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Cheveux longs et ides courtes
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Wikipedia article
"'Cheveux longs et ides courtes'" (translated title: 'Long hairs and short ideas') is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in 1966.
History
The song was a diss track directed at the singer Antoine, who had criticized Johnny Halliday in the lyrics of 'lucubrations d'Antoine' as a hasbeen artist. In 'Cheveux Longs et Ides Courtes', Halliday mocks Antoine's status as a pacifist, idealistic protest singer as being fake and nave.Frdric Quinomero, Johnny la vie en rock , 2014, ditions L'Archipel.
Commercial performance
The song spent five consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 14 May to 17 June 1966).