Sachet, chantez!

[muckefuck]

Three days of rain outside and anxiety at work is doing nothing for my bad mood. Let's try a poll!

What are your favourite songs with lyrics either partially or entirely in French?


Entirement en français:

1. "Pas assez de toi" (Mano Negra)
2. "L'aventurier" (Indochine)
3. "Les nuits d'été, Op. 7: I. Villanelle" (Hector Berlioz)

Partiellement en français:

1. "Games Without Frontiers" (Peter Gabriel)
2. "Brigadier Sabary" (Alpha Blondy)

Update: I almost said "favourite pop songs" but then decided to leave out the qualifier. And I'm glad I did, because I'm really enjoying everyone's classy choices. But don't be intimidated; as bunj's answer shows, even execrable American hipster "French" qualifies!

Comments

[princeofcairo.livejournal.com]

French, Cajun, whatever. I'm an occultist, not a linguist.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Cajun is French, but "Iko Iko" isn't Cajun. According to "Sugar Boy" Crawford himself, he took the lyrics from Mardi Gras Indian chants. The only part I can identify, "Jock-a-mo feena" is straight Mobilian Jargon, i.e. čokmo fehna "very good". If there's any Cajun French in the song, neither I or anyone else has been able to tease out what it is--at least, as far as I know, which is why I asked the question.

[princeofcairo.livejournal.com]

No wonder it's my favorite French song, then.