Je vole
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| "Je vole" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Michel Sardou | |
| from the album Je vole | |
| A-side | "Je vole" |
| B-side | "8 jours à El Paso" |
| Released | 1978 |
| Recorded | 1978 |
| Length | 5:02 |
| Songwriters |
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| Producer | Pierre Billon |
"Je vole" is a 1978 song by French singer Michel Sardou and the title track of the same titled album Je vole by Sardou. The B-side of the single was "8 jours à El Paso". The lyrics of "je vole" were co-written by Michel Sardou and Pierre Billon and the music was composed by Sardou himself. The song was a big commercial success reaching number 3 in France selling approximately 500,000 copies.[1]
The song is a last silent appeal of an adolescent on the verge of committing suicide the same day. This was confirmed in Sardou's autobiography: "je vole is not about an adolescent running away, it's about an adolescent who's about to commit suicide".
The main part of the lyrics is spoken by Sardou as prose, and only the refrain is sung:
| Mes chers parents | My dear parents |
| Je pars | I'm leaving |
| Je vous aime mais je pars | I love you but I'm leaving |
| Vous n'aurez plus d'enfant | You won't have a child anymore |
| Ce soir | [as of] Tonight |
| Je n' m'enfuis pas je vole | I'm not running away, I'm flying [away] |
| Comprenez bien je vole | Understand [me] well, I'm flying [away] |
| Sans fumée sans alcool | Without smoking nor drinking [i.e. without getting high or drunk] |
| Je vole je vole | I'm flying away, I'm flying away |
Track listing
- "Je vole" (5:02)
- "8 jours à El Paso" (3:07)
