April March (real name Elinor Blake) is an indie pop singer from California… Read Full Bio ↴April March (real name Elinor Blake) is an indie pop singer from California. She was born on April 20, 1965 and sings in English and French. Her best known track is an English language remake of Serge Gainsbourg's "Laisse tomber les filles" released in 1998 as "Chick Habit". The song appears during the opening credits of the 1999 film "But I'm A Cheerleader" and the end credits of Quentin Tarantino's 2007 film "Death Proof", the latter alongside her cover of the original song.

She has had one of the more interesting dual careers, as a cartoon animator (including a stint as a principal animator for the Ren & Stimpy show) and as an indie pop singer/songwriter, more popular in France than in Brooklyn, where she was raised, or in her current home of California.

As a child, Elinor became fascinated with France, and jumped at the opportunity to participate in an exchange program in France in junior high. Today, her albums tend to contain songs in both English and French, which draw heavily on themes and styles from French 1960s pop music.

Beginning in the early 1980s, she worked as an animator for Archie Comics and Pee Wee's Playhouse; in 1986 we see her working on the Madonna feature Who's That Girl, animating the star in the title sequence and the contemporaneous music video. Her first band, The Pussywillows, was formed in 1987, although their existence was interrupted for a year while April March attended the one-year Disney Character Animation program in California. In 1991, the Pussywillows broke up, and Blake formed the Shitbirds, which lasted until 1995. Since then, March has recorded as a solo artist, and has appeared on some motion picture soundtracks, as well as the Cartoon Network series I Am Weasel theme song. Most notable is her remake of Laisse tomber les filles into Chick Habit that was featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy 'But I'm a Cheerleader' and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Her appeal in the United States has grown with her recent and ongoing collaborations with Jonathan Richman, Los Cincos and the Dust Brothers, and in France with her collaborations with Bertrand Burgalat.

In 2022, she released the album "In Cinerama," considered by some reviewers to be her best ever.

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Laisse tomber les filles
April March Lyrics

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Laisse tomber les filles
Laisse tomber les filles
Un jour, c'est toi qu'on laissera
Laisse tomber les filles
Laisse tomber les filles
Un jour, c'est toi qui pleureras

Oui, j'ai pleuré

Mais ce jour-là
Non, je ne pleurerai pas
Non, je ne pleurerai pas

Je dirai, c'est bien
Mais pour toi
Je dirai, ça t'apprendra
Je dirai ça t'apprendra

Laisse tomber les filles
Laisse tomber les filles
Ça te jouera un mauvais tour
Laisse tomber les filles
Laisse tomber les filles
Tu le paieras un de ces jours

On ne joue pas impunément
Avec un cœur innocent
Avec un cœur innocent
Tu verras ce que je ressens
Avant qu'il ne soit longtemps
Avant qu'il ne soit longtemps

La chance abandonne
Celui qui ne sait
Que laisser les cœurs blessés
Tu n'auras personne
Pour te consoler
Tu ne l'auras pas volé

Laisse tomber les filles
Laisse tomber les filles
Un jour, c'est toi qu'on laissera
Laisse tomber les filles
Laisse tomber les filles
Un jour, c'est toi qui pleureras

Non pour te plaindre
Il n'y aura personne d'autre que toi
Personne d'autre que toi
Alors tu te rappelleras
Tout ce que je te dis là
Tout ce que je te dis là

Alors tu te rappelleras
Tout ce que je te dis là
Tout ce que je te dis là
Alors tu te rappelleras

Tout ce que je te dis là
Tout ce que je te dis là

Overall Meaning

The song "Laisse tomber les filles" by April March is a French pop song that was released in the 1960s. The lyrics are about a woman warning a man to stop playing games with women's hearts because eventually, he will be the one left heartbroken. The song has a catchy melody and simplistic, repetitive lyrics that make it easy to sing along to.

The chorus "Laisse tomber les filles" translates to "Drop the Girls" or "Forget the Girls" in English, and the woman goes on to sing about how the man will one day be the one feeling the pain and regret for his actions. The lyrics are quite feminist in nature as they suggest that women should not be treated as a disposable object of desire for men.

This song has gained popularity in recent years as it was featured in the movie "But I'm a Cheerleader" and was covered by the popular indie band The Magnetic Fields. The song has also been used in numerous commercials and television shows.

Line by Line Meaning

Laisse tomber les filles
Give up on the girls

Un jour see'est toi qu'on laissera
One day you will be left behind

Laisse tomber les filles
Give up on the girls

Un jour see'est toi qui pleureras
One day you will cry

Oui j'ai pleuré mais ce jour-là
Yes, I cried that day

Non je ne pleurerai pas
No, I will not cry

Je dirai see'est bien fait pour toi
I will say it serves you right

Je dirai ça t'apprendra
I will say that you will learn

Laisse tomber les filles
Give up on the girls

Ça te jouera un mauvais tour
It will backfire on you

Laisse tomber les filles
Give up on the girls