the song was covered in a number of languages, most notably by petula clark who had her first #1 uk hit with the english-language rendering "sailor". clark was also afforded international success with both "sailor" and the french-language rendering "". a rival version by anne shelton was a top ten uk hit, concluding her chart career. other singers for whom "sailor (your home is the sea)" brought success as rendered in various languages include: scandinavian singers thory bernhards and towa carson "sjöman" () and jan høiland "sjömann" (); caterina valente, who had a flemish hit with "zeeman (je verlangen is de zee)"( ) a 1981 hit in the netherlands for ciska peters (); and virginia lee () whose "seeman" () was a successful local cover in south africa.