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in 1961 and

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in 1974. It has also been recorded by many other artists, including

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, and

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performed an impromptu version at his Inglewood Forum, LA, Afternoon Show on the 11th May 1974. In 1961, Roy Hamilton's version spent 10 weeks on the ''

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'' Hot 100, reaching No. 12, while reaching No. 6 on ''Billboard''s Hot R&B Sides chart. A 1965 version by

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reached #67 on the singles chart.

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also released a version in 1965, titled "You Can Have Him" and included on her album The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick. In 1961

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and

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had a French version of this song: "Tu peux le/la prendre". With lyrics in Swedish by

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using the Stig Rossner pseudonym, the song was recorded by Swedish actress and recording artist

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. in English, Swedish ("Sån't är livet"), and German ("Laß die Liebe aus dem Spiel") and was released as a single in October 1961. "Sån't är livet" became Lindblom's big break in Sweden, it topped the Swedish charts for several weeks and sold more than 150,000 copies. She also performed the song in the 1961 film '' Vi fixar allt''. The single charted at the

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VG chart for 22 weeks in 1962 topping the chart for seven weeks.

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recorded the song on the 1992 cover album '' Stulna kyssar''.

In popular culture

The song appears in the 2010 video game ''

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''.

References

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