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"La plus belle pour aller danser"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album À Nashville
Language French
Released1964 (1964)
Label RCA Victor
Composer(s) Georges Garvarentz
Lyricist(s) Charles Aznavour
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
" Si je chante"
(1963) 		"La plus belle pour aller danser"
(1964) 		" Sha La La"
(1964)
Music video
"La plus belle pour aller danser" (official live, 1965) on YouTube

"La plus belle pour aller danser" (Translation: The most beautiful to dance with) is a song by Sylvie Vartan from the 1964 French feature film Cherchez l'idole. [1] [2]

Background and writing

The song was written by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz. [3] [4]

Commercial performance

The song spent 11 weeks at no. 1 in France.

In Wallonia (Belgium) the single spent 24 weeks in the chart, peaking at no. 3. [3]

The song also reached no. 1 in Japan. [5]

Track listings

7-inch EP RCA 86046 (March 1964, France, Spain, Portugal, etc.)

A1. "La plus belle pour aller danser" (2:29)
A2. "Un air de fête" (2:13)
B1. " Dum di la" (1:54)
B2. "Ne l'imite pas" (2:48) [3]

7-inch single RCA Victor 49.067 (1970, France)

  1. "La plus belle pour aller danser"
  2. "Si je chante" [6]

7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Koi no Shokku" RCA Victor SS-1476 (1964, Japan)

A. "Aidoru o Sagase" (アイドルを探せ) ("La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser") (2:28)
B. "Koi no Shokku" (恋のショック) ("Si Je Chante") [7]

7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Watashi o Aishite" RCA SS-2018 (1972, Japan)

A. "Aidoru o Sagase" (アイドルを探せ) ("La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser") (2:28)
B. "Watashi o Aishite" (私を愛して) ("Car Tu T'en Vas") [8]

Charts

Chart (1964) Peak
position
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [9] 3
France 1
Japan [5] 1
Spain Promusicae [10] 3

Cover versions

The song has been covered, among others, by Pompilia Stoian (Romania), [11] Thanh Lan (Vietnam), [12] Michèle Richard (Canada), [13] Chris Garneau, [14] Sarah Dagenais-Hakim and Emilie-Claire Barlow on her Juno Award winning album Seule ce soir.

See also

References

  1. ^ Daniel Ichbiah. 50 ans de chansons françaises. Daniel Ichbiah. pp. 1–. ISBN  979-10-91410-16-8.
  2. ^ "La plus belle pour aller danser de Sylvie Vartan : méfiez-vous des apparences, souvent derrière le sucre il y a le stupre !". RTBF. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  3. ^ a b c "ultratop.be - Sylvie Vartan - La plus belle pour aller danser". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. ^ "Sylvie* - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ^ a b Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (27 February 1965). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 22–. ISSN  0006-2510. {{ cite book}}: |author= has generic name ( help)
  6. ^ "Sylvie Vartan - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  7. ^ "Sylvie Vartan - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. ^ "シルヴィー・バルタン* - アイドルを探せ = La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. ^ " Sylvie Vartan – La plus belle pour aller danser" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  10. ^ "Billboard Magazine, January 30, 1965". Billboard. 30 January 1965.
  11. ^ "spanishcharts.com - Pompilia - La plus belle pour aller danser". Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  12. ^ "spanishcharts.com - Thanh Lan - La plus belle pour aller danser". Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  13. ^ "Michèle Richard - Les Hommes / La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  14. ^ "spanishcharts.com - Chris Garneau - La plus belle pour aller danser". Retrieved 2017-11-08.

External links

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