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Les Champs-Élysées (song)
1969 single by Joe Dassin
| "Waterloo Road" | ||||
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Digital reissue cover | ||||
| B-side | "Education" | |||
| Released | 28 February 1968 | |||
| Label | Phillips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Anthony Deighan, Michael Wilshaw | |||
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"Les Champs-Élysées" is a 1969 song by the American-French singer Joe Dassin. It is a French-language cover of "Waterloo Road", a single released the previous year by the English rock band Jason Crest.[1]
Composition
[edit]"Les Champs-Élysées" is based on the English-language song "Waterloo Road", written by Michael Antony Deighan and Mike Wilsh, and released by English rock band Jason Crest in 1968.[1] For Dassin's version of the song, Pierre Delanoë adapted the lyrics into French, and Jean Musy arranged the song.[2][3]
Release and reception
[edit]"Les Champs-Élysées" was released by CBS Records as a 7" single in 1969, with "Le Chemin de papa" as the B-side. The single was also included on Dassin's 1969 studio album Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées).[4] Dassin later recorded versions of the song in English, German, Italian and Japanese.[1]
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Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées)
1969 studio album by Joe Dassin
Joe Dassin (commonly called Les Champs-Élysées after its most famous track) is the third studio album by French musician Joe Dassin. It was originally released in 1969 on the CBS Disques label.
Commercial performance
[edit]The album reached at least the top 10 in France (according to the chart that U.S. Billboard published in its "Hits of the World" section).[1]
Track listing
[edit]| Title | Writer(s) | ||
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| 1. | "Ma bonne étoile" | Pierre Delanoë – Daniele Pace – Mario Panzeri – Lorenzo Pilat | |
| 2. | "Un peu comme toi" | Johnny Nash – Richelle Dassin | |
| 3. | "La Bande à Bonnot" | Joe Dassin – Francis Baxter – Camille Sauvage – Christian Jollet – Jean-Michel Rivat – Frank Thomas – Guy Favereau | |
| 4. | "La Violette africaine" | Richelle Dassin – Joe Dassin | |
| 5. | "Le Temps des œufs au plat" | Richelle Dassin – Claude Lemesle – Joe Dassin | |
| 6. | "Sunday Times" | Richelle Dassin – Joe Dassin |
Notes
[edit]The song Mon village du bout du monde is a French cover of a traditional Irish song Carrickfergus.