"Johnny, Johnny" is a 1985 song recorded by the French singer Jeanne Mas. It was her second single from her debut album, Jeanne Mas, on which it features as the second track. Released in February 1985, the song became a hit in France, topping the singles chart for about one month.

"Johnny, Johnny" was written and produced by Romano Musumarra, who also composed successful songs in the 1980s for many artists such as Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Elsa Lunghini, Demis Roussos and Céline Dion.

The song, which deals with a man named Johnny who bears very badly a break-up, was recorded in French-language, but also in English-language and Spanish-language.

The song is characterized by "melodious and sweet synthetic notes, with a rhythmical bass and lively percussion". Its structure is similar to that of Jeanne Mas' previous hit, "Toute première fois".

An excerpt of the song was performed by the French actress Jacqueline Maillan in the 1986 film La Vie dissolue de Gérard Floque, produced by Georges Lautner.

The song was re-issued in 2005 in a remixed version, but passed unnoticed.

On the French SNEP Singles Chart, the single debuted straight to number 8 on the chart edition of 2 March 1985. It climbed to #1 in its fifth week, and stayed at the top for four weeks, alterning with Al Corley's "Square Rooms". After that, it dropped to number 6 and almost kept on falling. It remained for 14 weeks in the top ten and 23 weeks on the chart (Top 50). It disappeared from the chart on 17 August after a furtive re-entry at #49.

With this song, Jeanne Mas became the first female artist to reach number one on the new SNEP French Singles Chart.

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