Bonnie and Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot song)

Last updated
"Bonnie and Clyde"
Serge Gainsbourg-Bonnie and Clyde.jpg
1968 Fontana Records single cover
Single by Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg
from the album Bonnie and Clyde
ReleasedJanuary 1968
RecordedDecember 1967
Studio Studio Hoche, Paris
Length4:10
Label Fontana/Phillips
Songwriter(s) Serge Gainsbourg
Producer(s) Claude Dejacques

"Bonnie and Clyde" is a 1968 French-language song written by Serge Gainsbourg, and performed by Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. The song tells the story of the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde. It is based on an English language poem written by Bonnie Parker herself a few weeks before she and Clyde Barrow were shot, titled "The Trail's End". The French song was released on two albums in 1968: Gainsbourg's album Initials B.B. , and Gainsbourg and Bardot's album Bonnie and Clyde . [1]

Contents

Cover versions

Usage in other media

The song featured in the 2018 film A Simple Favor , starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick [ citation needed ]

The song plays in Oliver Assayas's Irma Vep as diegetic sound.

The song also featured in Season 6, Episode 4 of the American television series Mad Men . [4]

The third installment of the Rush Hour franchise features the song. [5]

References

  1. "Watch Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's iconic performance of 'Bonnie and Clyde' in 1968". faroutmagazine. 5 July 2021.
  2. Cooper, Leonie (6 August 2012). "Scarlett Johansson's Serge Gainsbourg cover unveiled – listen". NME . Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  3. Nguyen, Stacey (September 12, 2018). "A Simple Favor's Perfectly Parisian Soundtrack Will Make You Want a Croissant". Popsugar.
  4. Plitt, Amy (May 15, 2015). "25 Best 'Mad Men' Musical Moments". rollingstone.com.
  5. Rush Hour 3 (2007) - Soundtracks - IMDb . Retrieved 2025-08-09 via m.imdb.com.