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

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Isn't it a requirement of all goth/industrial bands to include German in at least one song on every album?

See: The Cruxshadows, VNV Nation, Front 242 ('cuz they don't speak German in Belgium!)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Actually, they do.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Once again, I parade my ignorance across LiveJournal.

Go me!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

To be fair, it's one of the more obscure minority-language communities of Europe. I don't think even most Europeans would know that German had any official status in Belgium.