世界上最赚钱的歌曲（2012）

自从流行音乐成为全球性产业
Since popular music became a global industry,
为数不多的几首歌♥曲
a handful of songs have outshone,
脱颖而出 成绩优异 经久不衰
outperformed and outlasted all the others...
那首歌♥的魔力如此之大
That song has so much magic
都有些吓人了
that it's scary.
这些歌♥曲的销量 翻唱版本
These songs have sold more copies, had more cover versions,
演奏次数和地点数量
and been played more often, in more places
都达到了世界之最
than any other songs in the world.
它在美国电台的播放量已经达到一千万
It has been played 10 million times on American radio.
一千万次
10 million times.
我将首次揭晓这十首
I'm going to reveal for the first time the ten songs
为创作者赚钱最多的歌♥曲
which have earned the most money for the people who wrote them.
那可是不少钱啊
That's a lot of money.
都到哪里去了
Where's it all gone?
十首伟大的歌♥曲
Ten great songs,
每一首的创作故事都独特而非凡
each with its own extraordinary story of how it was created...
我弹完吉他的部分 所有人都起立
I finished the guitar part and everybody stood up
欢呼鼓掌 就这么定了
and cheered and clapped. That was it.
这些歌♥曲背后 是鲜为人知的音乐版税
Behind these songs is the untold story of music royalties
以及音乐产业的交易如何有时
and how music industry deals have sometimes
使歌♥曲作者成为千万富翁
made songwriters multi-millionaires
却使他人为了一己之利诉诸法庭
whilst leaving others fighting for their share in court.
每个乐队都会如此 他们看清楚形式发现
Always happens, every band, they look round and they notice
其中一个人的房♥子比别人♥大♥
that one of them has got a bigger house than the other ones.
就会想 "为什么是他们 是你写的歌♥"
And they think, "Why them? A-ha, you wrote the songs."
因为钱都会到作者手上
Because that is where the money is.
世界上最赚钱的歌♥曲
♪这一生就是一首喜忧参半的交响曲♪
♪Cos it's a bittersweet symphony this life...♪
神韵乐队 《喜忧参半交响曲》
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
我们刚刚踏上
We're at the beginning of a journey
寻找世界上最赚钱歌♥曲的旅途
to find the world's richest songs,
马克·拉德克利夫
也就是获得版税最多的歌♥曲
the songs that have earned the most money in royalties.
行业分♥析♥人员调查了现有的数据
Industry analysts have looked at the available data
我们倒序介绍前十名
and we have compiled a top ten countdown.
其中有些歌♥曲是意料之中的
Some of these songs will be the ones you'll expect.
但同时也会有意想不到的惊喜
But there will be big surprises along the way, as well,
我可以保证 那我们就开始吧
I can promise you that. So let's get cracking, shall we?
第十名
Here's number ten.
这首歌♥创作于1940年代的加利福尼亚
This song was written in California in the 1940s.
它是排名榜上最老的歌♥之一
It's one of the oldest songs on the list.
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我童年时初次耳闻 自那以后每年都会听到
I first heard it as a child and have heard it every year since.
我估计大多数人都听过
I reckon most of us have.
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但很少有人知道这首世界流行歌♥曲
But not so many people know the unlikely circumstances
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相互广播公♥司♥
是在不太可能的情况下创作出来的
in which this global hit was written.
美国广播公♥司♥
在1945年7月酷热的一天
On a blisteringly hot day in July 1945,
歌♥曲作者梅尔·托美到洛杉矶附近的托卢卡湖
songwriter Mel Torme drove to Toluca Lake, near Los Angeles,
他的创作伙伴鲍勃·威尔斯家中
to the home of his writing partner, Bob Wells.
在起居室发现了一个惊喜
And found a surprise in the sitting room.
螺旋形小路上的钢琴谱架上
There on the piano stand on a spiral path
写着 火上烤着栗子
is this chestnuts roasting on a open fire,
詹姆斯·托美
歌♥曲作者 梅尔·托美之子
刺骨冰霜冻伤你的鼻子
Jack Frost nipping at your nose,
唱诗班唱着圣诞颂歌♥
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
还有人装扮成了爱斯基摩人
and folks dressed up like Eskimos.
最后 鲍勃从背景中出现
And eventually, Bob appears from the background, you know,
我父亲拿起那张纸问"这是什么"
and my dad held up the paper and said, "What is this?"
鲍勃·威尔斯说"你猜怎么着 梅尔
and Bob Wells said, "You know what, Mel?
我今天怎么也凉快不下来
I just can't cool down today.
我想如果可以写出这样几行词
"And I just thought if I could write a few lines like this it
就会以某种方式让我的精神冷静下来"
"Would just somehow mentally cool me down."
实际上就是这样
And that's really all it was.
我父亲说"不 这有点意思"
My dad was the one who said, "No, no, there's something here."
说真的 二十四分钟之后
And literally 24 minutes later,
《圣诞之歌♥》就写出来了
The Christmas Song was written.
女士们先生们 梅尔·托美
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mel Torme.
帕金森秀 1981年
♪火上烤着栗子♪
♪Chestnuts roasting on an open fire♪
♪刺骨冰霜冻伤你的鼻子♪
♪Jack Frost nipping at your nose...♪
除了写歌♥
As well as writing songs,
梅尔·托美还是一名非常成功的歌♥手
Mel Torme was a hugely successful singer.
他在1954年到1992年
He recorded four versions of The Christmas Song himself
自己录制了四个版本的《圣诞之歌♥》
between 1954 and 1992.
托美向帕金森揭开了自己成功的秘诀
Torme revealed the secret of his success to Parky.
谢谢 非常感谢
Thank you. Thank you very much.
你的音乐性非常强
You are incredibly musical,
甚至能指挥交响乐团
you conduct symphony orchestras, even,
但你从没有上过音乐课程
and yet you never had a music lesson in you life?
没有 从来没有过
No. Never did, no.
就那么简单 是吗
It was just easy, was it?
不 并不简单 我学习编曲
No, it wasn't easy, it was...learning to arrange
是通过某种
was done by some sort of process of...
我想可以称为音乐渗透过程
I guess you could call it musical osmosis.
我有一双很大的耳朵 比这双大得多
I grew a very large pair of ears, much larger than these,
倾听并赞赏
and listened to and admired
在音乐方面令我心醉神迷的人
the people that absolutely blew my mind away, musically.
其中一个人的住处
One of these people lived not far
与那个闷热夏日鲍勃作词
from where Bob had written the lyrics,
梅尔谱曲的地方不远
and Mel the music, on that sweltering summer's day.
就在那天下午
Literally that afternoon,
我父亲带着这首歌♥
my dad took the song
开车翻过山岗到汉考克公园
and drove over the hill to Hancock park,
纳·京·科尔
美国爵士钢琴演奏家 流行歌♥手
来到纳·京·科尔的家中
to the home of Nat King Cole,
然后给纳播放了这首歌♥
and played Nat the song.
给纳弹了一遍之后
Played the song for Nat once
纳说"再弹一遍"
and Nat said, "Play that again."
所以他又弹了一遍
So he played it one more time
最后一个和♥弦♥还没结束
and before he was done with the final chord
纳就说
Nat was already saying,
"这是我的歌♥ 这是我的歌♥"
"That's my song, that's my song."
♪孩子们眼中闪着兴奋的光♪
♪Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow♪
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♪今晚将难以入睡♪
♪Will find it hard to sleep tonight♪
♪他们知道圣诞老人就要来到♪
♪They know that Santa's on his way...♪
到四十年代中期 科尔已经成了大明星
By the mid-'40s, Cole was a major star,
为主流听众表演流行歌♥曲
performing pop-orientated songs for mainstream audiences.
他在1946年录制了《圣诞之歌♥》
He recorded The Christmas Song in 1946.
1945年到1947年
Now, between 1945 and 1947,
复员的美国♥军♥人
demobilised American servicemen
从第二次世界大战的战场回到家乡
returned from the battlefields of World War II.
而这首歌♥就成为了和平时期
And this song became part of the soundtrack
圣诞节配乐的一部分
to Christmas in peacetime.
描绘了圣诞节该有的样子
A picture of what Christmas is supposed to look like.
在我家
Now, with my family,
保罗·威廉姆斯
奥斯卡与格莱美获奖歌♥曲作家
圣诞节可不是这样的
that's not what Christmas looked like, you know.
在我家 会有人喝醉
In my family, somebody is getting drunk
那个时候 有时喝醉的就是我
and, those days, sometimes it was me.
有个叔叔和表亲关系不和
There was an uncle that didn't get on with a cousin
我们不得不让他们分开坐
we had to sit them in separate places,
我有没有好好照顾孩子们
Am I doing enough for my kids?
有人说我做的太多了
Somebody tells me you're doing too much,
有人又说做得不够
somebody else tells me I'm not doing enough.
然后你听到
And then you hear...
火上烤着栗子
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
你就想"就应该是这种感觉"
And you go, "Yeah, that's what this is supposed to feel like."
这首歌♥在美国榜单拿到了第三名
The song reached number three in the US charts,
而它创造的圣诞节理想场景