Tous les garçons et les filles is a single by the French singer Françoise Hardy. The song tells the feelings of a young woman, who has never known love and her jealousy towards couples around her.
The song was broadcast on tv on the evening of 20 October 1962 during a musical interlude of an election referendum. It was then a quick success. By the end of the year there were 500,000 singles sold, eventually even 700,000 alone in France.
Françoise Hardy recorded the song in English ("Find me a boy", 1964), Italian ("Those della mia età", 1962 and German ("Peter und Lou", 1963).
The song was also covered by other artists in multiple languages, including Timi Yuro (The love of a boy "), the Eurythmics, Laurent Voulzy and Carla Bruni, Marie Myriam,Gigliola Cinquetti and Saint Etienne.
Content[]
Tracklist[Edit][]
7 "Single[Edit][]
Vogue HV 2003
- "Tous les garçons et les filles"
- "C'est à l'amour auquel you pense"
Chart Positions[Edit][]
Chart[Edit][]
| Tous les garçons et les filles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chart | Date of
entry |
Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Time for Teenagers Top 10 | 30-11-1963 | Position: | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | from |
Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]
| Number (s) with markings
in the Radio 2 Top 2000 |
' 99 | ' 00 | ' 01 | ' 02 | ' 03 | ' 04 | ' 05 | ' 06 | ' 07 | ' 08 | ' 09 | ' 10 | ' 11 | ' 12 | ' 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tous les garçons et les filles | - | 901 | 1163 | 1455 | 587 | 706 | 22 ° | 24 ° | 874 | 695 | 808 | 1021 | 1158 | 1161 | 1301 |
Cover Versions[Edit][]
The song has been covered by many artists in many languages, including:
- Lill-Babs (in Swedish, "Barny Jag Än Går", 1963)
- Sophie Blaede (1962)
- Ginette Reno (1962)
- Catherine Spaak (1962)
- Aimable (on the accordion, 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, the 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 along with the Dumbs (album à l ' Opéra comique Les Enfoirés, 1995)
- Marie Myriam (1996)
- Gigliola Cinquetti ("Those 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)
- Cœur de pirate
- Elastic no-no Band (2007 live recording, released in 2012 on the compilation album "Not Like Most Folkies famous, Part 2: Early Covers")