Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) My need is such I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh) I play the game but to my real shame You've left me to dream all alone Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I'm not (you see) I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Yeah ooh hoo Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Oh yes I'm the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I'm not you see I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're Pretending that you're still around
Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) My need is such I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Adrift in a world of my own (ooh ooh) I play the game but to my real shame You've left me to dream all alone Too real is this feeling of make believe Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Ooh Ooh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I'm not (you see) I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Yeah ooh hoo Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Oh yes I'm the great pretender Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I seem to be what I'm not you see I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're Pretending that you're still around
“The Great Pretender”, gravada pelos The Platters, foi lançada em novembro de 1955 e se destacou como um clássico do estilo doo‑wop.
A canção foi escrita e produzida por Buck Ram, que além de gerente da banda também já era um compositor bem-sucedido antes de assumir o papel de produtor.
No Billboard Top 100 a música chegou ao primeiro lugar, enquanto no Reino Unido alcançou a quinta posição nas paradas.
A versão de Freddie Mercury, lançada anos depois, também fez grande sucesso, chegando ao quarto lugar nas paradas britânicas.
Entre as várias regravações, a de Sam Cooke inspirou Chrissie Hynde a nomear sua banda “The Pretenders”.
Em 1956, o humorista de rádio americano Stan Freberg criou uma paródia da canção, demonstrando seu impacto cultural imediato.
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