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Tassez-vous de d'l
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Wikipedia article
"'Tassez-vous de d'l'" is a song by the Quebec band Les Colocs. The lyrics were written by Dd Fortin, with a chorus in Wolof written by Senegalese immigrant El Hadji Diouf;[https://archive.today/20120802095136/http://www.historywire.ca/en/article/19781 Singer Andr "Dd" Fortin] at HistoryWire the music was written by Dd Fortin and Andr "Vander" Vanderbiest.
'Tassez' won the 1999 SOCAN award for best popular song of the year.[http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio2/artistes/189.shtml Radio-Canada]: Les frres Diouf - Espace musique It was the first single off their last album 'Dehors Novembre'.
Meaning
The song is written in the Quebec joual dialect. The title, loosely translated, means "get out of the way"; the song describes the narrator's guilt at having abandoned a friend who had overdosed, and his desire to see his friend again.
The music video was shot in Montreal, more specifically on Emery Street between Sanguinet and St-Denis streets.
References
Category:Les Colocs songs
Category:Quebec songs
Category:1998 songs
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