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Artist: Serge Gainsbourg avec Brigitte Bardot
Author: Serge Gainsbourg
Label: Philips
Year: 1967
The same night he also wrote Bonnie And Clyde. Brigitte Bardot, freshly married with Gunter Sachs, asked Serge not to release it. Serge being a gentleman kept this version locked until far in the eighties. Title inspired by Salvador Dali's remark: "Picasso est Espagnol, moi aussi; Picasso est un génie, moi aussi; Picasso est communiste, moi non plus."
Covers:
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg [n°1 UK]
Sounds Nice [as Love At First Sight; instrumental]
Harry J. All Stars [reggae version]
Giorgio Albertazzi & Anna Proclemer [as Ti Amo... Io Di Piu]
Nol & Marie [idem as Je T'aime (over 25 jaar)]
Bourvil & Jacqueline Maillan [parody as Ça; B-side Pauvre Lola was Bourvil's last recording]
Jef Cassiers & Jo Leemans [Dutch version of Ça as De 10.000ste Nacht; banned by BRT radio]
Frankie Howerd & June Whitfield [as Up Je T'Aime]
Sylvia Robinson & Ralfi Pagan [as Soul Je t'Aime]
France Ariel [as Je t'aime mon amour]
Donna Summer [fifteen minute version in film Thank God It's Friday]
Photos [as Je t'aime]
Trafassi [as Me Jam]
BC & The Basic Boom [in Baby Come Back]
Misty Oldland [in A Fair Affair]
Dingetje feat. Kitty Schubbe [as Je t'Aime Warme Brie & Natte Sokken]
Pet Shop Boys [with Sam Taylor-Wood]
Texas [sample in Guitar Song]
Cat Power & Karen Elson [on Gainsbourg tribute]
The melody was written for Edouard Luntz's film Les Coeurs Verts and copyrighted with SACEM in '64. It also clearly appears in a nightclub scene in Jacques Pointrenaud film Carré de Dames pour un As, starring Roger Hanin, Catherine Allégret and Serge Gainsbourg ('66).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)