"Tassez-vous de d'là" is a song by the
Quebec band
Les Colocs
Les Colocs (''The Roommates'') were a rock music group from Québec formed in 1990 in Montreal.
Profile
Founded in 1990 and fronted by Dédé Fortin, ''Les Colocs'' made music in Quebec French. Their sound, infused with brass sounds, was inspi ...
. The lyrics were written by
Dédé Fortin
André "Dédé" Fortin (17 November 1962 – 8 May 2000) was a founding member, frontman, and vocalist of the Québécois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.
Early life
Fortin was born to Alfred Fortin and Gisèle Tremblay on a farm near the smal ...
, with a chorus in
Wolof written by
Senegalese immigrant El Hadji Diouf; the music was written by Dédé Fortin and André "Vander" Vanderbiest.
''Tassez'' won the 1999
SOCAN award for best popular song of the year.
Radio-Canada
Les frères Diouf - Espace musique It was the first single off their last album ''Dehors Novembre''.
Meaning
The song is written in the Quebec joual dialect. The title, loosely translated, means "get out of the way"; the song describes the narrator's guilt at having abandoned a friend who had overdosed, and his desire to see his friend again.
The music video was shot in Montreal, more specifically on Emery Street between Sanguinet and St-Denis streets.
References
Les Colocs songs
Quebec songs
1998 songs
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