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The following is a list of English-language pop songs based on French-language songs. The songs here were originally written and performed in the French language. Later, new, English-language lyrics were set to the same melody as the original song. Songs are arranged in alphabetical order, omitting the articles "a" and "the".
"Christine", which is recorded in French, was released for download on 13 October 2014 through Because Music as the third single from his debut studio album Chaleur humaine (2014). It was, however, originally recorded in English titled "Cripple" in 2012, and a later English version was released as "Tilted" on 3 March 2015. [3]
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. In 2012, "Je m'appelle Funny Bear" by German virtual singer Gummibär became the first French-language music video to reach 100 million views. In 2023, Indila's song "Dernière Danse" became the first music video in French to reach 1 billion views.
The song concerns a friar's duty to ring the morning bells (matines). Frère Jacques has apparently overslept; it is time to ring the morning bells, and someone wakes him up with this song. [3] The traditional English translation preserves the scansion, but alters the meaning such that Brother John is being awakened by the bells.
"J'ai pas vingt ans" (English: "I'm Not Twenty") is the sixth single by Alizée, released in June 2003. The single featured, in addition to the solo version of the song, an instrumental version as well as "I'm Fed Up!", which is the English version of "J'en ai marre!". The English version of "J'ai pas vingt ans" is "I'm Not Twenty".
"J'en ai marre!" (English: "I'm fed up!") is a song performed by French singer Alizée, written by Mylène Farmer.Released on 21 February 2003, the song is Alizée's fifth single as the lead artist, and was the first song from her second studio album Mes courants électriques.
The song was initially released in 1938 by Columbia Records on a 10" single as the B-side to "Vous Êtes Jolie". [ 3 ] Its light, irreverent lyrics express a joie de vivre typical in French popular music produced during the late 1930s, [ 4 ] reflecting the political unrest and economic uncertainty of that time.
Aside from Edith Piaf's original French version, there have also been German cover versions by Dalida, Lale Andersen, and Corry Brokken. Brokken also recorded the song in Dutch. An English version was recorded by Lolita. Teresa Brewer recorded an English version of the song which reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961. [4]