Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first album, "Oh oh Chéri", appeared, with the title song written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. The flip side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a huge success, which sold 2 million copies. She had long hair and usually wore jeans with a leather jacket, while accompanying her songs on the guitar.
She sang in English, Spanish, and German occasionally. In 1963, she represented Monaco in the Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson with "L'amour s'en va" and emerged in fifth place. In 1968, she received the Grand Prix du Disque Académie Charles Cros.
In 1981, she married her long-time companion Jacques Dutronc, with whom she had already had a son (Thomas Dutronc) in 1973. In May 2000, she had a comeback with the album "Clair Obscur". Her son played the guitar, and her husband sang the duet "Puisque vous partez en voyage". Iggy Pop and Etienne Daho participated, as well. She currently lives near Paris.
In 2006 she released a new duets album entitled "Parenthèses" which included a song with her son Thomas.
In 2021, Hardy announced that her health had worsened and that she would not be able to sing again owing to the effects of cancer therapy.
Il est parti un jour
Françoise Hardy Lyrics
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En disant Je reviendrai
Oui mais depuis ce jour
Beaucoup de temps a passé, oh oh
Beaucoup de temps a passé
Il est parti un jour
En disant Sois-moi fidèle
Pour moi serait éternel, oh oh
Pour moi serait éternel
Il est parti un jour
Et je l'ai attendu
Mais je l'attends toujours
Il n'est pas revenu
Il est parti un jour
Vers de lointains paysages
Dont il ne m'a jamais
Envoyé la moindre image, oh oh oh
Envoyé la moindre image
Il est parti un jour
Et je l'ai attendu
Mais je l'attends toujours
Il n'est pas revenu
Il est parti un jour
Mais j'ai eu tort d'avoir cru
Oui, cru en son retour
Qu'à présent je n'attends plus, oh oh oh
Je rattrape le temps perdu x3
Francoise Hardy's song "Il est parti un jour" tells the story of a woman who waited for a man who promised to come back. As the lyrics suggest, the man left saying he would return, and the woman believed him. However, as time passed, she never heard from him again. She waited, hoping that he would come back, but he never did. She waited for him endlessly, but eventually came to the realization that she had been waiting in vain for a long time. She decides to move on, reconciling to the fact that she had been wasting her time.
The song's lyrics express a sense of sorrow and the pain of unrequited love. The woman's faith in her lover is shattered when he never returns, and her heart is consumed by the memories of their love. She muses on the time lost waiting, but eventually gains closure and decides to move on from her heartbreak.
The song's melancholic tone is set by the gentle acoustic guitar melody, with Francoise Hardy's voice adding a sense of vulnerability and emotion to the song. The lyrics are simple but profound, offering a universal message of love and heartbreak that anyone can relate to.
Line by Line Meaning
Il est parti un jour
He left one day
En disant Je reviendrai
Saying he will come back
Oui mais depuis ce jour
But since that day
Beaucoup de temps a passé, oh oh
A lot of time has passed
Il est parti un jour
He left one day
En disant Sois-moi fidèle
Saying to remain faithful
Jurant que son amour
Swearing his love
Pour moi serait éternel, oh oh
For me would be eternal
Il est parti un jour
He left one day
Et je l'ai attendu
And I waited for him
Mais je l'attends toujours
But I'm still waiting for him
Il n'est pas revenu
He hasn't come back
Il est parti un jour
He left one day
Vers de lointains paysages
To distant lands
Dont il ne m'a jamais
He never sent me
Envoyé la moindre image, oh oh oh
A single image, oh oh oh
Il est parti un jour
He left one day
Et je l'ai attendu
And I waited for him
Mais je l'attends toujours
But I'm still waiting for him
Il n'est pas revenu
He hasn't come back
Il est parti un jour
He left one day
Mais j'ai eu tort d'avoir cru
But I was wrong to believe
Oui, cru en son retour
Yes, in his return
Qu'à présent je n'attends plus, oh oh oh
That I'm not waiting anymore, oh oh oh
Je rattrape le temps perdu x3
I make up for lost time x3
Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: Hardy Francoise, Samyn Roger Gustave
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Oswaldo Perez
Belles chansons de Francoise Hardy j aime beaucoup!!!! Merci
CITRUS
Son 1er 45 tours....si ce n'était pas aussi mal orchestré derrière , la chanson était plutôt bien construite, exploitable, + interessante et ambigue que " j'suis d'accord"...Hardy ne chantait pas encore bien, là dessus. c'est son 1er album. mais on sent déjà sa patte, la volonté de chanter du triste même sur des rythmes + légers
daniel beyssac
superbe
guy fischmeister
Deux photographies d'elle enceinte je suis aux anges de la voir porter un bébé bravo Françoise pour vos chansons
Viviane Dubé
guy fischmeister .....Je suis ravie bien heureusement charmée, car c’est la toute première fois que je la vois enceinte.—Si vous regardez bien attentivement, il y a au total trois photos de Françoise où elle attend un heureux événement.—Une où elle au début de sa grossesse (assise avec une robe de plusieurs couleurs, dont la dominante est rouge).—Et ça lui allait à ravir.—Bon dimanche.—Viviane (04-04-2020)
Pamela Sanchez
@Viviane Dubé merci
linh tu
J'etais si amoureux de Francoise Hardy en classe de cinquieme au lycee Jean Jacques Rousseau hahaha
zsolt kovács
Bárcsak jobban tanultam volna a gimnáziumban a franciát !!!!!! szuper
rodolphegilles
0:07 Mon dieu qu'elle est belle ! (enfin....sur toutes les photos au final)
fifinette fifi
Elle aurait pu être mannequin ...