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Best of Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg; ; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer, songwriter, poet, composer, artist, actor and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French popular music, he was renowned for his often provocative and scandalous releases, as well as his diverse artistic output, which embodied genres ranging from jazz, mambo, world, chanson, pop and yé-yé, to rock and roll, progressive rock, reggae, disco and electronic. His lyrical work incorporated a vast amount of clever word play to hoodwink the listener, often for humorous, provocative, satirical or subversive reasons. Common types of word play in his songs include mondegreen, onomatopoeia, rhyme, spoonerism, dysphemism, paraprosdokian and pun. A well known example is the song Les... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
• Je T'Aime - Moi Non Plus
• 1969
• 403

• 2
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Bad News From The Stars
• 2013
• 58

• 3
• Brigitte Bardot & Serge...
• Bonnie And Clyde
• 1968
• 58

• 4
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Lemon Incest
• 2009
• 41

• 5
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Requiem Pour Un Con
• 2009
• 30

• 6
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Ecce Homo
• 2013
• 30

• 7
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Ballade De Johnny-Jane
• 2013
• 30

• 8
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Aéroplanes (Readymade'S Bold...
• 2012
• 30

• 9
• Serge Gainsbourg
• La Chanson De Prevert
• 2008
• 30