B-side Instrumental Format 7" single, CD maxi Label Zone | Released May 1990 Length 4:14 | |
Writer(s) Didier Barbelivien, Félix Gray | ||
"À toutes les filles..." is a 1990 song recorded as a duet by the French singers Didier Barbelivien and Félix Gray. This ballad was released in May 1990 as the first single from their album Les Amours cassées. It achieved a huge success in France, topping the chart and becoming a very popular song throughout years.
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Background, music video and cover versions
The song was written by the both singers, while the music was composed by Barbelivien. Jean Albertini participated in the production of the single. Background vocals were performed by Anaïs, Barbelivien's wife then. Directed by Gerry Lively, the music video shows Gray and Barbelivien running by car while remembering her former girlfriends, the latters being seen in various situations. At the end, two women make them rise into their car.
The song is included on a 1990 compilation entitled À toutes les filles... and on 1996 Didier Barbelivien's album, Il faut laisser le temps au temps - Vol. 2, which contains all his duets with Félix Gray.
"À toutes les filles..." was parodied by many humorists. The most notable of them is probably that of Les Inconnus, under the title "Chagrin d'amour".
Despite the similarity of the titles, the song is unrelated to Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson's song "To All the Girls I've Loved Before".
Given the song's success, Gray and Barbelivien released three other singles : "Il faut laisser le temps au temps", "E vado via" and "Nos Amours cassées".
Charts performances
"À toutes les filles..." charted on the French SNEP Singles Chart for 28 weeks, from 2 June to 8 December 1990, including 23 weeks in the top ten. It dislodged Zouk Machine's "Maldòn (la musique dans la peau)" in its 19th week, becoming the French number-one single which climbed the more slowly at the top of the chart. The single marked the first appearance of Didier Barbelivien on the French Singles Chart, although he composed a number of songs for other artists who were previously charted. Although being uncertified by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, it is the 34th best-selling single of the 1990s and the 331st of all time in France. According to the French television show Duos de Légende, broadcast on TF1 on 19 April 2008, this song was one of the ten best-selling singles recorded as duets of all time in France.
Track listings
- "À toutes les filles..." — 4:14
- "À toutes les filles..." (instrumental) — 4:14
- "À toutes les filles..." — 4:14
- "À toutes les filles..." (instrumental) — 4:14