singing in French. I was absolutely blown away when I first heard it!