Serge Gainsbourg - Chez Les Yé Yé Lyrics






Ni les tams-tams des yé-yé-yé-é
Ni les gris-gris que tu portais
Da doo ron ron que tu écoutais
Au bal doum doum où tu dansais

Non rien n'aura raison de moi
J'irai chercher ma Lolita
Chez les yé-yé

Sous les tams-tams des yé-yé-yé-é
J'f'rai du ramdam je me connais
Oui à Sing-Sing je finirai
J'ai un coupe-coupe à cran d'arrêt

Non rien n'aura raison de moi
J'irai chercher ma Lolita
Chez les yé-yé

Sous les tams-tams des yé-yé-yé-é
Fais un flash-back au temps passé
Est-ce que t'entends c'que j'te disais
Je suis fou fou fou de t'aimer

Non rien n'aura raison de moi
J'irai chercher ma Lolita
Chez les yé-yé

Ni les tams-tams de yé-yé-yéyé
Ni les gris-gris que tu portais
Da doo ron ron que tu écoutais
Au bal doum doum où tu dansais

Non rien n'aura raison de moi
J'irai chercher ma Lolita
Chez les yé-yé

Sous les tams-tams des yé-yé-yé-é
J'f'rai du ramdam je me connais
Oui à Sing-Sing je finirai
J'ai un coupe-coupe à cran d'arrêt





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  1. e.... p....

    Sia did nothing new

  2. �.... ....

    空耳アワーから来た人

  3. C.... ....

    Can someone more knowledgeable about dancing tell me what kind of style this is?

  4. R.... D....

    Why does this art not have a bajillion views?

  5. T.... P....

    How come this is not a meme yet?😤

  6. u.... ....

    ニラ玉、玉だイェイェイイェイイェイ

  7. L.... ....

    Strangest music video of all times! Chez les fou-fou...J'adore.

  8. V.... S....

    KOOL musician move: Let a real DANCER do the sweat-work!

  9. P.... P....

    well obviously serge decided to write his version of the Beatles "She Loves You"

  10. J.... E....

    *me on the left*

  11. �.... ....

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 좋네

  12. R.... W....

    Me at 3 AM

  13. �.... ....

    しり?

    いえいえ

    それタマタマ

  14. M.... W....

    That guy dancing is like a prototype for Bez from The Happy Mondays!

  15. b.... ....

    Very hip video. One of the best of the era. I LOVE Johnny Hallyday vintage videos

  16. C.... ....

    Avec le sublime Jean-Pierre Cassel...

  17. C.... G....

    Julien Doré a repris la mise en scène du clip pour son single "les limites". Bel hommage je trouve :)

  18. A.... N....

    Looks like that dancer is in need of a poo .

  19. m.... c....

    Le remix de mozinor de cette chanson la remet au goût du jour, et permet de mieux en comprendre la teneur, je trouve.
    C'est fou de se dire que ça a pu passer à la télé, un clip pareil, à l'époque.
    Ou pas, d'ailleurs. De tout temps, la société a créé et rejeté des mouvances rebelles. Apaches, zazous, yéyés, punks, rappeurs, etc.. l'histoire n'est qu'un long cycle :p
    Du coup, un clip agressif envers ces "cinglés de yéyés", à l'époque, ça a peut être plu à une certaine bien-pensance ?

    m.... c....

    Et on retrouve S G sur la photo des yéyés plus tard, il avait compris où il fallait aller, comme plus tard à la tv.

  20. b.... ....

    Je t'aime Serge!

  21. f.... d....

    se clipe vous rappel pas julien doré

    f.... d....

    fan de laurel et hardy Julien doré a fait un clip semblable avec da chanson les limites .

  22. M.... ....

    Voilà d’où le clip de Julien Doré, je suis fière de l’avoir trouvé mouahaha.

  23. C.... ....

    Trop bien, j'adore Gainsbourg

  24. B.... ....

    why is it cut in the end ?

  25. C.... ....

    0:57 Woah, what's up with the knife Serge? Let's all just cool our jets man

  26. U.... C....

    jean-Pierre Cassel bouge trop bien!!!!

    U.... C....

    CLASSICS HOUSE UNDERGROUND car jean-pierre Cassel était un grand danseur .

  27. t.... ....

    Serge giving you two choices here: die by the knife or laughter of my friend's "unique" dance moves.

  28. C.... M....

    That is Rory McIlroy singing!

  29. j.... ....

    why the fuck did he pull a knife? who was he going to stab? WTF is wrong with shit? The dancing boy was interesting, but not stab worthy

    j.... ....

    jamie1707+ In this song Serge talks about his girl who lives in a "tribe" named the "Yé-Yé" (or Yeah-Yeah in English = pop-music) and he states he will go wherever to find her, and bring her back, AT ANY RISK (he speaks of "Bal Dum-dum", a dancing place, but hidden sense is "balles dum-dum" a very deadly ammunition, etc .. there are other double-sense like in most Gainsbourg lyrics), and showing the knife is just to stress the "risk" you face when you join a "Yé-Yé" gang (and get addict to this style of music which Serge considered a bit like too-easy-music). Serge Gainsbourg was however perfectly able to write themes like this one, much appreciated by the "Yé-Yé" teenagers (and older), and he became God in the Yé-Yé generation.

    j.... ....

    thanks muchly for your truly wonderful reply.
    That scene just sits a-tilt with me/weird/worrisome etc
    I'll get "it" eventually!
    Cheers Pikaxu, and thanks again!

  30. A.... N....

    Julien Dorè?

  31. T.... T....

    wow , je n'ai pas vu ce video avant, je pensais c'est Julien doré qui invente ce type de danse.

  32. C.... D....

    j'aime le danseur... j'aime sa bite... son beat....

  33. B.... ....

    Serge is the kind of guy... well, let me explain it this way: When he pulled out the switchblade, I assumed he was going to clean under his fingernails or get something out of his teeth.

    B.... ....

    Haha, i totally picture it...

  34. J.... W....

    and Mr. Bean

  35. J.... W....

    Carlton dance

  36. S.... S....

    Nyt liikkuu. 8)

  37. g.... ....

    This video is very important information.

  38. S.... E....

    0:53 Gangnam Style

    S.... E....

    Lol, yea

    S.... E....

    😂😂😂😂

  39. b.... i....

    Chez les YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

  40. r.... ....

    Gangster types back then dress so snazzy. Not to mention the killer dance moves.

  41. M.... D....

    Gainsbourg è per sempre

  42. C.... R....

    >mfw i'm fuckin your bitch behind your back

  43. D.... M....

    C'est jean-Pierre Cassel à l'arrière (et pas Pierre Cassel) qui danse frénétiquement !

    D.... M....

    Oui, le pote de Sacha Distel qui l'invitait tout le temps dans son émission le Sacha show.

    D.... M....

    Le père de Vincent, of course !

  44. M.... ....

    Monday through Thursday I'm like the guy singing, but Friday through Sunday I'm more like the guy that's dancing.

  45. D.... M....

    WOW french people from the past where funny as hell LOLOLOLOLOLOOOLOLOLO

  46. A.... T....

    So Serge is singing a swinging little song then 0:57 OMG HE'S PULLED OUT A BLADE

    A.... T....

    Lol I looked away for a moment and I return to Sergei brandishing a murder weapon.

    A.... T....

    he has had enough of that dancer.

    A.... T....

    me too lol

    A.... T....

    at 1:20 he looks like he is wanting you to walk the plank

    A.... T....

    did anybody notice that JP Cassel (the dancer) ist pulling out a knife around 1:00 himself and the whole time is staging a knifefight?

  47. J.... M....

    I wonder if Lynch used this as inspiration for Twin Peaks.

  48. N.... S....

    1:15 he says "flash back". Thats gotta mean something.

  49. M.... ....

    Cracked brought me here, one of the best videos ever! LOL!

    M.... ....

    +MrBoz1968 Me too!!!

    M.... ....

    Hahahaha! 😂 😂 😂

    M.... ....

    At first it was Cracked but I started listening to more of his music in general.

    M.... ....

    I swear this is one of th most gangster mother fucker I know. I live Serge, but this is my first time seeing this of him & it puts even more ganster on him. Dayum. Haha, so funny & badass

  50. B.... K....

    why does this video have to end?

    B.... K....

    Don't worry it will build in loop in your head for days

  51. H.... K....

    yeah yeah yeah!

  52. F.... S....

    QUE DES COMMENTAIRES DEBILES DE SAXONS....

    F.... S....

    Parce-que le tien est intelligent peut-être ?

  53. F.... S....

    ET LE GUITARISTE EST.....

    F.... S....

    FRED STRAT : le guitariste est Elek Bacsik.

  54. B.... B....

    dance fever

  55. L.... ....

    Rock-n-Roll with switchblade stiletto)

  56. A.... R....

    Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

  57. N.... W....

    I always heard that you weren't supposed to run around with knives. I guess dancing is ok.

  58. S.... B....

    Young Serge looks a bit like Thom Yorke from Radiohead. And the background dancer looks like actor Fred Willard. Can someone start a Kickstarter to do a remake of this video with Thom singing and Fred dancing? I mean Fred is even born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He was born to shake it.

    S.... B....

    +Stefan B. The dancer is Jean-Pierre Cassel, actor, singer (dancer) and father of the French actor Vincent Cassel.
    My two cents...

    S.... B....

    @Delph Zouzou
    Thanks for the info. I've only seen Jean-Pierre in newer films. I didn't recognise him in his young days.

    S.... B....

    +Stefan B. ...I'm thinking maybe Adam Driver as Serge b/c he has the ear for it. (see what I did there?) And Bruno Mars b/c he was born in Hawaii, and this looks like it could be a dance from Mars...

    S.... B....

    I think he looks like Pee Wee Herman.

  59. P.... T....

    Hey, I wanted to stab that guy too! Glad it wasn't just me.

  60. S.... ....

    So that's how the French play Knifey Spoony.

  61. S.... ....

    What is he singing about?

    S.... ....

    @Spooder you didn't find any traduction ?

    S.... ....

    I'm nor sure the translation was right but it's about a girl he likes enough to stalk. The knife is mentioned in the song.

    S.... ....

    +Spooder Aboout his switchblade siletto perhaps)

    S.... ....

    I think it's something like 'I'm going to do bubble gum pop so I can find a Lolita'.

  62. M.... M....

    Actually pulling a knife on you, is how the french greet you. I was scared too at first, but afterwards i got used to it. You just need to pull a knife too, and stab the other person 3 times in the face like this: left cheek, right cheek, and then left cheek again. And smile.

    M.... M....

    Quentin Léveillé what? Speak English, we don't Understand?

    M.... M....

    He's pointing out a mistake. A simple apostrophe in j'oie de vivre changes the meaning from joie de vivre (joy of living) to j'entends de vivre (I hear of living) or something.

    M.... M....

    Sourand Bitter Exactement ! :)

    M.... M....

    @Mark Frieser mais vous êtes con? Ils sont complètement détruits par un virus - snobilicusantisocialibus!

    M.... M....

    They do that in Köln, too. Actually, 30+ years ago, when I was 16, my late father and I were about to be greeted on the banks of the Rhine by some local, charming junge deutsche Männer river rats, armed with some improvised beer bottle blackjacks. Then my father displayed his large pocketknife, and the "welcome committee" quickly dispersed.

  63. h.... ....

    尻?
    いえいえ それタマタマ

  64. N.... R....

    Pulling out the knife is amazing.  I wouldn't feel threatened at all if Serge pulled a knife on me.

    N.... R....

    Nicholas Reynolds It helps knowing that Serge was friends with police all over the world, and had a collection of badges to rival Elvis' -- If Serge pulled a knife on you, it's most likely to keep you from mistranslating his express desire to fuck a young Whitney Houston or Bambou or someone like that 😉

  65. M.... ....

    The dancer looks really weird the way he dancers..

    M.... ....

    @MsKerryanne wrong

  66. R.... T....

    Love the dancer in background & Gregory May's post below!

  67. 4.... ....

    The "man on the left" is Jean-Pierre Cassel, a French actor, a funny man sometime dancer, and a friend of Serge Gainsbourg...

    4.... ....

    I think he's great here!  Wonder if he has anything to do with 'Vincent' Cassel.

    4.... ....

    Question: Did they ever give him his seizure meds?

    4.... ....

    @Ruple Thaker Jean-Pierre is Vincent's father ;)

    4.... ....

    @Sic semper tyrannis sure

  68. K.... B....

    I can translate: "We are French and we sit around all day and do nothing else but eat cheese and drink wine and surrender and dance gay like this guy over here"

    K.... B....

    Hahaha you are so funny dude ! And so clever !

    K.... B....

    France may have had plenty of bad governments, including their "leader" Francois Hollande now (Sarkozy was bad, too), but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy aspects of the culture or pop-culture, like the music.

    K.... B....

    @The Man-Machine what the fuck... ^^ you think you can resume france by their politicians... what would it be for the americans (Bush ans Romney...) ... my goood... or Russians... I dont know what is for you a bad governments but we never have a reaaal bad governments... never fascist or baaad things like that...
    And Of course we are more than this ! I deeply hope so... 'cause most of french hate both of this crap politicians believe me !

    K.... B....

    Let me translate for you " we,french have a Nice knife to cut your throat assahole"

  69. D.... M....

    bahahahahahaha

  70. F.... ....

    Serge Gainsbourg was and is so ugly!!

    F.... ....

    And despite that had the most beautiful women in his life and bed: Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, Bambou, etc!

    F.... ....

    @Maurice Rosent Yes! that was quite impressive, he must've had other qualities we can only imagine.

    F.... ....

    @Fern19671 it's not hard to imagine what those qualities could be :D

    F.... ....

    @Nevena Jevtic true! lol.

  71. F.... ....

    The man dancing is the late Jean Pierre Cassel, I believe in the beginning of his career. He's Vincent Cassel's father!

  72. A.... A....

    Ni les tam-
    Tams
    Du Yé-yé yé
    Ni les gris
    Gris
    Que tu portais
    Da doo ron
    Ron
    Que tu écoutais
    Au bal doum
    Doum
    Où tu dansais

    Non rien n'aura raison de moi
    J'irai t'chercher ma Lolita
    Chez
    Les
    Yé-yé

    Sous les tam-
    Tams
    Du Yé-yé yé
    J'f'rai du ram-
    Dam
    Je me connais
    Oui à Sing
    Sing
    Je finirai
    J'ai un coupe
    Coupe
    À cran d'arrêt

    Non rien n'aura raison de moi
    J'irai t'chercher ma Lolita
    Chez
    Les
    Yé-yé

    Sous les tam-
    Tams des Yé-yé yé
    Fais un flash
    Back au temps passé
    Est-ce qu't'en-
    Tends
    C'que j'te disais
    Je suis fou
    Fou
    Fou de t'aimer

    Non rien n'aura raison de moi
    J'irai chercher ma Lolita
    Chez
    Les
    Yé-yé

    Ni les tam-
    Tams
    Du Yé-yé yé
    Ni les gris
    Gris
    Que tu portais
    Da doo ron
    Ron
    Que tu écoutais
    Au bal doum
    Doum
    Où tu dansais

    Non rien n'aura raison de moi
    J'irai t'chercher ma Lolita
    Chez
    Les
    Yé-yé

  73. w.... ....

    love gainsbourg. awesome song

  74. e.... ....

    Love the dancer.. lol

  75. S.... M....

    Entre Gainsbourg qui dit Yee yee yee il bouge la tête et le mec qui danse ça fait une vidéo marrante

  76. r.... ....

    ¡¡¡¡Dioooooosssss que buenoooo!!!! Hay un momento que parece que el otro se mueve así porque le pincha el culo con la navaja, jajajaja...XD
    Que horteraaaaa...

  77. m.... ....

     le papounet de vincent et matthias cassel

  78. t.... ....

    The dancer is Jean-Pierre Cassel (not Pierre), Vincent Cassel's father

  79. N.... ....

    th guy on the left is me in da club

  80. P.... F....

    DAT DANCE XD

  81. r.... ....

    Did anybody check on the guy in the background who was obviously having a seizure the whole time?

  82. d.... b....

    like the ggo boy

  83. R.... D....

    The dancer is not "Pierre Cassel", but Jean-Pierre Cassel, father of Vincent Cassel!

  84. C.... ....

    hilllllllaaarrrrrrioooousssss!

  85. K.... R....

    Raw beauty!  Just like his own mug...sexy.  

  86. g.... ....

    the man on the left is Jean-Pierre Cassel, Vincent Cassel's dad (Irreversible, A Dangerous Method, Ocean's twelve and thirteen, Mesrine, Shreck, Black Swan...). Celebrity dancer, singer & actor.

  87. B.... O....

    last frame of this video: The dancer is about to do the Psy dance

  88. A.... Z....

    Le yé-yé désigne un genre, l'ensemble des exhibitions de mineurs ignares, exhibitions vocales ou instrumentales, individuelles ou collectives, caractérisées par leur outrance sonore et leur indigence d’expression. — (Jean-Louis Gérard, L'imposture Yé-Yé, dans Le Monde libertaire, n°107, décembre 1964, p.7)

  89. D.... ....

    Ahaha bu ne ya

  90. G.... M....

    Is that a potato peeler in his hand?

    G.... M....

    hahahhaha

    G.... M....

    looks like a toothpick to me

    G.... M....

    À cran d arrêt. To cut throat of sheep, Thats true

    G.... M....

    Early cellphone prototype, I believe. Apparently, the signal from that call is still reverberating out there. Gainsbourg was talking to Abraham Lincoln, giving him ideas for the Gettysburg Address.

    G.... M....

    Never ever. It's at least a knife from L'auvernge.

  91. i.... M....

    como llegue a este video O.o

  92. A.... C....

    he pulls out a switchblade.

    A.... C....

    Yes, that's what "coupe-coupe à cran d'arrêt" means.

  93. A.... C....

    the fuck?

  94. n.... ....

    mike grange tu as tout à fait raison. Il est allé clairement chercher l'inspiration là pour son clip!

  95. R.... M....

    Before he grew his hair, stopped shaving, met Jane Birkin and suddenly became sexy - bless 'im.

    R.... M....

    Didn't he already reached his sexiest 3 years earlier? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stz8SQ_xeNk

  96. c.... ....

    Cuckoo Bizarre loves this!

  97. L.... B....

    plus le temps passe plus on l'aime ce mec

  98. J.... T....

    That's how I dance in the shower