I first heard the song when it was played over the end of the credits in the film "Death Proof" It was called Chick Habit and sung by April March. She also sang it in French too. This lead me to hunt down the April March album with the song on it. The album was loaded with French girl songs from what was known as the Ye-ye movement of French girl singers.
This song was originally sung by France Gall and written by Serge Gainsbourg. I'd been through my Serge stage of listening now I started to listen to France Gall and all the french girls and their friends in the French beat bands. Of course you have to be picky but that's the great thing about i-tunes. Find the albums on blogs and websites all over the net. Import them into itunes and then make up a playlist of the good stuff and discard the rest. Yes I miss the thrill of chasing down records but then again we can hear a song 30 minutes later have a playlist full of the best songs of the genre playing loudly.
Sunday afternoons drinking wine and listening to French pop songs. Sometimes there's just nothing like it. Also good for driving to the beach. Very cool.
However I went to France last year and I don't think I heard one French song.
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