We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the Miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said: There is no reason And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the Miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was that later
We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the Miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale She said: There is no reason And the truth is plain to see But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the Miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly Turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was that later
A melodia instrumental de “A Whiter Shade of Pale” foi inspirada em obras de Bach, o que lhe conferiu um som distintivo que combina o clássico com o rock.
Lançada em 12 de maio de 1967, a canção alcançou o número 1 nas paradas do Reino Unido apenas duas semanas depois e permaneceu no topo por seis semanas consecutivas.
Até 2009, foi a música mais tocada em locais públicos no Reino Unido nos últimos 75 anos, segundo dados de monitoramento de execução pública.
Em 2004, o Phonographic Performance Limited reconheceu o single como o disco mais reproduzido nas transmissões britânicas dos 70 anos anteriores.
A edição americana chegou ao quinto lugar na Billboard Hot 100 e vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias, consolidando seu sucesso internacional.
O Rolling Stone posicionou a faixa em 57º lugar na lista das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos.
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