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― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:36 (twenty-one years ago)

100. Jonathan Richman - Les Etoiles

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:38 (twenty-one years ago)

99. Stereototal - Moustique

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

98. Mylene Farmer - Desenchantee

― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

97. Etienne Daho - Duel au soleil

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

96. Indochine - Canary Bay

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Oxmopuccino & Booba - Puccfiction

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:58 (twenty-one years ago)

94. Vanessa P - Joe Le Taxi

93. Jacques Brel - Ne Me Quitte Pas

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

92 Serge G - Requiem Pour Un Con

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

91. Michel Jonasz - Je Veux Pas Que Tu T'en Ailles

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

90 Jo Lemaire - C'est Mon Bateau

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:05 (twenty-one years ago)

89. Erik Morena - Oh Mon Bateau

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

88. Le Cadeau de Mariage - Pourquoi Es Tu Devenue Si Raisonnable

― bham, Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

87.Les Rita Mitsouko - Le petit train (heard it in a house club recently and couldn't believe it was so good)

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

86. Christophe - Le beau Bizarre

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

85. Jean-François Coen - La Tour de Pise

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:39 (twenty-one years ago)

84. Edith Piaf - La Foule

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 08:57 (twenty-one years ago)

83 plastic pertrand - can plane pour moi

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:02 (twenty-one years ago)

82. The Young Gods - La Fille De La Morte

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:43 (twenty-one years ago)

81. Serge Gainsbourg - Manon

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

80. MC Solaar 'Le Concubine D'Hemogbline'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Metal Urbain - Creve salope

― snowballing (snowballing), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

"Can plane pour moi" !

Hahahah! Your mispelling gives an alternative meaning to Plastic's song, hasically saying "The CAN band is getting high for me"

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

78. Le Club - Un Fait Divers Et Rien De Plus

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

77. Michel Rivard - "Rumeurs sur la ville"

― Patrick (Patrick), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

76. Raoul Duguay - "La bitt a tibi"

― Patrick (Patrick), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:49 (twenty-one years ago)

75. Les Negresses Vertes 'Mambo Show'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

74. Desireless 'Voyage Voyage'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

74. Plume Latraverse - "Jonquiere"

― Patrick (Patrick), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

72. Alizee 'Moi...Lolita'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

71. MC Solaar 'Nouveau Western'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:54 (twenty-one years ago)

70. Corbeau - "Illegal"

― Patrick (Patrick), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

69. Lili Fatale - "Ange de ville"
68. Robert Charlebois/Louise Forestier - "Lindbergh"
67. Capitaine No - "Andre"

― Patrick (Patrick), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

66. Jean Leloup - "Isabelle"

― Patrick (Patrick), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 09:58 (twenty-one years ago)

65. Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg - Lemon Incest

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

64. Faust - Laüft...Heisst Das Es Laüft Oder Es Kommt Bald...Laüft

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Holden - Une fraction de seconde

― Sami (Sami), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 10:58 (twenty-one years ago)

62. Lio feat. Jacky - Teteou
61. Telex - En route pour de nouvelles aventures
60. Julien Clerc - Melissa

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

59. Dimitri From Paris 'Souvenir De Paris'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

58. Death In Vegas 'Opium Shuffle'
57, De La Soul 'Transmitting Live From Mars'

what? they count!

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 11:23 (twenty-one years ago)

56. 113 - tonton du bled
55. Programme - un vie
54. Stereototal - moi je joue (or whoever did it 1st, i can't remember)

― pete badmusik (pete badmusik), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

53. Josephine Baker - Pardon Si Je T'Importune

― denny, Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

52. The Communards 'Comment Te Dire Adieu' - tho it is rub

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

51. Stereolab 'Cybele's Reverie'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

50. Sash! 'Encore Un Fois!'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

49. Mitsou - Bye Bye Mon Cowboy
48. Rheostatics - Chanson Les Ruelles

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

47. Hanayo 'Joe Le Taxi'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Boudiou" - Lou psykou choir

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Nina Simone, "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (I know Jacques Brel was cited earlier, but can I add this version too?)

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 4 August 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

44. france gall, "sacre charlemagne"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

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35. Mustapha Baqbou-"Aisha"

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

34. Stereolab "Enivrez Vous" (words by Baudelaire)

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Thursday, 5 August 2004 07:00 (twenty-one years ago)

No M please! I kept quiet when MC Solaar non-1st LP tracks appeared on this thread, so don't push me ;-)

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Thursday, 5 August 2004 07:05 (twenty-one years ago)

33. Singuila - C'est Trop

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 5 August 2004 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

stereo total - l'amour a 3

― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

anyone like any Diamanda Galas ones in French? I like her Artemis (Gerard Neval)

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Thursday, 5 August 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

32. Tangerine, "Meditations"
31. Mylene Farmer, "Libertine"
30. Patricia Kaas, "Mon Mec a Moi"
29. Kate St. John, "J'Attendrai"
28. Vanessa Paradis, "Marilyn et John"

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 5 August 2004 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

27. Pierre-Michel Sivadier & Stella Vander, "Tard dans la Nuit"

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 5 August 2004 10:50 (twenty-one years ago)

26. Jackie Quartz - "Juste une mise au point"
25. Melissa Mars "Papa m'aime pas"

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Thursday, 5 August 2004 10:56 (twenty-one years ago)

26. Saian Supa Crew - 19, 20 ans
25. PM - Petit Chef

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 5 August 2004 10:58 (twenty-one years ago)

24. TTC - Codeine
23. La Caution - Les rues electriques
24. L'Armée des 12 - Gin & Jus

― Etienne Menu (Etienne), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

23. Takako Minekawa - 'Etoufee'
22. April March - 'Un Mignonette'
21. April March - 'Charlatan'
20. Charles Aznavour - 'Qui'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

19. The Avalanches feat. Saian Supa Crew - 'Flight Tonight'
18. DSL - 'Padampam'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

17. jane birken - les avalanches

― Von, Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

16. Indochine - "Tes yeux noires"

15. Luna (cover of Serge, but I like the remake better) - "Bonnie and Clyde"

14. France Gall - "Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son"

13. Claude Francois - "Comme D'Habitude" (original vers. of Sinatra's "My Way")

― Richard K (Richard K), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

12. autour de lucie - sur tes pas

― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

11. Air 'Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:27 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Super Maria - "Au sommaire de Tricatel"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Jordy 'C'est dur d'etre bebe'

(to add insult to...insult, for not recognising The Communards track was presumably a cover of the far more palatable Francoise Hardy)

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Jean Francois Coen 'La Tour De Pise'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll assume that's #8

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

7. Gainsbourg - "Ce grand mechant vous"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

6.- Auotour de Lucie "Je Reviens"

― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

5. "La Vie A" - Manu Chao

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

4. Diane Tell - "Si j'étais un homme"
3. Les Rita Mitsouko - "C'est comme ça"
2. Bérurier Noir - "Salut à toi"

― Seb (Seb), Thursday, 5 August 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

1. Serge Gainsbourg - "Je t'aime... moi non plus"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 5 August 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

0. Kahimi Karie - 'Le Roi Soleil'

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:38 (twenty-one years ago)

It's nice when the no.1 actually is the best French song ever. Well done, Spencer.

― Symplistic (shmuel), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

did you know that the melody's by bach? franco-germanic history

― mig (mig), Friday, 6 August 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

Song's been haunting me since I heard it in a recordstore last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShIcE39odM8

― willem, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)

Y'all forgot the 3 greatest Gainsbourg songs:

Qui est "in", Qui est "out"
L'ami Caouette
Marilou Reggae

― DJ Mr. Face Stabba, M.D. (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 19:42 (sixteen years ago)

Saddened not to see "Eurovision" by Telex in this list.

The French Eurovision entries from 1990 and 1991 (those slightly "Ethnic" ones) were also great.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 21:29 (sixteen years ago)

"Cargo Culte" - Serge Gainsbourg
"Bebe requin" - France Gall
"Mon amie la rose" - Francoise Hardy
"Le Noir C'Est Mieux Choisi" - Brigitte Fontaine

― Turangalila, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

this is going to come *completely* out of the blue, but my taste does have hidden quirks:

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Complainte Pour Ste Catherine

― Shtick Monthly (country matters), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

ENIGMA- SADENESS

― the table is the table, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

"La fille du Père Noël" - Jacques Dutronc
"La Belle Histoire D'amour" - Edith Piaf

― Turangalila, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:17 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmadh6-mmTM

― Eazy, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

"Copenhague" - Anna Karina & Philippe Katerine

― Turangalila, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:18 (sixteen years ago)

lol louis that is surprising but great song

― L. Ron Huppert (velko), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:20 (sixteen years ago)

i know right! it's a little cracker. mothers' tastes: sometimes useful

― Shtick Monthly (country matters), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 23:23 (sixteen years ago)

flights of the conchords - fa fa fa fa

― insincere ilsas of the SS (hmmmm), Thursday, 4 June 2009 00:25 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX0GPHy2nYo

― Eazy, Thursday, 4 June 2009 02:01 (sixteen years ago)

I cannot abide the egregious absence of "R.S.V.P." by the Monochrome Set. Merde.

― Fishes, You Hit Me With A Flounder (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Thursday, 4 June 2009 03:33 (sixteen years ago)

"Champs Elysee" by Joe Dassin - J'adore zis song.

― dog latin, Thursday, 4 June 2009 08:01 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXSoTWFrjiU

― meisenfek, Thursday, 4 June 2009 15:05 (sixteen years ago)

"Champs Elysee" by Joe Dassin

Such a secret, shameful pleasure that the last time I was on the Champs Elyées, I had to lsiten to this.

― Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Thursday, 4 June 2009 15:31 (sixteen years ago)

The Singing Nun, "Dominique"

― I wish he hadn't adapted my critique of his "ilxor" moniker (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 5 June 2009 06:11 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYjA2FKY94

― Turangalila, Friday, 5 June 2009 06:22 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jx4_zx1zr8

― Turangalila, Friday, 5 June 2009 06:23 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfVir1_Edc

― Turangalila, Friday, 5 June 2009 06:25 (sixteen years ago)

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