Tu t'laisses aller

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"Tu t'laisses aller"
Single by Charles Aznavour
from the album Je m'voyais déjà
B-side "J'ai perdu la tête"
Released1960
Genre Chanson
Length3:43
Label Barclay Records
Songwriter(s) Charles Aznavour

"Tu t'laisses aller" (English: "You Let Yourself Go") is a song written in 1960 by Armenian-French artist Charles Aznavour.

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History

For the first time it was released as a single in 1960 by Barclay Records (with "J'ai perdu la tête" on the B-side). In 1974 a new edition was re-released as a single.

The husband drinks alcohol to have the strength to tell his wife everything he thinks about her. He says the worst possible things to her, [1] but then he adds, that a little effort and a smiling face, and things could be just as before. In the end he calls her: "Come close to me. Let yourself go". [2]

It was a no. 1 hit in France in 1960, a best-selling record in Belgium in 1960, [3] and returned to the charts in 1962. [4]

In Jean-Luc Godard's film A Woman Is a Woman , the song plays on a jukebox during a tense encounter between Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

In 1995 Aznavour recorded a version of "Tu t'laisses aller" in duet with Liza Minnelli (Paris — Palais des Congrès: Intégrale du spectacle).

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Cover versions

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References

  1. Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: Jack S. Blocker, Jr., David M. Fahey, Ian R. Tyrrell, 2003 p. 428-429
  2. Charles Aznavour — You've Let Yourself Go lyrics
  3. Torfs, Jan (1960-10-24). "Belgium Newsnotes". Billboard Music Week: 6.
  4. "Hits of the World". Billboard Music Week: 14. 1962-02-03.
  5. imdb.com - Liza with a Z soundtracks
  6. Tu te laisses aller, SHS Archived 2013-04-11 at archive.today