"L'Équipe à Jojo" is a song by Joe Dassin from his 1970 album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents). In 1971 it was released as a single.
"L'Équipe à Jojo" | ||||
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Single by Joe Dassin | ||||
from the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents) | ||||
A-side | "L'Équipe à Jojo" | |||
B-side | "Le Portugais" | |||
Released | 1971 | |||
Genre | Chanson, pop | |||
Length | 3:08 | |||
Label | CBS Disques | |||
Songwriter(s) | Claude Lemesle | |||
Producer(s) | Jacques Plait | |||
Joe Dassin singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"L'équipe à Jojo" (French TV, 1977) on YouTube |
Writing and composition
editThe song was written and composed by Claude Lemesle.[1] He wrote it when he was just 25 and still feels a particular tenderness towards it.[2] Lemesle recalled to Le Figaro:
I wrote it when I was very young, at 25. I wrote [both] the lyrics and the music. It really resembles me. I wanted to call it "La bande à Jojo", but since Joe had already done "La bande à Bonnot", there was too much similarity between the two titles. Forty-seven years later it holds on, I still love it. It embodies the philosophy of the 1960–1970 era, but I did not realize it [back then]. It joined a song by Pierre Delanoë I adore, "Soiree de prince". Mine is more festive, it represents another mood of the [same] era.[2]
Commercial performance
editUnlike the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents), the single "L'Équipe à Jojo" didn't sell well.[3]
Track listing
edit7" single CBS 7151 (1971)
Cover versions
editThe song was covered by Les Objets on the various-artists compilation album L'équipe à JoJo – Les Chansons de Joe Dassin par... (1993).[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - L'équipe à Jojo". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ a b "Claude Lemesle : "Joe Dassin a américanisé mon écriture"". Le Figaro. 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ "Joe Dassin "Je considère que la chanson est un art mineur" du 06 août 2015". France Inter. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ "Joe Dassin - L'equipe A Jojo / Le Portugais at Discogs". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ "Various - L'Équipe À Jojo at Discogs". Discogs. 1993. Retrieved 2017-12-09.