Requiem pour un fou

"Requiem pour un fou"
"Requiem pour un fou"
Single by Johnny Hallyday and Lara Fabian
from the album Stade de France 98 Johnny allume le feu
B-side	"Je veux te graver dans ma vie"
Released	February 1999
Recorded	11 September 1998
Venue	Stade de France
Genre	Blues rock, orchestral
Length	4:01
Label	Mercury France
Songwriter(s)	Gérard Layani, Gilles Thibaut
Producer(s)	Jacques Revaux
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
Lara Fabian singles chronology

"Fool For Love (Requiem pour un fou)"
"Fool For Love (Requiem pour un fou)"
Single by Michael Bolton and Johnny Hallyday
Language	French; English;
B-side	"Fool For Love (English)"
Released	August 1996
Genre	Rock
Length	4:47
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Gérard Layani, Gilles Thibaut, Don Black
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey
Michael Bolton singles chronology
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology

"Requiem pour un fou"
"Requiem pour un fou"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album Derrière l'amour
Language	French
English title	Requiem for a fool
B-side	"Les Chiens de paille"
Released	10 February 1976
Recorded	Late 1975–Early 1976
Studio	Studio 92, Boulogne-Billancourt
Genre	Chanson, French rock, requiem, blues rock
Length	4:47
Label	Philips
Composer(s)	Gérard Layani
Lyricist(s)	Gilles Thibaut
Producer(s)	Jacques Revaux
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
Music video
	"Requiem pour un fou" (Live, c. 1993) on YouTube

"Requiem pour un fou" (French pronunciation: [ʁekɥijɛm puʁ ɛ̃ fu]) is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in February 1976 as the lead single off of his twenty-first studio album, "Derrière l'amour", released later that year in June. Hallyday has also re-recorded the song in Italian, Spanish, and English (with American singer Michael Bolton, English and Bilingual) and has also released duet versions with Bolton and Belgian-Italian singer Lara Fabian in 1996 and 1999 respectively, the ladder duet being a live performance at the Stade de France in September 1998.

History

Gilles Thibaut wrote the lyrics for this blues rock requiem on the theme of the love story, romantic drama and extreme tragedy of a “fanatic suicidal madman of love” who is abandoned by the woman he loves and, crazy for love and pain, kills her so as not to lose her; condemned to death for this feminicide, he in turn lets himself die out of love for her, “for a great love to always live it must die of love.^[2] About this socially very provocative and controversial title, which embodies the rocker soul of Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Brieu considers that through its theme it is an “anti-Hallyday song par excellence” which had everything going for it. confuse the singer's audience, but who, through the grandiloquence of his interpretation, overcomes any reluctance and ultimately ignites the audience.^[3] This title is a variation of the song "Requiem pour un con" by Serge Gainsbourg, theme music for the film Le Pacha (1968) by Georges Lautner, with Jean Gabin.

Commercial performance

The song spent four consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 4 to 31 March 1976).^[4]

Charts

Original

Chart (1976)	Peak position
France (singles sales)^[4]	1
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop Back Catalogue Singles)^[5]	16

Lara Fabian duet version

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[6]	11
France (SNEP)^[7]	8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	5

References

^ "Discographie 1976". hallyday.com.
^ Thoury, Jean-William (2002). Johnny en chanson - Dictionnaire des chansons de Johnny Hallyday [Johnny in song - Dictionary of Johnny Hallyday songs] (in French). France: Editions La Mascara. p. 277.
^ Brieu, Jean-François (2000). booklet of the CD Derrière l'amour, 2000 edition (in French). pp. 549984–2, p. 4, "Requiem pour un fou anti-Hallyday song par excellence, vocal song, anti–rock, anti–America, anti-Johnny fan. And yet, [...], there was, there has always been an audience for this theme which roars, which bubbles, which is carried towards the heights of the hit parade by its very excesses, by its grandiloquence which ends up sweeping away reluctance, like a cyclone." (translated).
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Requiem pour un fou - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
^ "ultratop.be - Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ "Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou (Chanson)". lescharts.com.
^ Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou, retrieved 2024-05-30

[1] "Discographie 1976". hallyday.com.

[2] Thoury, Jean-William (2002). Johnny en chanson - Dictionnaire des chansons de Johnny Hallyday [Johnny in song - Dictionary of Johnny Hallyday songs] (in French). France: Editions La Mascara. p. 277.

[3] Brieu, Jean-François (2000). booklet of the CD Derrière l'amour, 2000 edition (in French). pp. 549984–2, p. 4, "Requiem pour un fou anti-Hallyday song par excellence, vocal song, anti–rock, anti–America, anti-Johnny fan. And yet, [...], there was, there has always been an audience for this theme which roars, which bubbles, which is carried towards the heights of the hit parade by its very excesses, by its grandiloquence which ends up sweeping away reluctance, like a cyclone." (translated).

[Requiem_pour_un_fou_-_Johnny_Hallyday_-_Hit-Parade.net-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Requiem pour un fou - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.

[ultratop.be_-_Johnny_Hallyday_-_Requiem_pour_un_fou-5] "ultratop.be - Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

[6] "Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[7] "Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou (Chanson)". lescharts.com.

[8] Lara Fabian & Johnny Hallyday - Requiem pour un fou, retrieved 2024-05-30

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Studio albums	Salut les copains Les Bras en croix Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime Derrière l'amour Hamlet Solitudes à deux Hollywood À partir de maintenant En pièces détachées Quelque part un aigle La Peur Entre Violence et Violon Nashville en direct Rock'n'Roll Attitude Gang Cadillac Ça ne change pas un homme Rough Town Lorada Ce que je sais Sang pour sang À la vie, à la mort ! Ma vérité Le Cœur d'un homme
Singles	"T'aimer follement" "Souvenirs, souvenirs" "Itsy bitsy petit bikini" "Kili Watch" "Viens danser le twist" "Retiens la nuit" "Ya ya twist" "Elle est terrible" "Tes tendres années" "Les Bras en croix" (c/w "Quitte-moi doucement" and "Dis-moi oui" on the EP) "Da dou ron ron" "Ma guitare" "Pour moi la vie va commencer" "Le Pénitencier" "Un ami ça n'a pas de prix" "Quand revient la nuit" "Cheveux longs et idées courtes" "Noir c'est noir" "Si j'étais un charpentier" "Hey Joe" "Petite fille" "San Francisco" "À tout casser" "Cours plus vite Charlie" "Que je t'aime" "Ceux que l'amour a blessés" "Jésus Christ" "Deux amis pour un amour" "Essayez" "Oh! Ma jolie Sarah" "Comme un corbeau blanc" "J'ai un problème" (with Sylvie Vartan) "Noël interdit" "Prends ma vie" "Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime" "Johnny Rider" "La Fille de l'été dernier" "La Terre promise" "Requiem pour un fou" "Derrière l'amour" (c/w "Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi") "Gabrielle" "Ne me quitte pas" (live) "Quelque chose de Tennessee" "L'Envie" (live) "Que je t'aime" (live) "Mirador" "Je ne suis pas un héros" "Diego libre dans sa tête" "Ça ne change pas un homme" "Tous ensemble" "Marie" "Mon plus beau Noël" "Ça n'finira jamais"
Films	Tales of Paris D'où viens-tu Johnny? Cherchez l'idole À tout casser The Specialists Point de chute L'aventure, c'est l'aventure L'Animal Détective Terminus The Iron Triangle Why Not Me? The Man on the Train Crime Spree Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse Quartier V.I.P. Jean-Philippe Vengeance The Pink Panther 2 Titeuf Salaud, on t'aime Rock'n Roll Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction
Family	Sylvie Vartan David Hallyday Laura Smet
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