Double jeu is a studio album recorded by Michel Berger and France Gall and released on 12 June 1992. Conceived as a duet project,it became the final album issued during Berger's lifetime;he died suddenly less than two months later,on 2 August 1992,at the age of 44. The record was commercially successful,selling around 550,000 copies in its first year.[1]
Recorded in Paris between 1991 and 1992,the album contains ten tracks including "Laissez passer les rêves","Superficiel et léger",and "Les Élans du cœur",all later released as singles. Several songs carry personal dedications,such as "La Petite de Calmette",written for the staff of the Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh,and "La Lettre",dedicated to Corinne,the partner of their late friend Daniel Balavoine.[2]
Although the couple publicly presented the project as a harmonious artistic reunion,the recording process was reportedly fraught. According to later accounts,Berger and Gall were in the midst of a separation,and the atmosphere in the studio was tense and emotionally draining.[3][4] Despite these difficulties,the album was completed and premiered during a private concert at the New Morning jazz club in Paris on 22 June 1992.[5] A live version of "Jamais partir" from that evening was later included on Gall's 1994 Simple je –L'Intégrale Bercy.
Double jeu reached number one on the French charts and went on to earn multiple certifications,including double platinum in France and gold in Switzerland.[6]
↑"Double jeu". France Gall Collection (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
↑Bigot, Yves (2012). Quelque chose en nous de Michel Berger. Paris: Don Quichotte. p.294. ISBN978-2359490824.
↑"Michel Berger: Béatrice Grimm "sa véritable veuve", France Gall: qui était Bruck Dawit son dernier amour?". Journal des Femmes (in French). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2025. Il faut dire que son couple avec France Gall bat de l'aile. "Pendant tout l'enregistrement de Double jeu, ça allait au plus mal entre eux. Elle était tout à fait au courant de l'existence d'une autre femme. Michel finissait sa vie par une séparation. Il était très épris mais ne savait pas comment s'y prendre. Il était en pleine dépression", avait expliqué l'ancien attaché de presse de Michel Berger, Grégoire Colard, à L'Obs.
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