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Feb 2, 2022 · 31K. 2.3M views 2 years ago. Serge Gainsbourg ft. Jane Birkin - Je t’aime moi... Moi non plus (Official Audio) 💌 Listen to Serge Gainsbourg’s Love Songs Playlist:...
Jul 24, 2018 · Je t'aime moi non plus. Serge Gainsbourg. 96.1K subscribers. Subscribed. 53K. 4.1M views 5 years ago. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Je t'aime moi non plus ·...
Jun 1, 2018 · 3.3K. 236K views 5 years ago. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg sing 'Je t'aime... moi non plus' from their 1969 fontana album 'Je t'aime'. The song lyrics are in the video and...
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The song was written and recorded in late 1967 for Gainsbourg's then-girlfriend, Brigitte Bardot. After a disappointing, witless date with Bardot, she "phoned and demanded as a penance" the following day that he write, for her, "the most beautiful love song he could imagine"; that night, he wrote "Je t'aime" and "Bonnie and Clyde". They recorded an...
The title was inspired by a Salvador Dalí comment: "Picasso is Spanish, me too. Picasso is a genius, me too. Picasso is a communist, me neither". Gainsbourg described "Je t'aime" as an "anti-fuck" song about the desperation and impossibility of physical love.The lyrics are written as a dialogue between two lovers during sex. Phrases include: "Je t'...
Some deemed the song's eroticism offensive. The lyrics are commonly thought to refer to the taboo of sex without love, and were delivered in a breathy, suggestive style. The Observer Monthly Music magazine later called "Je t'aime" "the pop equivalent of an Emmanuellemovie". When the version with Bardot was recorded, the French press reported that i...
The song was a commercial success throughout Europe, selling three million copies by October 1969. By 1986, it had sold four million copies. In the United Kingdom, it was released on the Fontana label, but, after reaching number two, it was withdrawn from sale. Gainsbourg then arranged a deal with Major Minor Records, and on re-release it reached n...
The song has been frequently covered in the years since its release. In 1969, the Hollywood 101 Strings Orchestra released a 7-inch record single (on A/S Records label) with two versions: the A-side featured a fully instrumental recording while the B-side had sexually suggestive vocalizations done by Bebe Bardon. The first covers were instrumentals...
The song influenced the 1975 disco track "Love to Love You Baby" by singer Donna Summer and producer Giorgio Moroder. In a note to Neil Bogart, producer A. J. Cervantes (son of politician Alfonso J. Cervantes), who previously worked for Casablanca Records, suggested an idea of Donna Summerrecording the song. Bogart initially rejected the idea. Cerv...
Oct 26, 2012 · Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime... moi non plus
In 1975, reggae-tinged cover by Judge Dread went to #9. Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position.
Mar 10, 1976 · With Jane Birkin, Joe Dallesandro, Hugues Quester, Reinhard Kolldehoff. Petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on garbage-truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.
