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title: 'La véritable histoire (single)'
url: 'https://van-helden.net/en/records/la-veritable-histoire-single'
markdown: 'https://van-helden.net/en/records/la-veritable-histoire-single.md'
lang: en
date: '1993-11-28'
description: 'The true story of the princess and the strummer: time out for an encounter, away from the crowd, in guitarautist mode.'
taxonomy:
  tag:
    - studio
---

# La véritable histoire (single)

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![La véritable histoire (single)](https://van-helden.net/images/8/c/6/1/9/8c6194477a121efd9a67549f79faf5cc2ce58ad6-cover.webp "La véritable histoire (single)")

One day, for my friend Cécile's birthday, I recorded [one of the songs we had written together](https://van-helden.net/en/songs/la-veritable-histoire), to make her a real, beautiful CD. So it only came out in a single official copy (two, actually: I kept one for myself, but that's a secret).

Made with whatever was at hand, the recording was nonetheless of very good quality (whatever is at hand is not what it used to be). The CD may be one of a kind, but the digital version still ended up in the virtual record shops, about ten years later.

Lyrics by Cécile Michel

Music, vocals, guitar: Olivier van Helden

Double bass: Jacques van Helden

Second voice: Charlie

 [ ![](https://van-helden.net/images/d/3/2/c/6/d32c631835dabe44aed055a4911168bf326d39ee-cover.webp) Watch the video on YouTube ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7cglLIYKEg&list=OLAK5uy_kAQswIy9woxlKxhiy9RzeHf_9WZdXsmic)

- [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0BPx954b6kxhQ7SDKH2Mds)
- [ Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ie/album/la-v%C3%A9ritable-histoire-single/1546075398)
- [ Qobuz](https://www.qobuz.com/album/la-veritable-histoire-olivier-van-helden/r64py84ley7lc)
- [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7cglLIYKEg&list=OLAK5uy_kAQswIy9woxlKxhiy9RzeHf_9WZdXsmic)

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