Ça plane pour moi
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| “Ça plane pour moi” | ||
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| Single by Plastic Bertrand | ||
| A-side | Pogo Pogo | |
| B-side | Ca Plane Pour Moi | |
| Released | December 1977 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Genre | Punk | |
| Label | AMC | |
| Writer(s) | Yvan Lacomblez | |
| Producer | Lou Deprijck | |
"Ça plane pour moi" is a song released as a single in December 1977 by Plastic Bertrand. The song has the same melody as Jet Boy Jet Girl, recorded previously in 11/1977 by Elton Motello with the same musicians which reached #39 in the USA. Three re-issues were edited backed with Pogo Pogo on A-side (77-78) then when the song reached the US POP 100 'round May 1978, the said single was changed to Pogo Pogo as B-side. Same reference for all the re-issues.
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[edit] Meaning
The lyrics are full of 1970's French slang, and are very difficult to translate exactly into English. Even native French speakers disagree on the exact meaning. The main hook in particular, is ambiguous: "Ça plane pour moi" means "It is gliding for me", which could imply that having his head in the clouds, or possibly being high on drugs, works for him. Other suggestions are "It's all working out for me", "This works for me", "Everything's cool/groovy for me" or more loosely, "Things are going great" or even "I'm on cloud nine".
The basic theme is a chaotic, drunken sexual encounter with a girl, told in retrospect.
The Plastic Bertrand tracks are on the AMC label and are available for compilations, soundtracks and commercials AMC Tel +322 7352035 email: info@amcrecords.com
[edit] Leila K version
| “Ca plane pour moi” | |||||
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| Single by Leila K from the album Carousel |
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| A-side | Check the Dan | ||||
| Released | 1993 | ||||
| Label | Mega | ||||
| Writer(s) | Ca Plane Pour Moi Lacomblez & Deprijck Check the Dan Denniz PoP & Carr & Deep Fried & Leila K |
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In 1993 Leila K released "Ca plane pour moi" as a double A-side single with the song "Check the Dan".
[edit] Versions
- Ca plane pour moi
- Short 3:23
- Long 5:48
- Felix Mix 1 5:43
- Felix Mix 2 7:12
- 180 BPM Mix 5:15
- Champions Mix 4:47
- Check the Dan
- Short 3:55
- Long 6:35
- Plutonium Mix 5:14
- House Mix 4:32
[edit] Presidents of the United States of America version
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| Single by Presidents of the United States of America | |||||
| Released | 1995 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl | ||||
| Genre | Post-grunge | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Producer | Presidents of the United States of America | ||||
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In 1996 Presidents of the United States of America released "Ça Plane Pour Moi" as a single. In 2007, this version was featured in a Pepsi commercial.
[edit] Track listing
- "Ça Plane Pour Moi" - 1:53
- "Feather Pluckin (Live)" - 3:20
- "Boll Weevil (Live)" - 3:16
- "Dune Buggy (Live)" - 2:44
The former tracks were bundled with the French version of The Presidents of the United States of America's debut album.
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