Written by Serge Gainsbourg, sung by France Gall who (according to the internet) was 17 at the time. This was a bit before her voice became a device that caused widespread madness. Like many female French pop stars during the sixties, she recorded and performed like a crazy woman. As in the US, they thought that they were making a disposable pop commodity. How wrong they were.
– Igor Keller is Seattle’s finest musician. In his spare time he is also a squirrel photographer and the proprietor of the Hideous Belltown blog.
