"Bonnie and Clyde" | |
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![]() 1968 Fontana Records single cover | |
Single by Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg | |
from the album Bonnie and Clyde | |
Released | January 1968 |
Recorded | December 1967 |
Studio | Studio Hoche, Paris |
Length | 4:10 |
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]
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]