10 Best Duets Ever: No. 4
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'Je t'Aime ... Moi Non Plus' --Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (1969)
Gainsbourg, France's enfant terrible of sleaze and seduction, originally recorded the overtly sexual 'Je t'aime ...' with his then-lover, Brigitte Bardot, who blocked its release, as she was still married. This version was recorded a year later with his next lover, English actress Jane Birkin. Scandalous even by French standards, this deliciously dirty single peaked at an appropriate No. 69 in the U.S.
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crammarc33at 10-21-2008
I did not see this song coming; you got me Spinner...
trishat 10-27-2009
i love this
James Eplettat 10-03-2009
Do you know the definition of "esoteric", because this list is doing a good job of it. Not cool enough to be eclectic either. Is this rater, cause I can't refer to you as a critic, filling in for someone on thier day off or something-P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C.
The Warped Vinyl Junkieat 11-16-2009
Hardly an esoteric choice...or are you just too young to remember it, James?
maureenat 10-27-2009
remember this one, it was banned so every one tried to find someone who knew french
The Warped Vinyl Junkieat 11-16-2009
Good choice, indeed! And it's still in beautifully questionable taste today. "I come, and I go..."