The discography of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg consists of 16 studio albums, 4 live albums, 1 compilation album, 80 singles and EPS, and several soundtrack albums.
Year | Album | Chart | Sales | Certifications |
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1958 | Du chant à la une | 137 | ||
1959 | N° 2 | – | ||
1961 | L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg | – | ||
1962 | Serge Gainsbourg N° 4 | – | ||
1963 | Gainsbourg Confidentiel | – | ||
1964 | Gainsbourg Percussions | – | ||
1968 | Bonnie & Clyde (with Brigitte Bardot) | – | ||
1968 | Initials B.B. | – | ||
1969 | Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg | 4 | ||
1971 | Histoire de Melody Nelson | 56 | ||
1973 | Vu de l'extérieur | – | ||
1975 | Rock around the bunker | 5 | ||
1976 | L'Homme à tête de chou | 85 |
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1979 | Aux armes et cætera | 1 |
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1981 | Mauvaises nouvelles des étoiles | 47 |
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1984 | Love on the Beat | 3 |
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1987 | You're Under Arrest | 2 |
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The majority of his EPs (represented in italics) were also released as 7-inch promo jukebox singles.
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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AUT [7] | BE (WA) [8] | FRA [9] | NL [10] | NOR [11] | SUI [12] | UK [13] | US [14] | ||
1958 | Le Poinçonneur des Lilas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1959 | La Jambe de bois (Friedland) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Le Claqueur de doigts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
L'Anthracite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1960 | L'Eau à la bouche | – | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Les Loups dans la bergerie | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Romantique 60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1961 | La Chanson de Prévert | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Les Oubliettes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1962 | Les Goémons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1963 | Vilaine fille, mauvais garçon | – | – [upper-alpha 1] | – [upper-alpha 1] | – | – | – | – | – |
Strip-tease | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1964 | Comment trouvez-vous ma sœur ? | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Chez les yé-yé | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Couleur Café | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1966 | Qui est "In", Qui est "Out" | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1967 | Vidocq | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Anna | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Toutes folles de lui | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Comic Strip | – | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
L'Horizon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1968 | "Bonnie and Clyde" (with Brigitte Bardot) [upper-alpha 2] | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Manon 70" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Requiem pour un con" | – | – | 49 [upper-alpha 3] | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Ce sacré grand-père" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Initials B.B." [upper-alpha 2] | – | 42 | 93 [upper-alpha 4] | – | – | – | – | – | |
Mister Freedom | – | – | 80 [upper-alpha 5] | – | – | – | – | – | |
"L'anamour" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1969 | "Élisa" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Je t'aime... moi non plus" (with Jane Birkin) | 1 | 2 | 3 [15] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 58 | |
"La Chanson de Slogan" (with Jane Birkin) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"La Horse" | – | – | 94 [upper-alpha 5] | – | – | – | – | – | |
1970 | "Un petit garçon appelé Charlie Brown" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Cannabis" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1971 | "Ballade de Melody Nelson" | – | – | 29 [16] | – | – | – | – | – |
1972 | "La Décadanse" (with Jane Birkin) | – | 13 | 47 [16] | – | – | – | – | – |
"Sex-Shop" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Moogy-Woogy" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1973 | "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais" | – | 35 | 73 [upper-alpha 4] | – | – | – | – | – |
1974 | "Je t'aime... moi non plus" (re-release) | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 31 | – |
1975 | "Rock Around the Bunker" | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"L'Ami Caouette" | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1976 | "Marilou sous la neige" | – | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Ballade de Johnny-Jane" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1977 | "Madame Claude" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"My Lady Héroïne" | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Good Bye Emmanuelle" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Chanson du chevalier blanc" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1978 | "Sea, Sex and Sun" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1979 | "Des laids, des laids" / "Aux armes et cætera" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Vieille Canaille" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1980 | "Harley-Davidson" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Requiem pour un twister" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Dieu fumeur de Havanes" (with Catherine Deneuve) | – | – | 8 [17] | – | – | – | – | – | |
1981 | "Souviens-toi de m'oublier" (with Catherine Deneuve) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Le Physique et le figuré" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Ecce Homo" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1982 | "Bana Basadi Balalo" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1984 | "Love on the Beat" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1985 | "Lemon Incest" (with Charlotte Gainsbourg) | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
"No Comment" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1986 | "Vieille Canaille" (with Eddy Mitchell) | – | – | 17 [17] | – | – | – | – | – |
"Je t'aime... moi non plus" (with Brigitte Bardot) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Charlotte Forever" (with Charlotte Gainsbourg) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1987 | "You're Under Arrest" | – | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | – |
1988 | "Aux enfants de la chance" | – | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | – |
"Mon Légionnaire" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1989 | "Hey Man Amen" (Live) [upper-alpha 2] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
"Couleur Café" (Live) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
1990 | "Stan the Flasher" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1991 | "Requiem Pour un Con" (Remix 91) | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
1995 | "Élisa" (re-release) | – | – | 36 | – | – | – | – | – |
2000 | "Je t'aime" (The Mixes) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2003 | "Lola Rastaquouère" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Marilou Reggae | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
"Aux Armes!" (featuring Big Youth) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2010 | "Les Cœurs Verts" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Si j'étais un espion | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2011 | "Comme un boomerang" | – | – [upper-alpha 6] | 40 | – | – | – | – | – |
2017 | "Équateur" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2020 | À la Maison de la Radio | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Notes
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion. His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established and he is often regarded as one of the world's most influential popular musicians.
Jane Mallory Birkin was a British and French actress and singer. She had a decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in French cinema.
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is a French and British actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the age of 15. More than 20 years passed before Gainsbourg released albums as an adult to commercial and critical success. She has acted in many films, including collaborations with Lars von Trier, and received two César Awards and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award 2009 for the movie "Antichrist", among many nominations.
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", representing Luxembourg. Later in her career, she became known for her work with singer-songwriter Michel Berger, whom she married in 1976. Her most successful singles include "Résiste", "Ella, elle l'a" and "Évidemment".
Alain Chamfort is a French singer of Breton origin.
"Je t'aime... moi non plus" is a 1967 song written by Serge Gainsbourg for Brigitte Bardot. In 1969, Gainsbourg recorded the best known version as a duet with English actress Jane Birkin. Although this version reached number one in the UK—the first foreign-language song to do so—and number two in Ireland, it was banned in several countries due to its overtly sexual content.
Daniel Rozoum (20 May 1959 – 28 February 2013), known as Daniel Darc, was a French singer, who achieved success with his band Taxi Girl between 1978 and 1986, and also as a solo artist.
Baby Alone in Babylone is an album by Jane Birkin. The album was released in 1983 and was the first collaboration between Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg since their split. Michelle de Rouville was credited for the photography.
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg is a 1969 collaborative studio album by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. It was originally released by Fontana Records. It includes "Je t'aime... moi non plus", which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.
Jean-Claude Vannier is a French musician, composer and arranger. Vannier has composed music, written lyrics, and produced albums for many singers.
"Comment te dire adieu" is a French adaptation of the song "It Hurts to Say Goodbye". It was originally recorded by Françoise Hardy in 1968.
Live is the first live album by French singer Vanessa Paradis, released on 28 February 1994 by Remark Records. The album was recorded on her Natural High Tour, on 21 April 1993 and is unique for featuring a large number of English songs when compared to her other live albums and tours.
Variations sur le même t'aime is the second album by popular French singer Vanessa Paradis. It was released in France in 1990, and contains the hit singles "Tandem" and "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime".
Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited is a tribute album to the works of late French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. First released on Virgin Records in 2006, it consists of English language cover versions of Gainsbourg songs, performed by a diverse array of contemporary artists. Gainsbourg's former wife, Jane Birkin, sang on one track.
"Lemon Incest" is a song recorded by French father and daughter Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was recorded in 1984 and released as a single from Serge's 1985 album Love on the Beat and on Charlotte's 1986 debut album Charlotte For Ever, marking her musical debut.
Aux Armes et cætera is the thirteenth studio album by Serge Gainsbourg, released in the early spring of 1979. It was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, with some of the island's best reggae musicians at the time as well as members of the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup chorus which includes Rita Marley. Further expanded by new mixes, dubs and Jamaican versions released in 2003 and 2015, the album is considered by many as being one of his masterpieces. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 50th greatest French rock album. The recording marked the first time a white singer had recorded a full reggae-influenced album in Jamaica, following previous single-song recordings from Paul Simon and Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger. By 1991, it sold 650,000 copies in France.
Best of Vanessa Paradis is the first greatest hits album from French musician and actress Vanessa Paradis. The album is also known as simply Best of.
"Guitar Song" is a single released by Scottish band Texas, taken from their greatest hits album The Greatest Hits. It contains a sample of the song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" performed by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. The song was released in 2001 exclusively in Belgium, where it charted inside the top 50 in both Flanders and Wallonia.
This is the discography of French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman, including his work as a solo artists and as part of Taï Phong and Fredericks Goldman Jones. For his work with the charity group Les Enfoirés, with whom he recorded 26 albums, see Les Enfoirés § Discography.
"A Fair Affair (Je T'Aime)" is a song by British–Swiss singer-songwriter Misty Oldland, released in 1994 by Columbia as the second single from the singer's debut album, Supernatural (1994). The song is her most successful release and was a number five hit in Iceland, while peaking at number ten in the Netherlands and number 20 in France. It samples the French song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg. The music video for "A Fair Affair (Je T'Aime)" was directed by British director Jake Nava.
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