La plus belle pour aller danser

"La plus belle pour aller danser" (Translation: The most beautiful to dance with) is a song by Sylvie Vartan from the 1964 French feature film Cherchez l'idole.[1][2]

"La plus belle pour aller danser"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album À Nashville
LanguageFrench
Released1964 (1964)
LabelRCA Victor
Composer(s)Georges Garvarentz
Lyricist(s)Charles Aznavour
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
"Si je chante"
(1963)		 "La plus belle pour aller danser"
(1964)		 "Sha La La"
(1964)
Music video
"La plus belle pour aller danser" (official live, 1965) on YouTube

Background and writing

The song was written by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz.[3][4]

Commercial performance

The song spent 11 weeks at no. 1 in France.

In Wallonia (Belgium) the single spent 24 weeks in the chart, peaking at no. 3.[3]

The song also reached no. 1 in Japan.[5]

Track listings

7-inch EP RCA 86046 (March 1964, France, Spain, Portugal, etc.)

A1. "La plus belle pour aller danser" (2:29)
A2. "Un air de fête" (2:13)
B1. "Dum di la" (1:54)
B2. "Ne l'imite pas" (2:48)[3]

7-inch single RCA Victor 49.067 (1970, France)

  1. "La plus belle pour aller danser"
  2. "Si je chante"[6]

7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Koi no Shokku" RCA Victor SS-1476 (1964, Japan)

A. "Aidoru o Sagase" (アイドルを探せ) ("La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser") (2:28)
B. "Koi no Shokku" (恋のショック) ("Si Je Chante")[7]

7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Watashi o Aishite" RCA SS-2018 (1972, Japan)

A. "Aidoru o Sagase" (アイドルを探せ) ("La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser") (2:28)
B. "Watashi o Aishite" (私を愛して) ("Car Tu T'en Vas")[8]

Charts
Chart (1964) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 3
France 1
Japan[5] 1
Spain Promusicae[10] 3

Cover versions

The song has been covered, among others, by Pompilia Stoian (Romania),[11] Thanh Lan (Vietnam),[12] Michèle Richard (Canada),[13] Chris Garneau,[14] Sarah Dagenais-Hakim and Emilie-Claire Barlow on her Juno Award winning album Seule ce soir.

See also

References
  1. Daniel Ichbiah. 50 ans de chansons françaises. Daniel Ichbiah. pp. 1–. ISBN 979-10-91410-16-8.
  2. "La plus belle pour aller danser de Sylvie Vartan : méfiez-vous des apparences, souvent derrière le sucre il y a le stupre !". RTBF. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  3. "ultratop.be - Sylvie Vartan - La plus belle pour aller danser". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. "Sylvie* - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (27 February 1965). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 22–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. "Sylvie Vartan - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  7. "Sylvie Vartan - La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. "シルヴィー・バルタン* - アイドルを探せ = La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. "Sylvie Vartan – La plus belle pour aller danser" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  10. "Billboard Magazine, January 30, 1965". Billboard. 30 January 1965.
  11. "spanishcharts.com - Pompilia - La plus belle pour aller danser". Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  12. "spanishcharts.com - Thanh Lan - La plus belle pour aller danser". Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  13. "Michèle Richard - Les Hommes / La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  14. "spanishcharts.com - Chris Garneau - La plus belle pour aller danser". Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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