France Gall (born Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall on 9 October, 1947 in … Read Full Bio ↴France Gall (born Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall on 9 October, 1947 in Paris, France - died 7 January 2018) was an influential singer who performed for many decades. She notably represented Luxembourg in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest with "Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son"; that winning song was just one of many that she performed which had been written by Serge Gainsbourg. Her career spanned roughly forty years, primarily in France, but she was best known over the world for the songs which she performed during the 60s, many of them a part of the ye-ye style. She sang in both French and English.

Besides the highly successful "Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son", she also notably sung "Les Sucettes" and "Baby Pop". In France, she was perhaps more known for the chanson songs she sang in the late-70s through the mid-80s, many of them written by her husband, Michel Berger, who died in 1992. In 1987, she had some additional international success with her Ella Fitzgerald tribute "Ella, elle l'a". She still recorded music into the new millennium.

France Gall died on 7 january 2018 at age 70 in a hospital in Paris.

Les Sucettes
France Gall Lyrics

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Annie aime les sucettes
Les sucettes à l'anis
Les sucettes à l'anis d'Annie
Donnent à ses baisers
Un goût anisé
Lorsque le sucre d'orge
Parfumé à l'anis
Coule dans la gorge d'Annie

Elle est au paradis

Pour quelques penny, Annie
A ses sucettes à l'anis
Elles ont la couleur de ses grands yeux
La couleur des jours heureux
Annie aime les sucettes
Les sucettes à l'anis
Les sucettes à l'anis d'Annie
Donnent à ses baisers
Un goût anisé
Lorsqu'elle n'a sur sa langue
Que le petit bâton
Elle prend ses jambes à son corps
Et retourne au drugstore

Pour quelques penny, Annie
A ses sucettes à l'anis
Elles ont la couleur de ses grands yeux
La couleur des jours heureux

Lorsque le sucre d'orge
Parfumé à l'anis

Coule dans la gorge d'Annie
Elle est au paradis

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to France Gall's song "Les Sucettes" speaks of a young girl named Annie who loves anise-flavored lollipops. This simple indulgence brings her much joy and even enhances the taste of her kisses, leaving a slight anise flavor lingering. When the sugar from the lollipop flows down Annie's throat, she experiences a sensation akin to being in paradise. The song mentions how the lollipops have a similar color to Annie's eyes, and it reminds her of happier days. Annie is so taken with her candy that when she finishes one, she rushes back to the drug store for more.

Interestingly, the song's meaning goes deeper than what it appears on the surface. It was later revealed that "Les Sucettes" was written with subversive double entendres by Serge Gainsbourg, who had a reputation for pushing the boundaries of the acceptable in his music. The song is said to be a metaphor for oral sex, with the lollipops representing the phallus and Annie's delight in the candy symbolizing the pleasure of performing oral sex. This revelation caused controversy when the song was released, as France Gall was a teenager at the time, and the sexual nature of the song was inappropriate.

Line by Line Meaning

Annie aime les sucettes
Annie loves lollipops

Les sucettes à l'anis
The aniseed lollipops

Les sucettes à l'anis d'Annie
Annie's aniseed lollipops

Donnent à ses baisers
Give her kisses

Un goût anisé
A taste of aniseed

Lorsque le sucre d'orge
When the barley sugar

Parfumé à l'anis
Flavoured with aniseed

Coule dans la gorge d'Annie
Flows down Annie's throat

Elle est au paradis
She's in heaven

Pour quelques penny, Annie
For a few pennies, Annie

A ses sucettes à l'anis
Has her aniseed lollipops

Elles ont la couleur de ses grands yeux
They have the color of her big eyes

La couleur des jours heureux
The color of happy days

Lorsqu'elle n'a sur sa langue
When she has nothing on her tongue

Que le petit bâton
Other than the little stick

Elle prend ses jambes à son corps
She takes off on her legs

Et retourne au drugstore
And goes back to the drugstore

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, SIDONIE
Written by: Serge Gainsbourg

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@odilebams

49w

Paroles :

Annie aime les sucettes
Les sucettes à l'anis
Les sucettes à l'anis
De Annie
Donnent à ses baisers
Un goût anisé
lorsque le sucre d'orge
Parfumé à l'anis
Coule dans la gorge d'Annie
Elle est au paradis
Pour quelques pennies
Annie
A ses sucettes à
L'anis
Elles ont la couleur de ses grands yeux
La couleur des jours heureux
Annie aime les sucettes
Les sucettes à l'anis
Les sucettes à l'anis
De Annie
Donnent à ses baisers
Un goût anisé
Quand elle n'a sur la langue
Que le petit bâton
Elle prend ses jambes à son corps
Et retourne au drugstore
Pour quelques pennies
Annie
A ses sucettes à
L'anis
Elles ont la couleur de ses grands yeux
La couleur des jours heureux
Lorsque le sucre d'orge
Parfumé à l'anis
Coule dans la gorge d'Annie
Elle est au paradis

All comments from YouTube:

@guillermoherrera8621

6y↑59

France alegó que ella lo entendió como una inocente canción, cuyo significado comprendió tiempo después. No podemos negarle el alto grado de erotismo que lleva, aún cuando han pasado tantos años de su estreno.

@muchu_mouchou8813

@Hamza Zemb nan, vrmt pas tes malade toi.

@jujuthe_b7417

1y↑2

oui, donc Serge Gainsbourg a écrit une chanson avec des sous entendus immonde pour que France Gall, à peine âgée de 18 la chante

@florinivan6907

4y↑222

Even if you don't understand a word in french you know exactly what this song is about just by watching this.

@PetiteLicorne

2y↑15

If you understand the French, It's even better, because It's really well written.

@FortuitousOwl

2y↑30

If you understand French, you should know the artist was a young girl that had no idea about the subtext and was exploited.

@maemorri

1y↑4

@Hannah Gs Unless she was 12 she should have understood. Of course, it was the 60s. I guess people were more naive back then.

@FortuitousOwl

1y↑3

@maemorri kids in general can be pretty naive.

@BallerinaNatasha

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@genaall

11y↑153

"Les sucettes" - это, на первый взгляд, милая детская песенка о девочке, которая любит леденцы с анисовым вкусом - так её и исполняла наивная 18-летняя Франс Галль в 1966 году. Она и не подозревала, что автор текста, Серж Генсбур, наполнил песню намёками на оральный секс. И очень удивлялась, что на записи телепередач с детской песенкой приходило так много взрослых зрителей. Когда Галль узнала о двойном смысле "Les Sucettes", она была очень расстроена и не желала ни с кем общаться несколько недель подряд, не выходила из дома и не включала телевизор: "Меня предали окружающие меня взрослые. Мне было трудно злиться на Сержа - на самом деле я злилась на весь мир". Однако с Генсбуром она больше дел не имела.

@user-po7wj4yv5k

7y↑5

согласен

@EquilKZ

6y↑10

Дааа, не подозревала.)))

@Anaximus

6y↑5

Французы те еще извращенцы😆

@BiIlyBones

А текст есть?

@vladimirprokaev6523

6y↑9

@Billy Bones, конечно есть. Без текста очень сложно петь песни.

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@louismaitre288

3y↑50

Let's be honest.
Musically, it's a rather charming little song, the melody being smoothly composed by Gainsbourg, and all the arrangements made by Goraguer.
Of course, it has something almost childish in itself, it could have been the soundtrack to some cute movie based upon a fairytale.
Listen to the sound, without thinking bout the lyrics. It's cute.
And then, Serge, who had always been an iconoclast, not respecting very much what one could call "moral values", had added those lyrics.
Of course, retrospectively, most people say "that should have been censored". But, reading thoroughly those sentences, no jury ever could have declared Gainsbourg guilty of anything. Why? Well, very simply because not one single word carries any explicit reference to something sexual. It definitely CAN be read with a very naive and innocent approach. And, actually, in case of a trial, the attorney would have said "Mr Prosecutor, WHERE do YOU see anything dirty? Isn't it your own mind, that sees naughty things, although this is simply a song about a little girl who loves candies. The lyrics explicitly say "quand elle n'a sur sa langue que le petit bâton (when there's only the little stick left on her tongue) Annie retourne au drugstore (Annie goes back to the drugstore) et pour quelques pennies elle a ses sucettes (and for some pennies she gets her lollipops)". Is there anything sexual to be found in these words? Why a drugstore or why those pennies she has to pay? What sense could that make? This proves clearly that it's ONLY and SOLELY about a little girl who buys lollipops, otherwise this drugstore or these pennies being paid make no sense"
In this measure, one has to admit, S. Gainsbourg was brilliant when it was about explaining the worst notions, but in words that perfectly could be read and understood with the purest background. And this, honestly, is rather something funny.
Frankly, I know the meaning of the song, but, despite this clarity, I enjoy listening to it, just as if it were something truly innocent... as I said, it's cute, I can enjoy it without any other thoughts, and start laughing afterwards. I recently heard it on my car-radio, while driving at night. There were some trucks, but not very much traffic, the moon was almost full and the night was clear, and then, came this song. Wanna know what my reaction was? I put the volume about twice as loud as it was, I kicked down the gas pedal and accelerated, and started singing out loud, really enjoying the music and the moment. This was great, and not one single second, had I thought about the hidden meaning. It wasn't necessary ^^

@louismaitre288

@L Ron Cupboard child abuse ? You REALLY have to have an insane mind for seeing child abuse in a song about a young girl who loves anise-flavored lollipops and other sweets. Please let me remind you that France Gall was 19, not really a child anymore, when she recorded this song.
Run, run, and quickly go and see a shrink, I think you need urgent help.
Find any word that's about child abuse in those lyrics. When the song came out, strangely enough, it was not in France that audience noted anything shocking in this song, but in other countries (mostly USA, but I am not surprised) where people saw a scandal. They started screaming and finding the worst notions in a song that has innocent lyrics, except of course if the listener has sick obsessions.

@G-unar

2y↑3

The word "pennies" in the lyrics is meant to sound like "pénis". It's pretty obvious what is intended here, especially looking the video. Don't act as if you don't know that.

@louismaitre288

@G-Unar brilliant. So you know what was intended... I'm fascinated. Actually there's an obvious ambivalence here, that made it impossible to condemn those lyrics, as they perfectly could have been understood as a very innocent description of a teenager girl who simply loves sweets. Anyone who'd have tried to get this song censored would have had to explain that he was seeing something shocking in it, although the lyrics CAN in fact be read with childish eyes.
Don't forget that even the "pennies" reference you mention was not that obvious by the time this song came out. Although the word was known, nobody in France would have used "penis" in a conversation. "La bite", "la verge", "la queue", "le dard", "le chibre", "la courge", "le braquemard", "le phalle", there are many possibilities to point at it whilst "pénis" is actually rather boring and even sad, it almost looks like an excerpt of some autopsy-report.
Be aware that, if those sentences had been unequivocal, censorship would have succeeded, and this song banned from broadcasting.

@lamestudiosinc418

Gall was 18 years of age at the time, so even by modern standards there wouldn’t be anything illegal about what he did.

@GreatPolishWingedHussars

1y↑1

She actually claimed that she didn't see the double meaning of the song and if she had known that she would never have sung the song. Yes, these walking phalluses in the video are easy to overlook. :)

@EscuchaYcalla

11y↑149

Gall has reportedly said she felt "betrayed by all the adults around me". For a time she was scared of men and hated everyone. Her career suffered because she wouldn't go for the full sensual pose (it wasn't her), but if she tried to sing innocently, people would look for double entendres in everything. I would have stopped speaking to my father. But actually, there's a chance the poor man didn't know much, either. Some men and women lived all their lives only with missionary position.

@zarbi64

3y↑3

Based

@AynMax666

3y↑7

I don't know the quote: was it about this song or her young career as a whole? Unfortunately, child-stars seem routinely betrayed by the adults…everything I've seen indicates to me that Ms Spears, for example, really did need someone else making decisions for her, but her father was a worse pick than her doing it.

@clementrimagne4053

2y↑1

@Zarbi64 you mean Gainsbourg was based ?

@PetiteLicorne

2y↑1

Her father knew.

@jurgens.3964

2y↑5

Indeed, she was betrayed. And I wonder what her carrer would have looked like, if she would not have been betrayed this way.
Par cette chanson une étoile s'est éteinte. Ça me rend triste.

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@Furral

12y↑96

Well, the director of the clip sure was aware of it's meaning.

@Emma-gz6pi

2y↑6

It was her father 😅🤣

@jaja-wg3si

2y↑4

@Emma Whaaaaaaaaat.... This is terrible!!!!!!! wtfffff

@laobok

@jaja Lol, you actually believed it

@anthonydelco5729

9y↑448

"Quand il a écrit la petite chanson, je me voyais aller acheter ma sucette, se souvient-elle. C'était l'histoire d'une petite fille qui allait acheter ses sucettes à l'anis, et quand elle n'en avait plus, elle y retournait... Il me l'a jouée au piano, comme ça, et je l'ai tout de suite trouvée très jolie, je lui ai dit : Serge, j'adore ta chanson !"

A la sortie de la chanson, France Gall découvre le pot-aux-roses. "Là, j'apprends qu'il y a tout un truc là-dessus. C'était horrible, horrible ! Ça a changé mon rapport aux garçons. Ça m'a humiliée, en fait."

Aujourd'hui, elle estime qu'elle aurait dû être plus prudente : "En même temps, je sentais que ce n'était pas clair... C'était Gainsbourg quand même ! Gros cochon !"

@captatnonmuscas

8y↑5

who did say this? Franc Gall?

@anthonydelco5729

8y↑7

Yes !

http://www.lepoint.fr/musique/pour-france-gall-serge-gainsbourg-etait-un-gros-cochon-06-11-2015-1979858_38.php

@captatnonmuscas

8y↑2

Merci Anthony!

@hussardnoir7413

8y↑44

Une jeune de 18 ans qui ne sait pas ce que veut dire la chanson ,come on !!!
Elle a pas grandi dans un couvent quand même

@jean-pierreboghossian9841

7y↑88

Il faut se remettre dans le contexte de l'époque. Moi, j'avais dix ans quand cette chanson est sortie, et je suis passé complètement à côté du second degré. Il faut dire que les paroles sont bien foutues et que le sens caché ne saute pas franchement aux yeux. Les jeunes étaient bien plus innocents à cette époque qu'aujourd'hui. Ça ne m'étonne pas du tout qu'il ait fallu expliquer le texte de la chanson à France Gall pour qu'elle la comprenne. Si je l'avais rencontrée à l'époque, elle m'aurait certainement plu, tant elle semblait être innocente. Bon, elle n'aurait peut-être pas fait la carrière qu'elle a fait par la suite, car je ne possède pas le talent d'un Michel Berger.

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@Buechermaus87

7y↑236

R.I.P. France. The world will miss you :(

@user-cz3og1iu7b

6y↑18

4 black "candies" around 1 white girl.... so symbolic...

@napabilirim

4y↑6

@Максим Максимов In the songs lyrics, if you can speak French, it states that the lollipops are in the color of her eyes as well lol

@napabilirim

4y↑1

Uhm... I'm too late for this but this isn't the right song to say that... The song is literally about NSFW stuff, go say that in "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" or something lol

@micheldelmaschio9523

3y↑5

yes she was such a beautiful girl, she had a voice as an angel, that's not really mi kind of music, that's why I appreciate her personality, also she had beautiful eyes, they were full of intensity, thanks to read this message

@misslineroca7344

7y↑162

Il a dut se tapper une barre légendaire en écrivant la chanson 😂

@bublegum118

2y↑7

Surtout avec elle qui rentre dans le jeux

@marclalevee4838

avec l'alcool, tu bandes plus ou tout mou

@B0byLee

1y↑6

Sans déconner comme t ne pas se rendre compte du double sens surtout avec ce clip enfin.. 😂

@vincentdassise5764

1y↑2

À quelle "barre" tu fais allusion ?... J'aurais plutôt parlé de barreau 😇🤭

@truc7784

@@bublegum118mdr c'est le prénom de ma grand mère

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@syner2276

7y↑74

rest in peace, we lost a beautiful angel

@pandemits

7y↑275

The fact that France Gall had sung another Gainsbourg song (Poupee de cire..), which its hidden meaning was a mockery of the teenage pop singers (= like herself), somehow proves that she was indeed unaware of the double meanings of this song also. Poor girl...

@Hirnlego999

7y↑27

Yes, it was like: argument and then the next song: the proof. Understandably she felt betrayed by those who talked her into it.

@lalottered8586

7y↑85

Yeah but singing a song mocking yourself is still acceptable, whereas singing one that makes you look like an object of sex without you knowing is just cruel

@silvanojo1732

6y↑19

This song is not just about a youg female singer singing silly pop songs. If you listen to the lyrics till the end, "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" is eventually about this "nice" teenager girl wondering whether she should just stay wisely at home like a wax doll, or getting to know the boys closer, which at the end she says she'll do and not just sing about ! Gainsbourg's fantasy indeed...

@lavenderbee3611

5y↑5

@Lalotte red Where were her parents??

@tristilm

4y↑2

@Debbie S Myers her dad was actually her legal representative (she was 19 and majority was 21yo at the time) and was thus basically the one signing all the deals with her producer😂

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@russellwright1422

3y↑3

So you have to remember that this was what was selling hot back then; A look of innocence which she did not have to try hard to provide while being suggestive as all get out! Anyway you look at it, it’s still much better than today’s pop artists and lyrics that leave nothing left to the imagination.

@albertodillon

48w↑1

Quelle nostalgie d'écouter cette chanson de légende

@Sputryk

42w

This very pleasant chanson has been magnificently 'Therionised' by opera metal gods Therion. Well worth a listen.

@laurabenites9160

Estoy en el 2022 y recien descubro sus canciones de France Gall por mi papa la escucho esas hermosas epocas pero concluyo que France era una chica inocente que aun no experimentaba la sexualidad y era imposible saber eso les cuento un anecdota una vez cuando tenia 15 años su un trbajador de la empresa donde trabajaba mi hermana dejo frente a mi un cuadrado luego mi hermana vino y dijo que era eso y yo no sabia quien dejo eso y le dije un amigo tuyo de tu empresa salio y dejo eso frente de mi en esa mesita chica entonces mi hermana dijo ese tipo es un cerdo eso es un condon en un sobre y que es eso le dije y ella recien me explico que era un condon y me explico que quiso burlarse de una manera mañosa y dejarte ese sobre de ese condon delante en esa mesa entonces concluyo como yo no sabia y jamas habia visto en mi vida eso no podia ni suponerlo que cosa es eso entonces eso se llama inocencia como podia saberlo ni nunca lo vi y no sabia que ra un condon aun menos porque no lo sabia y es mas nunca habia tenido un enamorado aun menos simple era una chica tranquila entonces France Gall se puede entender que no sabia sobre el sexo quizas tambien era como una niña sin saber de las perrversiones sexuales de gente maliciosa si nos tocan a una hermana o mama o novia ahi si la respetamos pero si fuera una chica sola el hombre quiere engañarla y hasta manipular asi como manipularon y engañaron a esta chica France Gall

@marcelavez1899

4y↑5

Belle au possible de l'être !!!!France Gall pour toujours dans nos cœurs attrister depuis son départ d'ici-bas ...

@legatushedlius

5y↑329

The other girls in the film know exactly what the song is about!

@AaronnDK

3y↑27

It still disturbs me knowing that she had to sing this song as a minor no knowing what It meant

@AynMax666

3y↑2

How do think they got on the shoot?—there's always a lot of competition….

(I'm not endorsing economic rape, it's worth noting that it ran wild back then, and probably still today.)

@FineLame46

2y↑3

@UnstoppableDecay the legend says gainsbourg is still laughing in his grave :p

@alexhauser5043

2y↑1

@AaronnDK She was 19, not a minor.

@milkmaid1961

12y↑70

You have no idea how different things were back then. It doesn't surprise me that she didn't know. Most of us didn't know a damned thing.

@PetiteLicorne

2y↑2

Now, girls of 9 know 😶

@bluegrassbaby86

9y↑38

I can't get this song out of my head.

@rickardjonsson2926

8y↑9

Same here!, somehow the melody is very enchanting and ofc the video is mesmerizing.

@parasatc8183

5y↑4

@Rickard Jönsson VERY mesmerizing. There's something about Gall's mannerisms and smile here that keep dragging me in.

@JR-kl3xu

4y↑1

La bonne musique sa fait toujours ça

@mrfleisch1636

Because this song is about paedophilia.

@parasatc8183

2y↑6

I listened to Lio's "Le banana split" for the first time today and I felt somewhat violated. The genuine naivety and innocence in Gall's voice here can easily make you overlook the sexual double entendres even if you are aware of them everytime you listen to it

@rosairislarrahondorodiguez2678

5y↑5

Música hermosa. Lo del doble sentido es muy aparte

@mavallarino

12y↑5

it was SG's way of fighting commercial music. Quite brilliant.

@florentine3105

4y↑17

Rien de choquant par rapport à la vulgarité de certains rappeurs ! Époque insouciante et libre !

@kevinvasse9922

3y↑4

Tu trouves pas bizarre qu'il y a 4 grandes sucette noire lol

@LaPetiteLulu

1y↑1

Ah c'est sûr que c'est bien plus subtil qu'eux 😂😂😂😂😂

@matheonintendogarnier9647

5y↑3

Les années 60 70 et 80 auraient pas existées sans elle. Elle était belle.

@thereasontoremember

12y↑75

She was actually just 18 at the time and pretty naive... when she found out about the innuendo she was mortified and hid herself away for weeks. She later when to talk about how she felt betrayed by her songwriting which is why their professional partnership eventually ended.

@aogboz

3y↑1

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@PetiteLicorne

2y↑3

No, she sang again Gainsbourg song after that.

@tt-rs1457

5y↑11

Acrually still a great song.....

@ThinkingSk3ptically

12y↑9

I like her voice! *_*

@lemmegetmyglassesyall2213

5y↑13

Rest in peace beautiful woman❤️😌

@Bibi-ko3ew

5y↑159

Contrairement aux actrices qui mangent leurs sucettes de manière très subtile
Il n’y a que France Gall qui parait innocente dans tout ça

@chansonfrancaisetraduction1468

4y↑2

Bah bien sur,c Ginsburg qui à écrit le texte et Ginsburg il a violé plein de jeunes filles naïves dont sa fille

@evealicelucienne

4y↑1

@Neville Pfenninger Sources ?

@Sphlds

4y↑6

Normal elle n’avait pas compris le sens cachée tout comme sont père qui sinon n’aurait jamais accepté qu’elle chante ça

@chansonfrancaisetraduction1468

4y↑3

Ah non les parents savaient très bien ce qu'elle chantait mais ils avaient vécus le même genre de truc quand ils étaient petits

@Sphlds

4y↑3

@Neville Pfenninger non non son père ne savait pas il n’avait pas compris le double sens de la musique sinon il n’aurait jamais accepté

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@EscuchaYcalla

11y↑36

First, Gall was 18, just probably much younger and naive... a 14 year old of my time, and maybe an 8 year old of today's standards. Secondly, the song is about lollipops. If you accuse Gainsborough, he can say the song is not about that and you have a dirty mind. And he would be right. There's many people here who don't believe Gall's version that she had no idea, because to them, it's impossible not to see the meaning. While I fully believe her. So, half of the meaning is in your head.

@PetiteLicorne

2y↑1

It's really possible to not see the reai meaning when you are a little girl, or a virgin at that time.

Of course Gainsbourg would have say that, but there's only "a little stick after she ate the" sucette", and that it flows in her throat, makes it impossible for us to ignore the real meaning (we are not virgins).

@PetiteLicorne

2y↑2

She wasn't virgin, but when I started my sexual life, I was quite innocent also.

@marilowi

Ta gueule!! elle ne savait pas et c'est lui même qui l'a dit , c'est dans une vidéo, cherche.

@sitarnut

9y↑4

Cleverly written tune with simple changes which are catchy… guess that's Serge all the time.

@user-ui4mi3nd4o

4y↑3

Это прелестно! 😍

@luntika9223

3y↑2

Я долго ржал когда узнал историю этой песни 😁 Франс думала что это милая песенка Гинзбурга о девочке которая любит сосать леденцы а уже после того как вышел этот клип добрые люди ей обьяснили что эта песня не совсем про леденцы 😊😁 в общем она была в ахуе 😁

@bennyfromthe72

14y↑2

@joshster89 Because he was and still is the coolest french songwriter and singer ever.

@nidiashalabi2036

2y↑26

It’s quite possible not to have known. As a teenager, kids would snicker when I ate a banana at lunch. I seriously had zero idea what the fuss was all about. I even remember a friend telling me “you’re so innocent, but let me break it down into bite sizes for you.” I finally understood in my mid-20’s after all the comedy movies had this as a punch line at some point. And this is quite recent for me… in the 2010’s. It’s sad the industry put her in this position. Truly despicable.

@0ParisFrance

2y↑3

Except that France had been in a relationship for 2 years with Claude François when she sang this song, hahaha !

@alexhauser5043

2y↑1

" It’s sad the industry put her in this position. Truly despicable."

She was 19, not 9. She was in on the joke, despite her later claims to the contrary.

@MrBooojangles

It was 1966 though, not the 2010's and Serge Gainsbourg was always a dirty bugger. Just look at the interview with Whitney Houston when he says I really want to F her. It was funny though. 😂

@joeharris3878

1y↑1

In the neighborhood I grew up in the South in the earlier 1960s, sex was an absolute mystery
among us boys. The we moved across town during fifth. That school had kids from different
backgrounds. I didn't know where babies came from, I didn't know what queer meant, didnt know
about mastubation....Fellatio? I didn't even know about coitus! But the crowd knew all about it.
Different upbringing.

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@myheartwillstopinjoy8142

45w

Yeah, some people are more innocent than others. I remember drawing a girl eating a lollipop when I was in my 1st highschool year and some boys in my class looked at it and laughed but I didn't understand why until I grew up

@ernestodek103

2y↑4

première réaction: choc. mais le couple Gainsbourg Gall est toujours merveilleux.
Les danseurs sont évocateurs hahaha

@riceburner32

13y↑11

this is one of my favorite videos of all time.

@user-dl8eq8ub1i

8y↑7

歌詞は分からないけど、とってもかわいい曲！

@jacquelinealcindor6235

7y↑10

condoléances a tout ses proches repose en paix amen

@vianneyferrand2893

3y↑5

Oh le génie

Oh le joueur exceptionnel

@vinipou8532

1y↑1

On peut penser ce que l'on veut, il faut laisser les choses dans leurs contextes.. c'était juste la classe à l'époque..!!!

@MrPauloRobertoSilva

6y↑16

Qu'elle me manque, France Gall!

@lucien346

Moi aussi

@milkmaid1961

12y↑5

This song came close to ending her career. She felt betrayed not only by Serge, but by her father, who had allowed her to humiliate herself (as she saw it). After Japan, she never performed this song again.

@AshotSahvadze

3y↑2

Франс галь даже рекламу превращает в, пусть не шедевр, но классику (:

@felipesancho

I'm not even mad, that's amazing!

@milkmaid1961

13y↑19

The best part is the dancing "lollipops."

@jeanfrancoismicaelli7841

9y↑2

trop bonne époque

@Helveticaschannel

11y↑2

I laughed so hard at this.

@JSabini

13y↑11

The most beautiful french woman of all times!!!

@LudekII

4y↑1

Byla to Lucemburčanka.

@JSabini

4y↑3

@Luděk Ii she represented Luxembourg in Eurovision 1965 but is 100% french.

@LudekII

4y↑1

@jsabini no jo... Moje chyba :-/

@JSabini

4y↑1

@Luděk Ii no worries!!

@jbgamer64

4y↑1

S'était un chaud ce serge😂 pauvre France gall reposer en paix tout les deux 🙏

@Juju-qf8yp

❤

@MrPauloRobertoSilva

13y↑1

@JKidd151515 thank you for having posted this video. it pleases me a lot to watch wonderful france gall's young and innocent performance and voice, as well as serge gainsbourg's special talent for double senses and intelligence. i love them all.

@rexgeorg7324

love this song

@lailahaouz4713

5y↑8

c’était quand même énorme

@wulfsteppen6989

@RachelLaïlaHaouz = Ça dépend de La TAILLE
...de La Sucette ?

@1909Ghost

9y↑7

This is just great.

@fumikagetokoyami-chan6219

7y↑46

Tellement mes parents sont clean si je chante ça devant eux il vont pas comprendre 😂😂

@guiguibigboss9615

4y↑2

J'ai pensé à la même chose pour ma famille 🤣🤣😭

@mommyissues8599

Tokoyami-kun ? Je ne te croyait pas comme sa

@nadinehervet2936

Je ne chante pas quand je mange une sucette à l anis car je ne suis tjrs pas parvenue à chanter la bouche pleine

@leogolovine4777

Ils cachent leur jeu...

@bamarek1970

14y↑2

I only worry that I will have nightmares about the giant walking lollipops.

@icm65

Fantastique!

@adrianabucio9091

9y↑595

my french teacher showed me this. Pour l'amour de dieu

@manuels9747

6y↑36

Is he a catholic priest? O_o

@janaweyns5312

5y↑2

Mine did too!

@Gonzalez2500

5y↑3

Mine as well. 12 years ago.

@ligimurlaub857

5y↑7

He used to love you very much....

@evealicelucienne

4y↑10

I'm a French teacher and I did it too, many times. My students had to learn the song by heart.

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@marielebadi6330

3y↑3

Une femme au grand coeur

@ChristiDiscipulus

10y↑298

I thought this was really about lollipops but then she said something about running down her throat and being in heaven... :O

@BramClaes

10y↑57

So did the singer:p

@frankmaclow2709

9y↑64

+Solitary Monarchist it does have a sexual hidden message in it but very cleverly hidden.
80% of people at that time thought Gainsbourg was really talking about
lollipops. If you translate the lyrics, it's obvious, but not for most
of the people back in the 60's.

@mlgmake

8y↑68

+Nick Clemons
Actually back in the 60's you could put something like that on a candy advertisement and people would think you are truly referring to the great taste of the candy. Sex was a more discreet thing so people did not think about double meanings.

@fatimagarai7819

7y↑1

merci

@AynMax666

7y↑15

Similarly, in the 1950s people sometimes could grow marijuana in their window-boxes or on fire escapes and nobody who knew what it was and objected noticed...when the grower was lucky.

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@lecasucces6706

7y↑38

Je suis encore sous le choc après avoir découvert le 2ème sens de cette chanson...Soutenez moi svp... Pauvre France...

@alexandredefranca5800

4y↑1

Écoutez alors la poupée qui fait pipi et caca ,et zeste de citron,la vous allez pleurer

@PetiteLicorne

C'est quoi la poupée ?

@nadinehervet2936

Pourquoi ??????.

@tigerarmyrule

12y↑1

Exactly. Whatever about Serge's dirty mind this is a classic song by the unbelievably beautiful and desirable Mlle. France Gall. Come on enjoy it everyone....this is France Gall.

@VEVOJavier

8y↑38

Gainsbourg has balls of steel damn

@GC1ID

12y↑2

I don't even speak french and I know what it's about (Well I'm pretty certain. Until I learn French I'll never be 100% positive)

@stefanberglund1868

3y↑2

This song just makes me sad, because I know what it lead to.

@AndrewNickChump

9y↑31

How in GOD's name did they get away with this in '66, exactly ... ? I feel violated.

@kevinkouassi6353

9y↑12

+Andrew Nick Maybe because ..france ?

@dinare8

8y↑11

Hell yeah, Vive la France!

@jujubanane

8y↑13

Serge Gainsbourg was actually writing smartly because at that time, since no one would have ever made sing something that naughty to a 19 girl, censors only saw the first degree of the song.

Which was indeed stupid I agree. "Pour ses quelques pennys, Annie a ses sucettes à l'anis" is pretty obvious : the "penny" was not a french currency and is pronounced the exact same way than "penis"

@dekabrist59

7y↑14

RIP France Gall

@heliosthierry6609

La richesse de la vie est faite de souvenirs oubliés....!

@heliosthierry6609

1y↑1

Je bade en écoutant ce souvenir du temps passé.

@tigerarmyrule

14y↑2

The likes of Vanessa Paradis and Alizee do the French Lolita well but this is impossible to better. France Gall had it all, beauty apparent innocence, a voice of sheer gorgeous feminine attraction.

@MrPauloRobertoSilva

13y↑5

no matter what the words mean in their subliminar language, the fact is the time the song was composed and released the world was so different from nowadays, and it was a taboo to talk openly on sex. serge, nevertheless, made a wonderful song, and france gall sang it so perfectly. this is the only thing that matters to me. i don't care about the meaning of it. i just love the innocence passed through the angel-like voice of france gall. and also her class in singing. we don't see this today.

@lygwada5164

5y↑28

On en parle de la beauté de cette femme ?

@JamesHunt0207

4y↑12

Elle est magnifique

@captaintrizer

9y↑189

poor France gall! Couldn't understand why loooaaadddss of men went to see her performing this when she didn't know Serge had written it as a song basically about felatio! she was mortified when she found out lol

@mlgmake

8y↑42

+TrisWarlock 89
Says a lot about how much more modest and innocent the world was, for her not to know by then. There is something very sad about the fact that there is no innocence anymore, even if it means people are more aware.

@PaulZink

7y↑35

No, I think it simply shows that France Gall was not the sharpest tool in the box.

@basura2001

5y↑13

'loads of men'... heh well-played!

@Leonards-leopard

5y↑12

If she didn’t realise after appearing in this video I’m not sure how much more obvious they could make it

@upatherpucker6499

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@odilebams

49w

@Rosiewithlove

this is hilarious because serge didn't even mean for it to be sexual

@SweetCanaTawa

4y↑4

Gainsbourg, a genious!

@dancingbear86

14y↑1

Magnifique! The Lollypop Girl!

@jaywest3734

6y↑4

Man, France has always been pretty out there with the sex stuff lol.

@christianbarral2734

7y↑2

j avais 8 ans et déjà compris le sens rien quand voyant la tête, marrante de mon pere😂

@PetiteLicorne

2y↑1

Comment à 8ans on peut savoir que de telles choses existent ?

@Nightynight43

9y↑7

Whatever this is fantastic song.

@sludgewave4786

50w↑3

C'est fou de se dire que cette chanson a fait polemique a un moment.
C'est les paroles les plus soft que j'ai jamais entendu....Bon le clip par contre il est horny de ouf. Mais bon j'imagine que c'etait une autre epoque.

@marcel-gy7xh

5y↑1

Je suis tombé de haut en apprenant le double sens de cette chanson (le même effet que pour "Banana Split" de Lio). Cependant, une chanson sur une sucrerie, dans l' absolu pourquoi pas, mais venant de Serge Gainsbourg , même si aucun doute qu 'il en aurait été parfaitement capable, c' était plutôt inattendu et cachait forcement quelque chose.

@0ParisFrance

ben mes potes à l'école et moi on comprenait très bien le sens des paroles !!

@JamesBond-er7kz

@INVESTIGATION tu te répètes !

@twenty_7537

4y↑5

le plus gros troll de la chanson française

@DonaDiabla24

10y↑18

This song is so cute! I thought it was also about lollipops at first. Until looking at this video ;)

@duskyracer8800

7y↑9

She found out the double meaning months later and wouldn't leave her house for weeks.

@Steinbach1984

12y

What you say is at odds with what she stated in an interview. The interview in question was taken in 1968, well after the release, and after finding out about Japan the journalist asked her how she performed the song today. Her answer was: "Mais exactement pareil, sans changer quoi que ce soit à mes intonations."

@tonyjoestar8632

7y↑2

J'adore ça

@moonliver1126

7y↑1

aside from the dirty lyrics, i love this song anyway :D <3<3

@ZEROXY1927

2y↑2

Mdr 😂 pourtant avec cloclo elle a dû apprendre les jours heureux

@antologia88

7y↑10

RIP France :'(

@playokay

11y↑92

What sometimes gets lost in all this controversy is that the B-side of the record was a song called 'Le Butt Plug'

@playokay

10y↑7

I guess sometimes 'real' life is better than fiction... :)

@AFKPoNEy

9y↑3

Ah Serge merci pour cette chanson!

@made-man777

Well, of course she didn’t know, let’s all forgive her together

@fabriceclement6587

3y↑2

Director: Well how many sexual imagery do you want in the clip?
Producer: yes.

@sesecarneiro1372

3y↑2

La musique est quand sympa, quand au double sens il est vraiment mis en avant dans se clip . Gainsbourg était quand même un génie , mais apparemment pas assez claire sur se sujet avec france gall. Gainsbourg aurai peut être voulu faire de france gall sa muse comme mylène et laurent dans les années 80? .... mais france fall une fois réagis n a pas voulu continuer dans cette direction, la provocation n étant pas ( comme on l a vu dans sa carrière) son truc . Quoi qu il en soit ça reste un bon morceau

@parfecto7716

7y↑2

Unbelievable!

@florianchappuis6802

7y↑5

Ah l'innocence

@Lana-kn7eg

Как же я ору

@luntika9223

Очень подозрительные леденцы 😁

@KingLoftKong

14y↑18

j'adore le sens de l'humour de Serge!!! Mais c'est vraiment énorme comme truc et surtout elle ne c'est douté de rien!! C'est tout de meme hallucinant!!

@jeanjeanetbin3942

c très drôle effectivement

@nadinehervet2936

Ma chanson préférée de Serge Gainsbourg reste'' je t aime moi non plus'' qu il a dédié à la plus belle femme du monde : notre BB nationale . Ça c est une chanson d amour et il m'a aimée cette jolie femme . Et après on parle de jeunes d aujourd hui , je pense que nous n étions pas mieux . Nous étions pires . Bravo !!!!!

@mariechristinemartin7731

6y↑1

Jaime beaucoup ses chanson France gall elle partie trop vite

@91Zahor

6y↑3

Если смотреть не зная подтекста заложенного автором, то вроде так и ничего особенного, хотя конечно эти мотыляющиеся конфеты и "посасывание конфет" сложно проигнорировать, но если смотреть без намека на пошлость и не знать подтекста то зайдет. В общем тонко, очень тонко! Очень красивый голосок у девчушки был. Ванесса Паради по сравнению с ней заурядная продукция фабрики звезд.