LÃ -bas (song)
1987
Là -bas (French for down there ') is a song by the French singer and composer Jean -Jacques Goldman, which he recorded as a duet with British singer Sirima and was on his fifth album Entre gris clair et gris foncé. Appeared as a single in 1987, it was four weeks at # 2 on the French singles chart, overall it stayed 21 weeks in the charts and sold 593,000 times ( gold record ). Even today, the title is popular, both in France and abroad.
Background
In 1987, the piece was finished and Goldman was looking for a female voice to stop shooting. Philippe Deletrez, Goldman's saxophonist, had Sirima discovered while singing in the Paris Métro and Goldman advised to meet with her. After several samples in the studio Goldman ultimately decided for to record the duet with her.
Words and Music
The song dealt with " the desire to escape from reality and the dilemma that opens up when you have to choose between a fresh start in life and the loss of his loved ones ." While Goldman wants to go out to catch a more profitable life, begs Sirima, which " stability, rooting and custom " personalized, on him to stay with her and raise a family. The piece is conceived as a dialogue that ends in two monologues in which " is a decidedly, whereas the other begs further ".
The number was also incorporated under the title Over There, to gain notoriety in the Anglo- Saxon world. Radio Canada chose the piece because of the listeners vote for best Francophone Song of the Year ( Meilleure Chanson Francophone de l' Année ).
In an interview, Goldman said he had made a reminiscence of the song by using one of his lines in the piece on his 1997 album ira En passant.
Success
The song debuted at # 2 in the French Top 50 Could Étienne Guesch Patti and Boys ( Summertime Love ) by Sabrina not crowd who were consecutively at No. 1.
Formats and song list
Vinyl edition: 1 Là -bas - 4:46 2 À quoi tu sers? - 5:29
Maxi: 1 Là -bas (version longue ) - 6:08 2 À quoi tu sers? - 5:29
Single: 1 Là -bas - 4:46 2 À quoi tu sers? - 5:29 Entre gris clair et gris 3 foncé - 7:19
Reprints
In the following years the title was re-recorded by numerous artists. Some of them are ...
1992: Fredericks Goldman Jones live (available on the live album of the trio Sur scène ) 1996: Michel Delpech, Les Enfoirés ( duo, along with Céline Dion on the album Les Enfoirés la compil ') 1998: Murray Head and Lio, Corey Hart and Julie Masse on the album Jade Hart 2000: Renaud Hantson and Nourith, Michel Leclerc ( Instrumental Version), Hélène Ségara and Bruno Pelletier ( Tapis Rouge à Notre- Dame de Paris, television broadcast on France 2 on 15 April 2000) 2002: Florent Pagny and Natasha St- Pier ( on the album De l' amour le mieux by Natasha St-Pier, as well as 2 of Florent Pagny ), Daniel Lévi and Cécilia Cara ( Tubes d' un jour, tubes de toujours, TV program from the December 27, 2002 on TF1 ) 2003: Philippe Heuveline and Marc Rouvé 2004: Humana, pinch 2 Son ( album Un autre monde ) 2007: Grégory Lemarchal ( from the posthumous album La voix d' un ange )