The Mosquito (song)

"The Mosquito"
Single by The Doors
from the album Full Circle
Language	English
A-side	"The Mosquito"
B-side	"It Slipped My Mind"
Released	1972 (1972)
Format	7" single
Label	Elektra
The Doors singles chronology
"Ships with Sails / In the Eye of the Sun" (1971) "The Mosquito" (1972) "Get Up and Dance / Treetrunk" (1972)

"Le Moustique"
Single by Joe Dassin
from the album Joe
Language	French
A-side	"Le Moustique"
B-side	"C'est ma tournée" "La Complainte de l'heure de pointe (À vélo dans Paris)"
Released	1970 (1970)
Format	7" single
Label	CBS Disques
Lyricist(s)	French adaptation: Pierre Delanoë
Joe Dassin singles chronology
"S'aimer sous la pluie" (1973) "Le Moustique" (1970) "Salut les amoureux" (1973)

"The Mosquito" is a song by The Doors from their 1972 album Full Circle. In the same year it was released as a single.

Soon it was adapted into French (under the title "Le Moustique") by Pierre Delanoë. The French version was recorded by Joe Dassin. It was included on his 1972 album Joe and in 1973 released as a single.

7" Single CBS 1339 (1973, France)

7" Single CBS 1339 (1973, Yugoslavia)

7" Single RCA Victor 75-5151 (1973, Canada)

The single "Le Moustique" by Joe Dassin reached at least the top 10 in France and at least the top 5 in Finland (according to the charts, courtesy respectively of the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque and of Intro, that U.S. Billboard published in its "Hits of the World" section).

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