Les Champs-Élysées

"Waterloo Road"
Single by Jason Crest
B-side "Education"
Released 1969
Format 7" single
Label Philips
Writer(s) Michael Deighan (lyrics)
Michael Wilshaw (music)
"Les Champs-Élysées"
Single by Joe Dassin
from the album Les Champs-Élysées
A-side "Le Chemin de papa"
B-side "Les Champs-Élysées"
Released May 1969
Format 7" single
Length 02:40
Label CBS Disques
Writer(s) Lyrics:
Pierre Delanoë
Michael Deighan
Music:
Michael Wilshaw
Producer(s) Jacques Plait
Joe Dassin singles chronology
"Me que me que"
(1969)
"Les Champs-Élysées"
(1969)
"Mon village du bout du monde"
(1969)

"Les Champs-Élysées" is a 1969 song by Joe Dassin.[1]

Composition

The song was originally written in English under the title "Waterloo Road" (lyrics by Michael Antony Deighan, music by Michael Wilshaw) and released by the British rock band Jason Crest. Then French lyricist Pierre Delanoe adapted the lyrics into French.[2][3]

Reception

The song "Les Champs-Élysées" was released by Joe Dassin as a single in 1969, with "Le Chemin de papa" on the other side. It entered charts in multiple European countries. In France the song was at number one for two weeks in August.

Charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position
France 1

References

  1. Lucien Rioux (1994). 50 ans de chanson française: De Trenet à Bruel. l'Archipel. ISBN 978-2-909241-68-5.
  2. "Veteran French Lyricist Pierre Delanoe Dies". Billboard. 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  3. Éric Neuhoff (2011-07-11). "Les Champs-Élysées de Joe Dassin". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
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