Tous mes copains

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"Tous mes copains"
Sylvie vartan Moi je pense encore a toi.jpg
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album Sylvie
Language French
English titleAll My Friends
ReleasedNovember 1962 (1962-11)
Genre Pop
Length2:30
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Jean-Jacques Debout
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
"Le Loco-motion"
(1962)
"Tous mes copains"
(1962)
"Chance" / "Il revient" / "Reponds-moi" / "Tous les gens"
(1963)
Music video
"Tous mes copains" (French TV, 1975) on YouTube

"Tous mes copains" (All My Friends) is a song by Sylvie Vartan from her 1962 album Sylvie . It was also released on an EP and as a single that year.

Contents

Background and writing

The song was written by Jean-Jacques Debout. [1]

Commercial performance

The song entered the top 10 in France (according to the charts published by the U.S. magazine Billboard in its "Hits of the World" section) [2] [3] and reached no. 12 in Wallonia (French Belgium). [4]

Track listings

7-inch single "M'amuser / Tous mes copains" RCA Victor 45.259 (1962)

A. "M'amuser"
B. "Tous mes copains" [5]

7-inch EP "Moi je pense encore à toi / Dansons / M'amuser / Tous mes copains" RCA Victor 76.602 S, 86602 (1963, France etc.)

A1. "Moi je pense encore à toi" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do") (2:05)
A2. "Dansons" ("Let's Dance") (1:55)
B1. "M'amuser" (2:33)
B2. "Tous mes copains" (2:30) [1]

7-inch single RCA Victor 45N-1338 (1963, Italy)

A. "Tous mes copains" (2:30)
B. "Quand le film est triste" (3:05) [6]

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [4] 12
France [7] 6

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sylvie Vartan - Moi Je Pense Encore À Toi / Dansons / M'amuser / Tous Mes Copains at Discogs". Discogs . December 1962. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 January 1963. pp. 28–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 19 January 1963. pp. 20–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  4. 1 2 "Sylvie Vartan – Tous mes copains" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  5. "Sylvie Vartan - M'Amuser / Tous Mes Copains (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . 1962. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  6. "Sylvie Vartan - Tous Mes Copains (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . 1963. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  7. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 9 February 1963. pp. 35–. ISSN   0006-2510.