Tous les garçons et les filles
1962 song by Françoise Hardy
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"Tous les garçons et les filles" (English: "All the Boys and Girls") is a song by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, co-written with Roger Samyn. The song recounts the feelings of a young person who has never known love and her envy of the couples that surround her. Hardy's single, released internationally, was a massive hit in France, where it spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at number one (four separate runs) between late October 1962 and mid-April 1963.
| "Tous les garçons et les filles" | |
|---|---|
 B-side under paper sleeve[2] | |
| Single by Françoise Hardy | |
| from the album Françoise Hardy | |
| A-side | "J'suis d'accord" |
| Released | 1962 |
| Genre | French pop |
| Length | 5:05 |
| Label | Disques Vogue |
| Songwriters | Françoise Hardy, Roger Samyn |
| Music video | |
| "Tous les garçons et les filles" (French TV, 1964) on YouTube | |
Background
Hardy performed the song in a telecast on the evening of Sunday 28 October 1962 in a musical interlude during the results of the 1962 referendum to allow direct election of the president of the French Republic.[3] The record quickly became a success, selling 500,000 copies by the end of the year. In Italy the Italian version sold 255,000 while French version sold 140,000 copies.[4]
Françoise Hardy also recorded the song in English ("Find Me a Boy", 1964), Italian ("Quelli della mia età", 1962; collected in Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano, 1963), and German ("Peter und Lou", 1963; collected in In Deutschland, 1965.)
Jimmy Page participated in the recording session as a session musician.[5]
The song is quoted several times by the main characters in J.L. Carr's 1988 novel What Hetty Did.
Charts
| Chart (1962–64) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 11 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] | 1 |
| France (IFOP)[7] | 1 |
| Italy (Musica e dischi)[8] | 2 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 4 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[9] | 36 |
| West Germany (Media Control)[6] | 20 |
EP track list
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oh oh chéri" (original title "Uh Oh") | Bobby Lee Trammell, ad. by Jil and Jan.[10] | Bobby Lee Trammell | 2:20 |
| 2. | "Il est parti un jour" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 1:47 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "J’suis d’accord" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 2:00 |
| 2. | "Tous les garçons et les filles" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 3:05 |
SP track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "J’suis d’accord" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 2:00 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tous les garçons et les filles" | Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn | 3:05 |
Cover versions
The song has been covered by many artists in many languages, including:
- Lill-Babs (in Swedish, "Vart Jag Än Går", 1963)
- Sophie Blaede (1962)
- Olivia Chaney (in French, Six French Songs, EP, 2023)
- Ginette Reno (1962)
- Catherine Spaak (1962)
- Aimable (on the accordion, 1963)
- Steve Perry (British singer) (in English, "Find Me a Girl", 1963)
- Eny Mara (in Portuguese, "A Idade Do Amor", 1964)
- Maurice Chevalier (as "Mes Chers Zazas", with new lyrics by Edmond Meunier, 1965)
- Dulce Salles Cunha Braga (1965)
- Mia Frye (in English, "All the Girls and Boys", 1984)
- Eurythmics (bonus track on the album Be Yourself Tonight and, in some countries, B-side of the single "It's Alright - (Baby's Coming Back)"); sung in French by Annie Lennox
- The Paquitas (accompanists of Xuxa) (in Portuguese, "Alguem para amar", 1991)
- Janusz Laskowski (in Polish, "Och jak bardzo cię kocham", album Nigdy nie byłem w Casablance, 1994)
- Laurent Voulzy and Carla Bruni singing with the Enfoirés (album Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra comique, 1995)
- Marie Myriam (1996)
- Gigliola Cinquetti ("Quelli della mia età", 1999)
- Saint Etienne ("Find Me a Boy", album The Misadventures of Saint Etienne, music for the film Les Folies de Margaret (The Misadventures of Margaret), released in Japan in 1999)
- The Dresden Dolls
- Thanh Lan in French and Vietnamese
- Zona Zul (album Beira, 2006)[11]
- Cœur de pirate[12]
- Elastic No-No Band (2007 live recording, released in 2012 compilation Not Like Most Folkies, Part 2: Early Covers)
- Raymond & Maria - released in single Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja
- Pomme (Live for Sourdoreille[13] in 2019)
Movie soundtracks
"Tous les garçons et les filles"
- Metroland, United Kingdom, 1997
- CD, Metroland, Warner Bros. Records, 1998 (UK).
- The Dreamers (Innocents: The Dreamers), France, Italy, United Kingdom, 2003
- CD, The Dreamers, Universal Records (9812084), 2003 (UK)
- The Statement (Crime contre l’humanité), Canada, France, United Kingdom, 2003
- Se devo essere sincera, Italy, 2004
- Attenberg, Greece, 2011
"Find Me a Boy"
- The Misadventures of Margaret, United Kingdom, 1998
- Performed by Françoise Hardy and performed by Saint Etienne[14]
-All These Sleepless Nights-
