Tous mes copains

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"Tous mes copains"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
from the album Sylvie
LanguageFrench
Released1962 (1962)
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Jean-Jacques Debout
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
"Le Loco-motion"
(1962)
"Tous mes copains"
(1962)
"Chance" / "Il revient" / "Reponds-moi" / "Tous les gens"
(1963)
Music video
"Tous mes copains" (French TV, 1975) on YouTube

"Tous mes copains" (All My Friends) is a song by Sylvie Vartan from her 1962 album Sylvie. It was also released on an EP and as a single that year.

Background and writing[edit]

The song was written by Jean-Jacques Debout.[1]

Commercial performance[edit]

The song entered the top 10 in France (according to the charts published by the U.S. magazine Billboard in its "Hits of the World" section)[2][3] and reached no. 12 in Wallonia (French Belgium).[4]

Track listings[edit]

7-inch single "M'amuser / Tous mes copains" RCA Victor 45.259 (1962)

A. "M'amuser"
B. "Tous mes copains"[5]

7-inch EP "Moi je pense encore à toi / Dansons / M'amuser / Tous mes copains" RCA Victor 76.602 S, 86602 (1963, France etc.)

A1. "Moi je pense encore à toi" ("Breaking Up Is Hard to Do") (2:05)
A2. "Dansons" ("Let's Dance") (1:55)
B1. "M'amuser" (2:33)
B2. "Tous mes copains" (2:30)[1]

7-inch single RCA Victor 45N-1338 (1963, Italy)

A. "Tous mes copains" (2:30)
B. "Quand le film est triste" (3:05)[6]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1962) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 12
France[7] 6

Different language versions and covers[edit]

The song was covered in Italian by Franca Alinti (under the title "Tutti i ragazzi (Tous mes copains)").[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Sylvie Vartan - Moi Je Pense Encore À Toi / Dansons / M'amuser / Tous Mes Copains at Discogs". Discogs. December 1962. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (12 January 1963). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 28–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (19 January 1963). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 20–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ a b "Sylvie Vartan – Tous mes copains" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  5. ^ "Sylvie Vartan - M'Amuser / Tous Mes Copains (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  6. ^ "Sylvie Vartan - Tous Mes Copains (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  7. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 February 1963). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 35–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Franca Alinti - Tutti i Ragazzi (Tous Mes Copains) at Discogs". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved 2017-11-15.