C4 was a French Electronic Euro Disco boyband consisting of four members Arnaud, Christophe, Pierre and Gaël. The band was originally formed in 1998 as a tribute to popular French singer

Claude François Claude Antoine Marie François (; 1 February 1939 – 11 March 1978), also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of "Comme d'habitude" (c ...

(Cloclo). The band C4 released their album ''En Plein Coeur'' in 1998 being Euro dance versions of renowned Cloclo songs including his French version of "

Donna Donna "Dona Dona", popularly known as "Donna, Donna", is a song about a calf being led to slaughter, written by Sholom Secunda and Aaron Zeitlin. Originally a Yiddish language song "Dana Dana" (in Yiddish דאַנאַ דאַנאַ), also known as "Dos ...

". François co-written the French lyrics to the song and had a number 1 hit with it in December 1964. C4's new dance version charted yet again in France appearing in the official French Singles Chart for 12 weeks and peaking at number 25. The follow-up C4 single was yet another François song "

J'attendrai "J'attendrai" (French for "I will wait") is a popular French song first recorded by Rina Ketty in 1938. It became the big French song during World War II; a counterpart to Lale Andersen's "Lili Marleen" in Germany and Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again ...

", a French version of " Reach Out I'll Be There". The band was formed upon an initiative of François' wife who had announced interest in soliciting a number of young candidates who loved his work in a bid to form a band to reinterpret his songs with the 20th anniversary of Claude François' death that occurred in 1978 fast approaching.L'Humanité: Culte du souvenir Claude François, une industrie qui marche encore (5 February 2000)

Discography

Albums

*1998: ''En Plein Coeur'' Track list: #"

" #"Stop au nom de l'amour #"C'est la même chanson" #"

" #"J'y pense et puis j'oublie" #"Belles! Belles! Belles!" #"Je vais à Rio" #"Chanson populaire" #"Ça va marcher (Toi et moi)" #"Mon meilleur ami (My Best Friend)

Singles

References

{{reflist Eurodisco groups French electronic music groups