Tous les garçons et les filles
| Contact avec Françoise Hardy | |
|---|---|
 The debut on 45 rpm (1st French edition) | |
| EP by Françoise Hardy | |
| Released | June 1962[1] |
| Recorded | Studio Vogue, Villetaneuse, France |
| Genre | Chanson |
| Length | 9:12 |
| Label | Disques Vogue |
| Producer | Jacques Wolfsohn |
| some alternative covers | |
| "Tous les garçons et les filles" | |
|---|---|
 B-side under paper sleeve[2] | |
| Single by Françoise Hardy | |
| from the album Françoise Hardy | |
| A-side | "J'suis d'accord" |
| Released | 1962 |
| Format | 45 RPM vinyl single |
| Genre | French pop |
| Length | 5:05 |
| Label | Disques Vogue |
| Songwriter(s) | Françoise Hardy, Roger Samyn |
| Some alternative covers | |
"Tous les garçons et les filles" (English: "All the Boys and Girls") is a song by French popular singer Françoise Hardy, released in 1962.
Background
The tune recounts the feelings of a young person who has never known love and her envy of the couples that surround her.
It was telecast on the evening of Sunday 28 October 1962 in a musical interlude during the results of the 1962 referendum to allow direct election of the president of the French Republic.[3] The song quickly became a success, selling 500,000 copies by the end of the year, and eventually selling over 700,000 copies in France.[4] Additionally, it is quoted several times by the main characters in J. L. Carr's 1988 novel What Hetty Did.
Françoise Hardy also recorded the song in English ("Find Me a Boy", 1964), Italian ("Quelli della mia età", 1962; collected in Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano, 1963), and German ("Peter und Lou", 1963; collected in In Deutschland, 1965.)
On a French talk show named "Tout le Monde en Parle" Jimmy Page stated that he played the guitar as a session musician on the recording.
EP track list
| Side A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Oh oh chéri" (original title "Uh Oh") | Bobby Lee Trammell, ad. by Jil and Jan.[5] | Bobby Lee Trammell | 2:20 |
| 2. | "Il est parti un jour" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 1:47 |
| Side B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "J’suis d’accord" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 2:00 |
| 2. | "Tous les garçons et les filles" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 3:05 |
SP track listing
| Side A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "J’suis d’accord" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 2:00 |
| Side B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Tous les garçons et les filles" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 3:05 |
Cover versions
The song has been covered by many artists in many languages, including:
- Lill-Babs (in Swedish, "Vart Jag Än Går", 1963).
- Sophie Blaede (1962).
- Ginette Reno (1962).
- Catherine Spaak (1962).
- Aimable (on the accordion, 1963).
- Steve Perry ( in English, "Find Me A Girl", 1963)
- Eny Mara (in Portuguese, "A Idade Do Amor", 1964).
- Dulce Salles Cunha Braga (1965).
- Mia Frye (in English, "All the Girls and Boys", 1984).
- Eurythmics (bonus track on the album Be Yourself Tonight and, in some countries, B-side of the single "It's Alright - (Baby's Coming Back)"); sung in French by Annie Lennox.
- The Paquitas (accompanists of Xuxa) (in Portuguese, "Alguem para amar", 1991).
- Laurent Voulzy and Carla Bruni singing with the Enfoirés (album Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra comique, 1995).
- Marie Myriam (1996).
- Gigliola Cinquetti ("Quelli della mia età", 1999).
- Saint Etienne ("Find Me a Boy", album The Misadventures of Saint Etienne, music for the film Les Folies de Margaret (The Misadventures of Margaret), released in Japan in 1999).
- The Dresden Dolls.
- Thanh Lan in French and Vietnamese.
- Zona Zul (album Beira, 2006).[6]
- Cœur de pirate.[7]
- Elastic No-No Band (2007 live recording, released in 2012 compilation Not Like Most Folkies, Part 2: Early Covers).
- Raymond & Maria - released in single Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja
Movie soundtracks
"Tous les garçons et les filles"
- Metroland, United Kingdom, 1997.
- Director: Philip Saville.
- Main actors: Christian Bale, Emily Watson.
- CD, Metroland, Warner Bros. Records, 1998 (UK).
- The Dreamers (Innocents: The Dreamers), France, Italy, United Kingdom, 2003.
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci.
- Main actors: Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Michael Pitt.
- CD, The Dreamers, Universal Records (9812084), 2003 (UK).
- The Statement (Crime contre l’humanité), Canada, France, United Kingdom, 2003.
- Director: Norman Jewison.
- Main actors: Michael Caine, Jeremy Northam, Tilda Swinton.
- Se devo essere sincera, Italy, 2004.
- Director: Davide Ferrario.
- Main actors: Luciana Littizzetto, Neri Marcorè, Fabio Troiano.
- Attenberg, Greece, 2011.
- Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari.
- Main actors: Ariane Labed, Yorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis.
"Find Me a Boy"
- The Misadventures of Margaret, United Kingdom, 1998.
- Director: Brian Skeet.
- Main actors : Jeremy Northam, Parker Posey, Brooke Shields.
- Performed by Françoise Hardy and performed by Saint Etienne.[8]
References
- ↑ 45 rpm presented on French television (RTF) on June 5th, 1962, few days before its setting on sale in the record stores
- ↑ In the Sixties the singles were not marketed in France. These discs were exclusively intended to the owners of bar and Café having a jukebox and for promotion near the media.
- ↑ Françoise Hardy, Le Désespoir des singes… et autres bagatelles, éd. Robert Laffont, Paris, 2008, p. 49.
- ↑ Bestsellers Les Meilleures Ventes Tout Temps de 45 T. / Singles, InfoDisc, accessed on line April 30, 2009.
- ↑ Pseudonyms of Gilbert Guenet and Jean Setti, cousins of Jacques Wolfsohn; they wrote some successful songs for Johnny Hallyday.
- ↑ Partial source: site officiel de Françoise Hardy
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ CD, The Misadventures of Saint Etienne, released only in Japan, 1999, it served as the soundtrack.