It does not store any personal data.You’re not there, but we share the same one The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". ![]() The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Radio FG and the use of an English swearword in French What do you think of these French-English songs, do you like any of them? Related post: This is probably the first one I was aware of “Help Myself” by Gaëtan Roussel from 2009.Īnd also from 2009, Lily Allen’s French version of “22” with Ours. “C’est la Vie” by Malian singer Inna Modjaįrench group Diva Faune “Shine on my Way”Īnd finally those early French-English songs. ![]() Et voilà! (This is not his only one in French).īelgian singer Angèle with “La Loi de Murphy”Ĭanadian artist Peter Katz (with Rémi Chassé) “Brother” “Open Season (Un Autre Saison)” by Australian singer Josef Salvat, a francophone who, having lived in Paris as a teenager, always wanted to sing in French. “Dreamin” by Frenchie Damien Lauretta (an X Factor participant!) “Streets and Stories” by French pop duo Part-time Friendsįrench-American duo Freedom Fry with “Shaky Ground” He really rose to fame however through his YouTube channel which led to representing France in the Eurovison finals, with this particular song. “Roi” by Bilal Hassani, who started singing at the age of 5 and at 13 entered The Voice Kids. And would you know it, Julien Doré is the winner of Nouvelle Star, the French equivalent of The X Factor…. (As a fairly irrelevant aside, this year another 16 year old kid from The Teen’s school was in the semi-finals for Eurovision, it seems to be producing some pretty good singers!)Īnd yet another contestant in the semi-finals for Eurovision, Franco-Australian Malo’ with “I believed”. I don’t like much of his music but I do like this one, “J’ai cherché”. Next up, another The Voice participant Franco-Israeli Amir, who also went on to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest. Here she sings with French singer Brice Conrad in a Franco-English duet “Hands are Shaking”. At only 16 years old, Louisa Rose was a participant in The Voice, on Team Mika, while at school with my son, The Teen. ![]() The next song I’ve chosen has a personal link and a link back to Mika. Bizarrely while in Italy recently I happened to flick on the telly to see him presenting an excruciatingly awful game show in the nude! (Yes really!) Mika is huge in France and acts as a coach and mentor on the French version of The Voice. He speaks English, French, Spanish and Italian fluently and some Mandarin and Arabic thrown in for good measure. If ever there were a polyglot, it’s Lebanese-born British singer Mika. Here is my choice of 18 French-English songs you should know.Īpart from a couple of isolated songs from a while ago (at the end of the list), I think I started to be aware of this blending of language with Mika’s hit “Staring at the Sun” in 2015. It’s kind of the perfect mix for an Anglo-French family like mine. For some artists it’s a one-off and for others most or all of their music is in this French-English mix. Some are duets, some are solo artists or groups, most are from France or other Francophone countries like Belgium and Canada but they are also from a handful of other countries too. ![]() I’ve noticed a trend becoming more and more popular over the last few years in French music, songs in a mix of French and English.
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