Hallyday's father, Léon Smet (1908–1989), was Belgian; his mother, Huguette Clerc (1920–2007), was French. Born in Paris, Hallyday took his stage name from his aunt Desta's husband and dance partner Lee Hallyday, a pseudonym for Lee Ketcham, an expatriate Oklahoman, performer, and MC at the Café de Paris where Johnny began his singing career. Johnny was raised by Desta and Lee from a very young age, with Lee being his first manager. Johnny was always very loyal to Lee and secured him a permanent job as a producer and A&R man with his label, Philips Records until Lee's retirement and relocation back to Oklahoma.
His debut single, "Laisse les filles" was released on the Vogue label in March 1960. His first album, Hello Johnny, was released in 1960. In 1961 his cover of "Let's Twist Again" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It topped almost every European chart, although the track did not appear in the UK Singles Chart. He appeared on the American The Ed Sullivan Show with American singing star Connie Francis in a show that was taped at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris. He also staged many appearances in the Paris Olympia under the management of the late Bruno Coquatrix. For their first concert, The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for Johnny Hallyday in Évreux on 13 October 1966. Black-and-white footage, also from October 1966, exists of Hallyday partying with Hendrix, his manager Chas Chandler and others. There also is a widely published monochrome photograph of Hallyday walking somewhere in Paris in late May 1966 with Bob Dylan.
At the end of the 1960s, Hallyday made a string of albums with Mick Jones and Tommy Brown as musical directors, and Big Jim Sullivan, Bobby Graham and Jimmy Page as session musicians. These are Jeune Homme, Rivière... Ouvre ton Lit (a.k.a. Je suis né dans la rue) and Vie. On Je suis né dans la rue, Hallyday also hired both Peter Frampton and the Small Faces. Amongst their contributions are the songs Amen (Bang Bang), Reclamation (News Report), and Regarde Pour Moi (What You Will), which are variations of Small Faces and Humble Pie (Frampton's band) songs—tracks and they all play on the album. Often forgotten is Hallyday's non-LP single and EP track Que Je T'aime from the same sessions. By 1969 alone, his sales of records exceeded twelve million.
One of Hallyday's later concerts, 100% Johnny: Live à La Tour Eiffel in 2000, attracted an audience of 500,000 and 9.5 million television viewers (the show was broadcast live on French TV). In December 2005, Hallyday had his third number-one single in France, "Mon Plus Beau Noël" (after "Tous ensemble" and "Marie"), dedicated to his adopted daughter Jade. Shortly before announcing his retirement from touring, he released a blues-flavored album, Le Cœur d'un homme, on 12 November 2007. The album hit No. 1 in both France and French-speaking Belgium. In addition to the lead single "Always", Le Cœur d'un homme features "T'aimer si mal", a duet with bluesman Taj Mahal and "I Am the Blues", an English-language song written for Hallyday by U2's lead singer Bono. His next album, Ça ne finira jamais, released in 2008, another No. 1 on the French album chart, and its lead single, "Ça n'finira jamais", also reached No. 1. In 2008 he recorded a series of acoustic songs with French musician Drexl Jonez. Hallyday's most recent album, also a No. 1 hit in France, is Tour 66: Stade de France 2009, a live set recorded at Stade de France during his farewell tour with appearances by Drexl Jonez on the guitar.
French movie producers Michèle and Laurent Pétin introduced Johnny Hallyday to Hong Kong film director Johnnie To. Hallyday was cast as the main role of To's Vengeance after meeting with the director in early 2008. The shooting began in November 2008 and concluded in February 2009.
He was married for 15 years to popular Bulgarian-French singer Sylvie Vartan and the two were considered a "golden couple" for 20 years.
Hallyday completed 181 tours, had 18 platinum albums, and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.
Hallyday remains largely unknown outside the Francophone world, thus earning the nickname "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" in English-speaking countries.
On December 5th, 2017 Hallyday died, at age 74, in Marnes-la-Coquette, France.
Que Je T'Aime
Johnny Hallyday Lyrics
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Comme un soleil d'été
Et que ton oreiller
Ressemble aux champs de blé
Quand l'ombre et la lumière
Dessinent sur ton corps
Des montagnes, des forêts
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, oh que je t'aime
Quand ta bouche se fait douce
Quand ton corps se fait dur
Quand le ciel dans tes yeux
D'un seul coup n'est plus pur
Quand tes mains voudraient bien
Quand tes doigts n'osent pas
Quand ta pudeur dit non
D'une toute petite voix
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Quand tu ne te sens plus chatte
Et que tu deviens chienne
Et qu'à l'appel du loup
Tu brises enfin tes chaînes
Quand ton premier soupir
Se finit dans un cri
Quand c'est moi qui dis non
Quand c'est toi qui dis oui
Oh que je t'aime
Oh je t'aime
Quand mon corps sur ton corps
Lourd comme un cheval mort
Ne sait pas, ne sait plus
S'il existe encore
Quand on a fait l'amour
Comme d'autres font la guerre
Quand c'est moi le soldat
Qui meurt et qui la perd
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime
Que je t'aime
The lyrics of "Que Je T'aime" by Johnny Hallyday capture the intensity and range of emotions that come with love and desire. The first stanza describes the beauty of the loved one's hair and pillow, with a comparison to a summer sun and wheat fields. The second stanza speaks of the shadows and light that create contours on the loved one's body, and the resulting images of mountains, forests, and islands. Throughout these two stanzas, the use of nature is a recurring theme to depict the beauty and awe that the lover feels for their partner.
The next stanza is more explicit, describing the lover's response to physical intimacy with the loved one. The contrast between the softness of the mouth and the hardness of the body reflects the complexity of desire. The reference to the sky losing its purity implies a loss of innocence that comes with sexual intimacy. The final lines of the stanza describe a tension between desire and restraint, with the lover's hands and fingers hesitating, and the pudeur (modesty) protesting in a small voice.
The fourth stanza represents a departure from the earlier stanzas and portrays the loved one's transformation from a "cat" to a "dog," with the latter being associated with submission and obedience. The reference to the wolf represents a kind of primal force that drives the loved one to break free from their chains. The fifth stanza speaks of the intensity of the physical union between the two, with a first sigh that turns into a cry, and a dynamic where the roles of saying "yes" or "no" are reversed.
The final stanza uses powerful metaphors to describe the aftermath of physical intimacy. The weight of the two bodies is compared to a dead horse, and a sense of uncertainty is conveyed through the line "Ne sait pas, ne sait plus s'il existe encore" (Doesn't know, doesn't know anymore if it exists). The last two lines create a stark contrast between love and war, with the singer saying that they die during love-making, like a soldier in battle, but they lose the battle and their lover wins.
Line by Line Meaning
Quand tes cheveux s'étalent
Comme un soleil d'été
Et que ton oreiller
Ressemble aux champs de blé
When your hair spreads like a summer sun, and your pillow resembles wheat fields
Quand l'ombre et la lumière
Dessinent sur ton corps
Des montagnes, des forêts
Et des îles aux trésors
When shadows and light draw mountains, forests, and treasure islands on your body
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, oh que je t'aime
How I love you, how I love you, how I love you, I love you so much
Quand ta bouche se fait douce
Quand ton corps se fait dur
Quand le ciel dans tes yeux
D'un seul coup n'est plus pur
When your mouth becomes sweet, when your body becomes hard, when the sky in your eyes suddenly loses its purity
Quand tes mains voudraient bien
Quand tes doigts n'osent pas
Quand ta pudeur dit non
D'une toute petite voix
When your hands want to, but your fingers hesitate, when your modesty whispers a little no
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
How I love you, how I love you, how I love you, I love you so much
Quand tu ne te sens plus chatte
Et que tu deviens chienne
Et qu'à l'appel du loup
Tu brises enfin tes chaînes
When you no longer feel like a kitten but transform into a dog, and at the call of the wolf, you finally break your chains
Quand ton premier soupir
Se finit dans un cri
Quand c'est moi qui dis non
Quand c'est toi qui dis oui
When your first sigh ends in a scream, when I say no and you say yes
Oh que je t'aime
Oh je t'aime
Oh, how I love you! Oh, I love you!
Quand mon corps sur ton corps
Lourd comme un cheval mort
Ne sait pas, ne sait plus
S'il existe encore
When my body on your body, heavy like a dead horse, doesn't know if it's still existing
Quand on a fait l'amour
Comme d'autres font la guerre
Quand c'est moi le soldat
Qui meurt et qui la perd
When we made love like others make war, and I am the soldier who dies and loses it
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime
How I love you, how I love you, how I love you, I love you so much
Lyrics © EDITIONS DES ALOUETTES
Written by: Lucien Thibaut, Jean Renard
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JOHNNY POUR LA VIE
Nés en Novembre 1950, fans de Johnny Hallyday depuis l’adolescence, moi et le grand amour de ma vie, Helena, avons profité les deux décades où nous avons vécu à Bruxelles pour l’accompagner dans plusieurs de ces mémorables concerts: Fête de l'Humanité (1985), Bercy (1987, 1990 et 1992), Parc des Princes (1993), La Cigale (1994), Bercy (1995), Stade de France (1998), Tour Eiffel (2000), Stade Roi Baudoin (2000), Bercy (2003).
Nous sommes rentrés au Portugal en Juin 2006 et on s'est dit au revoir la dernière fois quelques jours avant, au Palais des Sports. Notre Johnny est revenu à Bruxelles en Octobre de cette année-là, mais nous n’étions plus au rendez-vous. Par après, jusqu’à son dernier pélérinage auprès de son publique (Rester Vivant Tour 2015/2016), nous l’avons accompagné le mieux possible par les médias.
Johnny Hallyday, un très grand artiste avec un énorme coeur,
il est parti 25 jours après toi, Helena, mais tel que toi
pour moi il est toujours vivant, notre Johnny,
qui en tant de concerts nous a fait tellement vibrer et rêver.
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JOHNNY POR TODA A VIDA
Nascidos em Novembro de 1950, fãs de Johnny Hallyday desde a adolescência, eu e o grande amor da minha vida, Helena, aproveitámos as duas décadas em que vivemos em Bruxelas para o acompanhar em vários dos seus memoráveis concertos: Fête de l'Humanité (1985), Bercy (1987, 1990 e 1992), Parc des Princes (1993), La Cigale (1994), Bercy (1995), Stade de France (1998), Tour Eiffel (2000), Stade Roi Baudoin (2000), Bercy (2003).
Regressámos a Portugal em Junho de 2006 e despedimo-nos pela última vez alguns dias antes no Palais des Sports. O nosso Johnny veio de novo a Bruxelas em Outubro desse ano, mas nós já não fomos ao encontro. Desde então, até à sua última peregrinação junto do seu público (Rester Vivant Tour 2015/2016), acompanhámo-lo o melhor possível pelos mídia.
Johnny Hallyday, grande artista, enorme coração.
Partiu 25 dias a seguir a ti, Lena, mas tal como tu
para mim está sempre vivo, o nosso Johnny,
que em tantos concertos tanto nos fez vibrar e sonhar.
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Quand tes cheveux s'étalent
Comme un soleil d'été
Et que ton oreiller
Ressemble aux champs de blé
Quand l'ombre et la lumière
Dessinent sur ton corps
Des montagnes, des forêts
Et des îles au trésor
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Quand ta bouche se fait douce
Quand ton corps se fait dur
Quand le ciel dans tes yeux
D'un seul coup n'est plus pur
Quand tes mains voudraient bien
Quand tes doigts n'osent pas
Quand ta pudeur dit non
D'une toute petite voix
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Quand tu ne te sens plus chatte
Et que tu deviens chienne
Et qu'à l'appel du loup
Tu brises enfin tes chaînes
Quand ton premier soupir
Se finit dans un cri
Quand c'est moi qui dit non;
Quand c'est toi qui dit oui
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Quand mon corps sur ton corps
Lourd comme un cheval mort
Ne sait pas, ne sait plus
S'il existe encore
Quand on a fait l'amour
Comme d'autres font la guerre
Quand c'est moi le soldat
Qui meurt et qui la perd
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
Que je t'aime, que je t'aime, que je t'aime
@abdallahherzi9371
Cette chanson je l'ai écouter la première fois en 1979 et pendant que j'écouter la chanson, une fan de johnny belle alsacienne avait sauter sur moi et elle m'avait embrasser tendrement, elle et devenu ma chère épouse et aujourd'hui nous sommes toujours fan de johnny hallyday, ont l'aime beaucoup c'et de l'excellence ce chanteur d'amour🥰
@Plastjohn34
Très bel hommage pour le GRAND JOHNNY ! Merci Yvan Cassar ! JOHNNY, ça ne finira JAMAIS !
@bendisdonc2615
Et si ! C'est fini 🤭
@emmanueltaulu6438
@@bendisdonc2615 et oui les gars c'est la triste vérité 🤧
@fanjohnnyhallyday636
Je t aime JOHNNY mon idole
@didierchevalier8669
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@ahmedkemak454
Cette chanson est éternelle 💕 toute ma jeunesse tu nous manques Johnny Hallyday tu est parti trop tôt ont ne t'oubliera jamais 💔 tu vie ta chanson comme personne 💕repose en paix Johnny Hallyday inchallah 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@aminekhelladi1599
Johnny n'est pas uniquement un grand chanteur français, c'est un géant universel.
@t.tokuyama869
Oui. Je suis d'accord. Du Japon.
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Y’a raison