Biography

Serge Gainsbourg made his recording debut in 1958, but it was in the late '60s that his brief affair with actress Brigitte Bardot parlayed Gainsbourg's jazz-inflected music to lushly arranged and erotic sound. Afterward, he became involved with Jane Birkin and they recorded the 1969 duet "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus," a song complete with steamy lyrics and explicit heavy breathing. Although banned in many countries, it reached the top of the charts throughout Europe. Gainsbourg returned in 1971 with Histoire de Melody Nelson, a dark song cycle which signalled his increasing alienation from modern culture: drugs, disease, suicide, and misanthropy became thematic fixtures of his work. ~ Jason Ankeny

Top Tracks

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• 69 Année Érotique

• 69 Année Érotique [69 The Erotic Year]

• Arabique

• Aux Armes Et Caetera

• Aux Armes Et Cætera

• Ballade De Johnny-jane

• Ballade De Melody Nelson

• Bana Basadi Balalo

• Black Trombone

• Bonnie And Clyde

• Cannabis

• Chez Les Yé-yé

• Coco And Co

• Comic Strip

• Comic Strip [version Inedite]

• Comment Trouvez-vous Ma Soeur?

• Couleur Café

• Des Laids Des Laids

• Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin

• Ecce Homo

• En Melody

• Erotico-tico

• Est-ce Est-ce Si Bon?

• Evguénie Sokolov

• Ford Mustang

• I Want To Feel Crazy

• Initials B.b.

• Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'en Vais

• Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

• Je T'aime...moi Non Plus

• Je T'aime...moi Non Plus [i Love You...me, Not Anymore]

• Joanna

• L' Adieu

• L 'alcool

• L' Anthracite

• L' Eau À La Bouche

• L' Eau à La Bouche

• L' Herbe Tendre

• L' Hippopodame

• L' Homme À Tête De Chou

• L 'hôtel Particulier

• La Chanson De Prévert

• La Chanson De Slogan

• La Décadanse

• La Javanaise

• La Madrague

• Laissez-moi Tranquille (leave Me Alone)

• Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas

• Lemon Incest

• Les Cigarillos

• Les Les Sucettes

• Les Sucettes

• Lola Rastaquouère

• Love On The Beat

• Marilou Sous La Neige

• Melody

• Mickey Maousse

• Mon Amour Baiser

• Moogy-woogy/close Combat

• Nazi Rock

• No No, Yes Yes

• Pamela Popo

• Pistolet Jo

• Requiem Pour Un C...

• Requiem Pour Un Con

• Requiem Pour Un Twisteur

• Rock Around The Bunker

• Scenic Railway

• Sea Sex And Sun

• Sea, Sex And Sun

• Sex-shop

• Shush Shush Charlotte

• Sous Le Soleil Exactement

• Sous Le Soleil Exactement [underneath The Sun Exactly]

• Strip-tease

• Tapage Nocturne

• Torrey Canyon

• Un Poison Violent, C'est Ça L'amour

• Vu De L'exterieur

• Vu De L'extérieur

• Yesterday Yes A Day

• You're Under Arrest

Discography

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• From St. Tropez to Paree

  Cherry Red / Él

  2011

• Pop Sessions

  Universal Distribution / Mercury

  2001

• Histoire de Melody Nelson

  PolyGram

  1971

• Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg

  Light in the Attic Records

  1969

• Bonnie and Clyde

  Mercury

  1968

• L' Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg

  Polygram

  1961