Pity the Child (Chess)

~ Song

Annotation

Ulvaeus did also contribute partially as inadvertent lyricist to songs in the musical, though which these are is uncertain:

"Ulvaeus would also provide dummy lyrics to emphasize the rhythmic patterns of the music, and since Rice found a number of these "embarrassingly good" as they were, incorporated a few in the final version. The most well known example is "One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble". One song, which became "Heaven Help My Heart," was recorded with an entire set of lyrics, sung by ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog, with the title "Every Good Man", though none of the original lyrics from this song were used." - wikipedia.

Relationships

lyricist:Tim Rice
composer:Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
later translated versions:Vem ser ett barn
part of:Chess

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1988-12Pity the Child (from Chess)Colm Wilkinson4:18
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson?:??
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson5:27
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson?:??
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson7:00
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson6:18
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson?:??
Pity the ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson?:??
Pity the ChildPhilip Casnoff4:54
Pity the ChildMurray Head5:30
Pity the ChildPeter Jöback5:08
Pity The ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson5:15
Pity The ChildBjörn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson4:55
Pity the Child (demo)Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson4:47
Pity the Child #1Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson0:48
Pity the Child #2Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson4:55