"Génération 78" is a song by French singer
Dalida
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...
featuring French singer Bruno Guillain. It's a
megamix
A megamix is a remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. It often features various artists. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. It is ...
of Dalida's previous hits,
remix
A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...
ed in
disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...
style, including a new piece written by Jeff Barnel that permeates throughout the song. First released on single in March 1978, it soon became #1 hit in France and achieved success in Europe and Canada.
Dalida was a pioneer in this field, as “Génération 78” is one of the first megamixes, and one of the first commercially successful remixes in history. It was soon followed by her second megamix "
Ça me fait rêver", as well successful.
"Génération 78" was immediately featured with promotional video. Commercially distributed and repeatedly played, it is one of the earliest examples of what will become
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
. It is often credited in France as the first French music ''clip''.
Description
The idea came from Dalida's team. Seventeen-year-old Bruno Guillain was already known to the public as a new actor. It was his first of only two collaborations with Dalida in the studio, the second being for "Ça me fait rêver".
Samples
A number of Dalida's previously released songs was
sampled
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Base meaning
* Sample (statistics), a subset of a population – complete data set
* Sample (signal), a digital discrete sample of a continuous analog signal
* Sample (material), a specimen or small quantity of so ...
. They were all successes, so the song is reminiscent of a
medley.
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Come prima
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Gondolier
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Volare
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Romantica
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J'attendrai
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Darla dirladada
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Paroles, paroles
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Les enfants du Pirée
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Ciao ciao bambina
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T'aimer follement
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Commercial performance
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Le jour où la pluie viendra
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Les gitans
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Gigi l'amoroso
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Il venait d'avoir 18 ans
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In 1974 Dalida released the song on the ...
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Bambino
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Salma Ya Salama
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References
Bibliography
* ''L'argus Dalida: Discographie mondiale et cotations'', by Daniel Lesueur, Éditions Alternatives, 2004. and .
External links
Dalida Official Website"Discography" section
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Dalida songs
1978 songs
Disco songs