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“Poupée de cire, poupée de son” (English: Doll of wax, doll of bran/sound) was the winning entry in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1965. It was performed in French by French singer France Gall, representing Luxembourg. Composed by Serge Gainsbourg, it was the first song to win Eurovision that was not a ballad. It was nominated as one of the fourteen best Eurovision songs of all time at the Congratulations special held in October 2005. As is common with Gainsbourg’s lyrics, the words are filled with double meanings, wordplay, and puns. The title can be translated as “Wax doll, Bran doll” (a bran doll being a floppy doll stuffed with bran or sawdust) or as “Doll of wax, Doll of sound” (with implications that Gall is a “singing doll” controlled by Gainsbourg). Sylvie... Read on...