Salade de fruits

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"Salade de fruits"
Single by Bourvil
Language French
Released1959 (1959)
Label Pathé Marconi EMI
Composers Armand Canfora, Noël Roux [1]
Lyricist Noël Roux [1]
Music video
"Salade de fruits" (French TV, 1959) on YouTube

"Salade de fruits" (Translation: Fruit salad) is a 1959 song by French comedy actor Bourvil. [2] The song is set in Hawaii. [3] The lyrics describe a French Polynesian girl whose name is Fruit Salad and who is compared by the singer to a literal fruit salad, being just as delicious and nice. He sings that his father and mother like her that he wants to marry her. [4] [5]

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Background and writing

The song was written by Noël Roux and Armand Canfora. [6]

Commercial performance

In France the song was released on an EP by Bourvil in 1959.

Soon it was covered by Belgian actress and singer Annie Cordy. (She also released her version on an EP.)

In Wallonia (French Belgium) the song reached no. 3. [6] [7]

Track listings

Bourvil version

7-inch EP Pathé EG 488 M

A1. "Salade de fruits" (3:15)
A2. "Les rois fainéants" (3:06)
B. "On a vécu pour ça" (4:16) [1] [6]

Annie Cordy version

7-inch EP Columbia ESRF 1235 M

  1. A1. "Ivanhoe"
  2. A2. "Qu'il fait bon vivre"
  3. B1. "Salade de fruits"
  4. B2. "Personalités" [8] [7]

Cover versions

The tune has also been recorded by Luis Mariano (in 1960), Franck Pourcel, Mad Dodo (in 1992), and Roberto Alagna (in 2005). [9]

Charts

Chart (1960)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [6] [7] 3

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bourvil - Salade De Fruits (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. ↑ https://passionvinyls.fr/bourvil-salade-de-fruits-1959/
  3. ↑ https://www.lefigaro.fr/2007/08/10/03004-20070810ARTFIG90118-le_cynisme_oublie_de_salade_de_fruits.php
  4. ↑ https://mistertravel.news/2021/06/17/une-destination-une-chanson-salade-de-fruits-de-bourvil/
  5. ↑ https://www.musixmatch.com/fr/paroles/Bourvil/Salade-de-fruits
  6. 1 2 3 4 "ultratop.be - Bourvil - Salade de fruits". Ultratop . Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  7. 1 2 3 "ultratop.be - Annie Cordy - Salade de fruits". Ultratop . Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  8. ↑ "Annie Cordy - Salade De Fruits (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Search: Salade de fruits (ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS)". Ultratop . Retrieved 2017-12-08.


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