"Fous ta cagoule" (French for "Put your balaclava on") is a song by the comedy rap group Fatal Bazooka with Michaël Youn, the first single from its album T'As Vu ? released in 2007. This song achieved a huge success in France and Belgium.
Background and writing
The group transposes the urban style into the setting of the snow-covered mountains of Savoy, and caricatures certain French rappers there. The music video was produced by Nicolas Benamou.
The single peaked at #1 in France in January 2007. As of August 2014, the song was the 31st best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 488,500 units sold.
Two rappers are cold while in the French department of Savoy. To avoid getting sick, they put a ski mask on and advise others to follow suit.
Cover versions and parodies
This song, by its big hit and its broad diffusion on the music channels and Internet, was the subject of several parodies:
Christmas 2006, the firemen of the Geneva International Airport turned on the tarmac and in the general headquarter a clip with the song Fous ta cagoule, when their chief was not there. This video, entitled Fatal SA, Fou ta cagoule (also known under Fous ta cagoule, pompier), met a great success on Internet. The men involved in the video were later reprimanded for unauthorized use of fire equipment and degrading the image of the fire department.
The song was used in a parody video-clip about a Russian city of Perm
The organizers of the “Morning” of radio operator Le Mouv' have creates a parody of the song, Fous ta capote, at the time of Sidaction 2007.
At the beginning of 2007, Romano, organizer of radio operator Skyrock which animates at the sides of Difool the Radio Libre the evening and Morning of the morning, carried out a parody of Fous ta cagoule entitled Fous ta perruque in featuring with a listener who had composed the words of this one.
A true Savoyard group of rap, Posse 33, turned a clip in answer of the tube of Fatal Bazooka: J'fous ma cagoule, where they criticize in particular Michael Youn to make fun of them.
Fatal Bazooka itself did to a diversion of its own song in the album T'As Vu ?: Crêpes au froment, where the hood is replaced by crepes with wheat of Brittany, to cure the malbouffe.
In 2008, the song was covered by Gérard Jugnot, Lââm, Michèle Laroque, Marc Lavoine, Nolwenn Leroy, Christophe Maé and Jean-Baptiste Maunier and included in a medley available on Les Enfoirés' album Les Secrets des Enfoirés.
The song was used at KVN (Russian humour TV show) in 2015.
CD single
- "Fous ta cagoule" (radio edit) — 3:28
- "Fous ta cagoule" (Playmobitch dirty south remix) — 3:07
- "Fous ta cagoule" (extended Dedikass mix) — 5:09
- "Fous ta cagoule" (instrumental mix) — 3:28
Digital download
- "Fous ta cagoule" (radio edit) — 3:28
