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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".
" Un jour, un enfant" (French pronunciation: [œ̃ ʒuʁ œ̃n‿ɑ̃fɑ̃]; "A Day, a Child") is a song recorded by French singer Frida Boccara, with music composed by Emil Stern and lyrics by Eddy Marnay. It represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 held in Madrid, and became one of the four winning songs.
The song was France Gall's first major success, selling over 2 million copies. [6] [7] [8] In addition to reaching #1 on the French music charts, the song enjoyed international success, becoming a hit in Japan. [9] Its popularity endures as a French schoolchildren's song. [4] [10]
The album features a children's choir and Gerbert, a popular children's character based on the late 1980s television series of the same name [3] that teaches children about kindness and friendship, making good choices, the importance of loving your neighbor and learning a valuable lesson in life, which is pretty much what this album is about.
Crosby reworked the song to only include the repetition of the cities left to the Dauphin. This led to other artists basing their cover versions on his arrangement, including French group Il était une fois 's 1974 version of the song, titled " Colombes ", which instead listed suburbs of Paris.
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' French song ') is generally any lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of French pop music which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.
(1982). It was written by lyricist Eddy Marnay and French composers Jean Pierre Lang and Roland Vincent. "D'amour ou d'amitié" was released as a single in France in December 1982 and in Quebec, Canada in May 1983. The song became a commercial success, topping the chart in Quebec and reaching top ten in France.