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Patrick Watson
American-born Canadian singer-songwriter
Patrick Watson is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec, who has formed a band also named Patrick Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship. Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007.
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Early history
Born to Canadian parents and raised in Hudson, Quebec, Watson attended Lower Canada College. While living in Hudson, Watson worked as a pool and hot tub water analyst at Piscines et Spas Hudson. He studied music at Vanier College in Montreal.
Watson co-wrote and performed on several songs on the Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track, "To Build a Home". His "Missing Home" remix of Champion's "Guy Doune", from Champion's 2006 album The Remix Album, reached Number 1 on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart in early 2007.
Singer-songwriter, born October 8, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Founder of a band with the same name.
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Also known as: P Watson, P. Watson, PW, Patrick, Watson
From Discogs (free to use). Their entry
Liner notes
Patrick Watson, the records, oldest first
Waterproof9
2000 album
Just Another Ordinary Day
2003 album
Close to Paradise
2006 album
Wooden Arms
2009 album
Adventures in Your Own Backyard
2012 album
Love Songs for Robots
2015 album
Wave
2019 album
A Mermaid in Lisbon
2021 ep
Better in the Shade
2022 album
Uh Oh
2025 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Je te laisserai des mots" is a 2010 French-language song by Canadian musician Patrick Watson, written for the 2009 film Hidden Diary. In the early 2020s, the song experienced a revival after becoming popular on TikTok.
In 2024, it became the first French-language song to cross one billion streams on Spotify.
Background and recording
"Je te laisserai des mots" was originally written by Patrick Watson as part of his score to the 2009 film Hidden Diary (Mères et Filles), a French and Canadian co-production starring Catherine Deneuve, Marina Hands and Marie-Josée Croze. The song's title was inspired by a scene near the end of the film where the main character leaves a letter under a door.
Release
The song was first released as a single on September 10, 2010, coinciding with the theatrical release of Hidden Diary in Quebec. It was later released as a bonus track on the 2015 reissue of Watson's debut album Just Another Ordinary Day.
