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“Oh, mon amour. Ooooooooooohhhhhhh…aaaaaaaaahhhhhh…ooooooooooohhhhhh”

#40= Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus – Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg



[277] Writer: Serge Gainsbourg. Producer: Jack Baverstock
30 Jul 69 – 25 weeks on chart – #1 for one week; 11 Oct 69
(#31 on re-issue; 07 Dec 74, 9 weeks)

Quoi? Number forty already? What happened to #42 and #43? Well, there’s a three way tie for fortieth spot, so we’re about to have the messiest menage a trois you ever did see. Running the gamut from swinging sixties sauciness to new millennium moroseness, via the overly made-up seventies. Hold tight, it’s a scary ride! First up…

Now look, I’m sorry, but there’s only so much smut and moaning Gallic sexiness that a good, clean-living Catholic boy can take, and this record is far too much for these delicate ears. I do know a saucy couple who love it though, and both voted for it, so step forward Tag, partner of I’m Hip To You’s Elisabeth, (who has been known to sport the odd sixties bouffant herself on occasion), to explain the allure of our orgasmic first #40:

"Banned by the Pope, snickered at by schoolboys of all
ages, misguidedly filed under 'kitsch' by blinkered
ironists, yet this slice of Cross Channel
lasciviousness from an English coquette and an
existential French rascal deservedly became the
soundtrack to an untold number of trysts between nylon
sheets. Doubtless "Je t'aime"'s rise to number one
was down to its infamy with a nation of innuedo
lovers, and its adoption by the late sixties flower
children. Me, I love it for its sinuous bass and
haunting waves of Gothic organ. I love it for Jane's
obvious devotion to a man hiding his multitude of
insecurities behind cyncicism and leary insouciance, a
man who clearly couldn't believe his luck but was
determined not to show it. I love it because the
lyric is riddled with preposterous melodrama ("You
come and you go between my kidneys"), yet still laden
with erotic potential. I love it because when asked
whether the heavy breathing crescendo was something
more than studio acting, Serge merely shrugged, "If it
had been real, it would have been a long-player".
Ultimately, I love it because it represents my idea of
true romance, and I never could resist that."

Thanks Tag.

This record’s original label, Fontana, was initially pumped full of effort and enthusiasm, pushing their seven inch all the way up to position number two. But then their ardour cooled in a moral panic, and they withdrew prematurely, leaving the Major Minor label to step in and finish the job, assisting Jane and Serge to reach their ’69 climax. Monsieur Gainsbourg thereby became the first Frenchman to have a UK #1, which must have really pissed off Sacha Distel and Johnny Hallyday. This switch of labels meant that in the week before it made #1, the single was a ‘new’ entry at #3 on Major Minor, while the Fontana version slumped from #2 to #16, as supplies dried up.

With Jane and Serge’s version of ‘Je T’Aime…’ banned by the BBC, the tune charted in September (#18) under the name ‘Love At First Sight’ by a group calling themselves Sounds Nice. How frightfully twee. Apart from the 1974 reissue, neither Jane nor Serge have ever troubled the UK charts again, making this tune one of the greatest one hit wonders of all time. And it was used in ITV1’s Fat Friends only last night.

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10th, 12th, 14th May



Eurovision 2008

Semi-Final 1 – Tue 20 May

01 Montenegro - Zauvijek volim te – Stefan Filipović
02 Israel – The Fire In Your Eyes (Ke’ilo Kan) – Bo'az Ma'uda
03 Estonia – Leto Svet – Kreisiraadio
04 Moldova – A Century Of Love – Geta Burlacu
05 San Marino - Complice - Miodio
06 Belgium - O Julissi - Ishtar
07 Azerbaijan – Day After Day – Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh
08 Slovenia – Vrag Naj Vzame – Rebeka Dremelj
09 Norway – Hold On, Be Strong – Maria Haukaas Storeng
10 Poland – For Life – Isis Gee
11 Ireland – Irelande, Douze Pointe – Dustin The Turkey
12 Andorra – Casanova – Gisela
13 Bosnia-Herzegovina – Pokušaj – Laka
14 Armenia – Qele Qele – Sirusho
15 Netherlands – Your Heart Belongs To Me – Hind
16 Finland - Missä miehet ratsastaa – Teräsbetoni
17 Romania – Pe-o Margine de Lume – Nico & Vlad Mirita
18 Russia - Dima Bilan - Believe
19 Greece – Secret Combination – Kalomira

Semi-Final 2 – Thu 22 May

01 Iceland – This Is My Life – Eurobandið
02 Sweden - Hero - Charlotte Perrelli
03 Turkey – Deli – Mor ve Ötesi
04 Ukraine – Shady Lady – Ani Lorak
05 Lithuania – Nomads In The Night – Jeronimas Milius
06 Albania – Zemrën e lamë peng – Olta Boka
07 Switzerland – Era Stupendo – Paolo Meneguzzi
08 Czech Republic – Have Some Fun – Tereza Kerndlová
09 Belarus – Hasta La Vista – Ruslan Alekhno
10 Latvia – Wolves Of The Sea – Pirates Of The Sea
11 Croatia – Romanca – Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents
12 Bulgaria – DJ, Take Me Away – Deep Zone & Balthazar
13 Denmark – All Night Long – Simon Mathew
14 Georgia – Peace Will Come – Diana Gurtskaya
15 Hungary – Candlelight – Csézy
16 Malta – Vodka - Morena
17 Cyprus – Femme Fatale – Evdokia Kadi
18 FYR Macedonia – Let Me Love You – Tamara, Vrčak & Adrian
19 Portugal - Senhora do Mar (Negras Águas) - Vânia Fernandes

Final – Sat 24 May

02 United Kingdom – Even If – Andy Abraham
04 Germany – Disappear – No Angels
19 France – Divine – Sébastien Tellier
22 Spain - Baila el Chiki Chiki - Rodolfo Chikilicuatre
23 Serbia - Oro - Jelena Tomašević ft. Bora Dugić

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12/05 Hosting Eurovision night @ The Nightingale
17/05 Jason Donovan-Nott'm Royal Concert Hall
25/05 Pet Shop Boys - Wolves Civic
26/05 Liberty X - Nightingale, B'ham
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16/06 Muse, The Streets, Dirty Pretty Things, Rodrigo y Gabriela & Zane Lowe - Wembley Stadium
28/06 Brotherhood of Man & Buck's Fizz - Nott'm Royal Concert Hall
14/07 Sing Live! - Summer in the '60s & '70s - Royal Leamington Spa Centre
14/09 Rise - Leek Wootton Village Hall
16/09 Erasure & Onetwo - Wolves Civic
17/09 The Twang & The Priory - B'ham Carling Academy 2 (private gig - Janice Long's Radio2 show)
20/09 Turisas & Abgott - B'ham Carling Academy 2
27/09 McFly - Wolves Civic
10/11 Buck's Fizz & Futureproof (The X Factor), Nightingale, B'ham
17/11 Vengaboys & Andy Williams (The X Factor) - Nightingale, B'ham
01/12 The Human League plays Dare! - Hammersmith Apollo
10/03 Gary Numan Replicas Tour & Daggers - Wolves Wulfrun
15/03 David Gray - Symphony Hall, Brum
18/03 Russell Howard, Alexandra, Brum
20+22+24/05 Eurovision Song Contest, Beograd, Srbija
10/06 Eurobeat-Almost Eurovision, B'ham Hippodrome
12/06 Yazoo - Wolves Civic
14/06-16/06 Bingham Cup, DCU, Dublin
24/06 Westlife & Hope - Nottingham Arena
07/07 Duran Duran & The Duke Spirit - NIA, B'ham
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