Les Champs-Élysées
| "Waterloo Road" | |
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| Single by Jason Crest | |
| B-side | "Education" |
| Released | 28 February 1968 |
| Format | 7" single |
| Label | Philips |
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Anthony Deighan (lyrics) Michael Wilshaw (music) |
| "Les Champs-Élysées" | ||||
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| Single by Joe Dassin | ||||
| from the album Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées) | ||||
| A-side | "Le Chemin de papa" "Les Champs-Élysées" |
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| Released | May 1969 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | CBS Disques | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
Lyrics: Pierre Delanoë Michael Deighan Music: Michael Wilshaw |
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| Producer(s) | Jacques Plait | |||
| Joe Dassin singles chronology | ||||
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"Les Champs-Élysées" is a 1969 song by Joe Dassin.
The song was originally written in English under the title "Waterloo Road" (lyrics by Michael Anthony Deighan, music by Michael Wilshaw) and released by the British rock band Jason Crest. Then French lyricist Pierre Delanoë adapted the lyrics into French.
The song "Les Champs-Élysées" was released by Joe Dassin as a single in 1969, with "Le Chemin de papa" on the other side. The single reached no. 4 in Wallonia (French Belgium)..
The song "Les Champs-Élysées" also entered charts in multiple European countries.
7" single (CBS 4281)
The song was covered by the American punk band NOFX in 1997.
The melody of Les Champs-Élysées was later used for the television commercial of CJ CheilJedang's dessert brand Petitzel Eclair in 2016, with lyrics sung by I.O.I.
The song was also adapted by the Dutch comedian duo Johnny Kraaikamp & Rijk de Gooyer in 1969 under the title Waterlooplein which translates into Waterloo Square which is a town square in Amsterdam.
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