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| artist = Franoise Hardy

| album = Franoise Hardy

| A-side = J'suis d'accord

| released = 1962

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| genre = French pop

| length = 5:05

| label = Disques Vogue

| writer = Franoise Hardy, Roger Samyn

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"'Tous les garons et les filles'" (English: "All the Boys and Girls") is a song by French singer-songwriter Franoise Hardy, with Roger Samyn credited as co-writer on Hardy's original 1962 y-y-era recording. The song recounts the feelings of a young person who has never known love and her envy of the couples that surround her. Hardy's single, released internationally, was a massive hit in France, where it spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at number one (four separate runs) between late October 1962 and mid-April 1963.

Background



Hardy performed the song in a 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.Franoise Hardy, 'Le Dsespoir des singes et autres bagatelles', d. Robert Laffont, Paris, 2008, p. 49. The record quickly became a success, selling 500,000 copies by the end of the year. Additionally, it is quoted several times by the main characters in J.L. Carr's 1988 novel 'What Hetty Did'.

Franoise Hardy also recorded the song in English ("Find Me a Boy", 1964), Italian ("Quelli della mia et", 1962; collected in 'Franoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano', 1963), and German ("Peter und Lou", 1963; collected in 'In Deutschland', 1965.)

Jimmy Page participated in the recording session as a session musician.Christophe Le Pabic, Benot Pascal, 'Led Zeppelin and related : hexagonal experiences', , 1997 , notice BnF [http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb370660648/PUBLIC ]

EP track list



SP track listing



Cover versions



The song has been covered by many artists in many languages, including:

* Lill-Babs (in Swedish, "Vart Jag n Gr", 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)

*Maurice Chevalier (as "Mes Chers Zazas", with new lyrics by Edmond Meunier, 1965)

* 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)

* Janusz Laskowski (in Polish, "Och jak bardzo ci kocham", album 'Nigdy nie byem w Casablance', 1994)

* Laurent Voulzy and Carla Bruni singing with the Enfoirs (album 'Les Enfoirs l'Opra comique', 1995)

* Marie Myriam (1996)

* Gigliola Cinquetti ("Quelli della mia et", 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)Partial source: [http://www.francoise-hardy.com/discographie/index_reprise.htm ]

* Cur de pirate

* 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 kpt din trja'

* Pomme (Live for Sourdoreille in 2019)

Movie soundtracks



"Tous les garons et les filles"

* 'Metroland', United Kingdom, 1997

**CD, 'Metroland', Warner Bros. Records, 1998 (UK).

* 'The Dreamers (Innocents: The Dreamers)', France, Italy, United Kingdom, 2003

** CD, 'The Dreamers', Universal Records (9812084), 2003 (UK)

* 'The Statement (Crime contre lhumanit)', Canada, France, United Kingdom, 2003

* 'Se devo essere sincera', Italy, 2004

* 'Attenberg', Greece, 2011

"Find Me a Boy"

* 'The Misadventures of Margaret', United Kingdom, 1998

** Performed by Franoise Hardy and performed by Saint EtienneCD, 'The Misadventures of Saint Etienne', released only in Japan, 1999, it served as the soundtrack

-All These Sleepless Nights-

References



Category:Franoise Hardy songs

Category:Eurythmics songs

Category:Cur de pirate songs

Category:1962 singles

Category:1985 singles

Category:1962 songs

Category:Songs written by Franoise Hardy

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