Patricia Lavila ( fr) recorded both French and Italian renderings of 'Paloma Blanca' with the former reaching #39 on the French chart. The Finnish-language rendering of 'Paloma Blanca' has also been recorded by Aaron ( fi), Jukka KuoppamГ¤ki, and Matti ja Teppo. Finland is also the only evident territory outside the British Isles to afford chart hit status to the Jonathan King version 'Una Paloma Blanca' which peaked at #27 in Finland. In Finland a localized translation of 'Paloma Blanca' was #2 hit for Katri Helena besting a rival version by Kisu ( fi) at #18. A Danish version was recorded by BjГёrn Tidmand. In Scandinavia translated renderings of 'Paloma Blanca' were hits in for Siw Malmkvist (#8 in Sweden) and Hans Petter Hansen ( no) (#7 in Norway) with an alternate Swedish rendering being recorded by SГ¤wes ( sv). In South Africa an Afrikaans rendering of 'Paloma Blanca' entitled 'My klein wit duifie' was a hit for a studio group credited as Tameletjie, its chart peak being #9.ДЄ German-language rendering of 'Paloma Blanca' was a hit for Nina & Mike ( de) in both Germany (#6) and Austria (#7).

Only a few months after George Baker's original, Serbian singer Boris BizetiД‡ did a cover of the song in Serbian.

King's version was also a hit in Ireland, although its #15 Irish chart peak was topped by a cover from the Dixies (with Rory O'Connor), who took 'Una Paloma Blanca' to #11 on the Irish chart. In the UK, where the group took 'Paloma Blanca' to a #10 chart peak, the recording by Jonathan King achieved a #5 chart peak. The George Baker Selection version of 'Paloma Blanca' was widely covered upon its 1975 release. Baker has been quoted as saying the song is about 'a poor South American farmer who works hard all day and then sits by a tree and dreams of being a white bird with its freedom.' Versions

Una paloma blanca song by george baker