"Ça sent si bon la France" is a song performed by

Maurice Chevalier Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", " Valentine", " Louise", " Mimi", and " Thank Heaven f ...

in 1941.

Development and composition

The song was written by Jacques Larue and composed by

Louiguy Louis Guglielmi (3 April 1916 – 4 April 1991), known by his pen name Louiguy (), was a Spanish-born French people, French musician of Italian descent. He wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of "La Vie en Rose" and the Latin jazz com ...

. In 1994, Les 3 Julots recorded the song for the album ''Les Chansons de la Libération'' where they also recorded ''La Fête à Neu-Neu'', ''Fleur de Paris'', ''Notre Espoir'' and ''La Marche de Ménilmontant''.

Track List

The song is part of Gramophone K-8546 (The French Gramophone Company ''His Master's Voice''), a

78 rpm A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English) or a vinyl record (for later varieties only) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The g ...

recorded on 18 November 1941 with orchestration by

Marcel Cariven Marcel Auguste Antoine Cariven, (18 April 1894, Toulouse – 5 November 1979, Crosne near Paris)Heri Betti and lyrics by Maurice Chevalier and Maurice Vandair # Ça sent si bon la France (France smells so good)

References

1941 singles Maurice Chevalier songs 1941 songs {{France-music-stub