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

[wwidsith.livejournal.com]

God, there's millions. Ayesha by Khaled is pretty awesome – anything by him really. I love Ce Petit Cœur by Françoise Hardy. Er...Piaf obviously. Ta Douleur by Camille. Blur's To The End was a great choice, whoever said that. I wanna say something by Air, but now I think about it they're virtually all instrumentals

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Both the vocal pieces I have from Air are in English; I could tell the vocalist was non-native, but I had no idea she was French until I looked it up. (At first, I thought she might be Asian, since there's also a Japanese band named "Air".)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Aïsha! Aïsha! Ecoute-moi!

[wwidsith.livejournal.com]

Écoute-moi indeed. And, I need scarcely add, t'en va pas while you're at it.