Mistral gagnant
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| Studio album by Renaud | |||||
| Released | 1985 | ||||
| Recorded | 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Rock/Chanson | ||||
| Length | 41:38 | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
| Producer | Jean-Philippe Goude | ||||
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Mistral gagnant is a studio album from French artist Renaud, released in 1985.
The first song, Miss Maggie, made Renaud a controversial character in the United Kingdom because the song praises women for their non-violence with the exception of PM Margaret Thatcher (a version of the song with the lyrics adapted in english was also recorded). It was composed with Jean-Pierre Bucolo, who also helped with La pêche à la ligne and Si t'es mon pote, while Frank Langolff co-wrote the music for Morts les enfants and Fatigué.
A Mistral Gagnant was a kind of candy. Some of them were "winning" (gagnant) and you could get another one for free. In Mistral gagnant, Renaud sings to his young daughter his childhood and realizes that times flies as will fly away the laughs of her daughter as a child. This broad theme plus the very simple music made of this song one of the classics or Renaud among his "tender" songs.
[edit] Track listing
- Miss Maggie
- La pêche à la ligne
- Si t'es mon pote
- Mistral gagnant
- Trois matelots
- Tu vas au bal?
- Morts les enfants
- Baby-sitting blues
- P'tite conne
- Le retour de la Pépette
- Fatigué
