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Rien Que De L'eau
"Rien que de l'eau" is a 1992 pop song recorded by French singer Véronique Sanson. Written by Bernard Swell and Sanson with a music composed by Swell, it was the lead single from her tenth studio album ''Sans Regrets'', on which it appears as the fourth track, and was released in June 1992. It was a top ten in France and was heavily aired on radio, and became one of Sanson's most famous songs. Background and writing "Rien que de l'eau" is a French adaptation of "I Wanna Know", a song written and composed by Bernard Swell, with whom Sanson lived in the 1980s. The original song in English was released as a single under Polydor label in 1991, but went mostly unnoticed. Sanson, who was preparing her new studio album ''Sans Regrets'', asked Swell to keep the melody of "I Wanna Know", which she liked, and to use new lyrics in French; however, as she wrote one of the verses, she is credited as co-lyricist. Swell, who was mainly a composer, said he had difficulties finding lyrics, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véronique Sanson
Véronique Marie Line Sanson (; born 24 April 1949) is a three-time Victoires de la Musique award-winning French singer-songwriter and record producer with an avid following in her native country. Ten years after Barbara, Véronique Sanson became one of the first French female singer-songwriters to break into stardom with her debut album " Amoureuse" in 1972. She also became one of the most successful and most prominent members of the Seventies "Nouvelle chanson française" ("New French chanson"), alongside Alain Souchon, Bernard Lavilliers, Jacques Higelin, Michel Polnareff, Catherine Lara, Yves Duteil, Maxime Le Forestier, Renaud, William Sheller, Michel Jonasz, Michel Berger, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Louis Chédid, or Francis Cabrel. Unlike most previous French artists of the Sixties Yé-yé era, who mostly released EPs consisting of a collection of singles, B-sides and covers, Sanson and her counterparts of the "nouvelle chanson française" established the dominance o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine & The Queens
Rahim Claude Redcar (sometimes shortened to Chris or Redcar; born Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier; 1 June 1988) is a French singer and songwriter, best known under the pseudonym of Christine and the Queens. Born and raised in Nantes, he started learning piano at the age of four and found inspiration in one of London's clubs while studying. Redcar released a series of extended plays (EPs) throughout 2011–2013. Redcar's debut studio album, ''Chaleur humaine'' (2014), received critical acclaim, reached number two in the French and UK charts, and was certified diamond in France; it was also a best selling debut record in the United Kingdom. In 2018, he released his second studio album, ''Chris (album), Chris'', to further critical acclaim. It was ranked album of the year by ''Clash (magazine), Clash'', ''The Guardian'', and ''The Independent'', and placed in the top-ten of nine other year-end lists. "Damn, dis-moi, Girlfriend" was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' as song of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
