François Feldman (born 23 May 1958) is a French singer. He had a great succ… Read Full Bio ↴François Feldman (born 23 May 1958) is a French singer. He had a great success in the 1980s and the 1990s in France.

Biography

The young François Feldman spent his adolescence listening soul music, including songs by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and James Brown, among other artists. His father gave him his first guitar at fourteen years of age, and François won first prize several times in the radio contests he entered. He created his first group at the age of 14 and appeared in a few clubs. In 1980, Feldman recorded his first song, "You Want Every Night", then "Ma Petite Vidéo" in 1982, "Folle sur les bords" in 1983 summer, "Wally boule noire" and "Obsession" in 1984, and finally "Amour de corridor" in 1985, but all these singles remained unsuccessful.

In 1986, he became famous with his song "Rien que pour toi" which reached number 12 on the SNEP Singles Chart and sold 200,000 units. Thereafter, Feldman had many hits in France, becoming a well established star in France. He has sold very well over his 25-year career, selling about ten million albums in several countries, including Belgium, Italy, Canada and Japan.
Released in 1989, his second studio album entitled Une Présence was more successful and contains several hit singles, such as "Joue pas", recorded as a duet with Joniece Jamison, "Les Valses de Vienne", "Petit Frank" and "C'est toi qui m'as fait" which were all top-2 hits in France. The same year, he wrote the hit single "J'aurais voulu te dire" for Caroline Legrand. This album was followed by Magic Boul'vard, released in 1991, and provided to Feldman a third number one hit in France, "Joy", a song dedicated to the singer's daughter.

Since 1993, and his album Indigo, Feldman has been less successful and unable to repeat his previous feats on the charts. Despite releasing four albums, he has been almost absent from the media and his sales have become more restricted. He currently continues his artistic career giving popular concerts throughout France.

In 2007, "Rien que pour toi" was covered by Tatiana Laurens who took part in the French TV reality show Secret Story.
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Existe
François Feldman Lyrics

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Respire
Contre mon cœur
Car je veux t'entendre vivre,
Inspire
Toutes les secondes de mes heures,
Palpite
Au fond de moi
Comme au fond d'un bateau ivre,

Récite
Les mots que je ne sais pas

De chaque instant
Fais l'océan
Ou des années de géant,
Donne-moi ta chaleur
Pour les siècles de douleur,
Existe
Plus fort que tout
Jusqu'à vivre et dormir debout,
Respire, je t'en supplie à genoux

Désire
Toutes les passions
Toutes les fièvres interdites,
Déchire
Le rideau de l'horizon
De chaque nuit,
Fais un pays
Comme un éternel oubli,
Donne-moi tous tes sens
Comme une douce violence

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Existe
Plus fort que tout
Jusqu'à vivre et dormir debout,
Respire, je t'en supplie à genoux
Plus fort que tout,

Jusqu'à vivre et dormir debout
Respire, je t'en supplie à genoux

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of François Feldman's song "Existe" are a plea to a loved one to keep living and breathing. The singer is asking their loved one to breathe against their heart, so they can feel their presence and existence. They want to feel every moment of the loved one's life, and they want them to live as if every moment were an ocean or years of giants. The singer wants the loved one to exist more strongly than anything else, to the point where they could live and sleep standing up. The second verse implores the loved one to desire all passions and forbidden fevers, and to tear down the horizon and make something eternal like a forgotten land. They want to feel all of the loved one's senses, like a sweet violence.

Overall, "Existe" is a song about wanting someone to live fully and passionately, to leave their mark on the world and to make the singer feel their presence. The lyrics are romantic and passionate, urging the loved one to never give up and to keep existing in the fullest sense possible.

Line by Line Meaning

Respire
Take a breath

Contre mon cœur
Against my heart

Car je veux t'entendre vivre
Because I want to hear you live

Inspire
Exhale

Toutes les secondes de mes heures
Every second of my hours

Palpite
Thump

Au fond de moi
Deep inside me

Comme au fond d'un bateau ivre
Like at the bottom of a drunken boat

Récite
Recite

Les mots que je ne sais pas
The words I don't know

De chaque instant
In every moment