Best French Covers Of English-Language Pop Songs

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...and as long as i'm harping on french music, i nominate:

marie donceur, marie colère by marie laforêt (paint it black)
fille sauvage by richard anthony (ruby tuesday)
tais-toi petite folle by tiny yong (foolish little girl)

― call mr. lee (call mr. lee), Friday, 1 August 2003 06:09 (twenty-two years ago)

'Suzanne' by Francoise Hardy (orig by Cohen)

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Friday, 1 August 2003 06:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Eileen - Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher (these boots are made for walking) absoulet classic.
Johnny Halliday - Les portes du penitentier (House of rising sun)

― Sami (Sami), Friday, 1 August 2003 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Hugues Aufray - Ce n'etait pas moi (It ain't me babe).
The whoel of that 'Aufray chante Dylan' album is pretty ace, actually

― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Friday, 1 August 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

when does that date from fabrice?

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 1 August 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Natacha Snitkine - Le jeu du telephone (to the tune of "Music To Watch Girls By")
Ronnie Bird - Chante ("I Can Only Give You Everything" by can't remember which 60s group - The Turtles perhaps?)

the 'Atomic Cafe' and 'Pop a Paris' series of compilations have loads of examples of these covers on them. highly recommended.

― zebedee (zebedee), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Les Moulins de Mon Coeur Claude Francois
J'attendrai (I'll Be there)
Terry
Je T'aime Trop Toi (I got you babe)
Mon Soldat Elegantes (Soldier Boy)
Les yeux de l'amour Mireiile Mathieu (the llok of love)
Je Veux qu'il revienne francoise hardy (only you can do it)
La Nuit N'en Finit Plus (needles and Pins)
La premiere Fois (back in myarms again)Soeurs malette
Claude Francois - Les Moulins de Mon Coeur (Windmills of Your Mind), J'attendrai (I'll Be There), Terry, Je T'aime Trop Toi (I Got You babe)
Elegantes - Mon Soldat (Soldier Boy)
Mireiile Mathieu - Les yeux de l'amour (The Look of Love)
Francoise Hardy - Je veux qu'il revienne (Only You Can Do It)
Petula clark - La Nuit N'en Finit Plus (Needles and Pins)
Soeurs Malette - La premiere fois (Back in My Arms Again)
Trio Sourire - Satisfaction
Elegantes -Mon Soldat (Soldier Boy)
Les yeux de l'amour Mireiile Mathieu (the llok of love)
Je Veux qu'il revienne francoise hardy (only you can do it)
La Nuit N'en Finit Plus (needles and Pins)
La premiere Fois (back in myarms again)Soeurs malette
Satisfaction Trio Sourire

― rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Who was it who did Sheena Easton's "My Baby Takes The Morning Train" as "L'Amour c'est comme une cigarette"?

― Susan (Susan), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

let's face it, i have a crush on rosemary.

(but will she make me a mix tape?)

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

If you ask nicely.

― rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:30 (twenty-two years ago)

(Should it have Chevalier/Mills banter on it?)

― rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, the more lecherous the better.

― amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 1 August 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

sign me up for a mix too, rosemary. i'm a french pop junkie. hit me.

― call mr. lee (call mr. lee), Friday, 1 August 2003 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

don't stereo total redo stephanie says but give it different lyrics? (i could be wrong.. don't speak french, but the title is different.)

plus their version of 'push it' by salt n' pepa, but it doesnt count really unless this thread is 'heavily accented pop songs by french artists'

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 1 August 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I like it when the Anglo artists do their own French version, like Sandie Shaw doing 'Girl Don't Come' and Blondie doing 'Denis Denis'.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 1 August 2003 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

M (Matthieu Chedid) - "Close To Me" (The Cure)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 1 August 2003 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Amateurist, that Aufray album came out at the same time as 'Another Side of BD', from which it mainly draws. So 1964-1965

― Fabrice (Fabfunk), Saturday, 2 August 2003 07:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's where I can ask, as I know little to no French, but I've always thought that Plastic Bertrand's Ca Plane Por Moi was Jet Boy Jet Girl. Is this at all possible?

― plebian plebs (plebian), Saturday, 2 August 2003 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

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