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(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = (Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bill Wyman
| album = Bill Wyman
| B-side = Rio de Janeiro
| released = 1981
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:21
7:24 (12" long extended)
| label = A&M
| writer = Bill Wyman
| producer = Chris Kimsey, Bill Wyman
| prev_title = Apache Woman
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Visions
| next_year = 1982
}}
"'(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star'" is a song by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones, released in 1981 as the lead single from his eponymous third solo studio album, through A&M Records.
While most of the song is in English, the chorus is in Franglais: '"Je suis un rock star / Je avais un residence / Je habiter l / la south of France / Voulez-vous / partir with me? / And come and rester l / with me in France."'
Wyman originally wrote the song for Ian Dury. However, finding himself unable to interest Dury or any other artist in it, he reluctantly recorded the song himself, using an accent he later described as "Cockney French".The Rolling Stones - Off The Record by Mark Paytress, Omnibus Press, 2005, page 302.
The song's highest chart position in the UK was at number 14, and it spent nine weeks in total in the top 40.
Track list
*All songs written by Bill Wyman.
'A-side'
:1. "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" 3:22
'B-side'
:2. "Rio De Janeiro" 3:50
Personnel
*Bill Wyman lead vocals, bass guitar, all other instruments, design
*Terry Taylor guitar, backing vocals
*Bruce Rowland drums on "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"
*Jim Phantom drums on "Rio De Janeiro"
*Stuart Epps engineer
*Mike Ross design
*Graham Hughes photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
Category:1980 songs
Category:1981 singles
Category:Bill Wyman songs
Category:A&M Records singles
Category:British new wave songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Chris Kimsey
Category:Songs about London
Category:Songs written by Bill Wyman
Category:Franglais songs
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