"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" | ||||
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Single by Sylvie Vartan | ||||
from the album À Nashville | ||||
Language | French | |||
Released | 1964 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Composer(s) | Georges Garvarentz | |||
Lyricist(s) | Charles Aznavour | |||
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"La plus belle pour aller danser" (official live, 1965) on YouTube |
The song was written by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz.[3][4]
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]
7-inch EP RCA 86046 (March 1964, France, Spain, Portugal, etc.)
7-inch single RCA Victor 49.067 (1970, France)
7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Koi no Shokku" RCA Victor SS-1476 (1964, Japan)
7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Watashi o Aishite" RCA SS-2018 (1972, Japan)
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] | 3 |
France | 1 |
Japan[5] | 1 |
Spain Promusicae[10] | 3 |
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.
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