“Je T’aime … Moi Non Plus” by Serge Gainsbourg (1969)
In 1967, French model and actress Brigitte Bardot requested Serge Gainsbourg to compose a track for her, and he obliged. No one was prepared for the song “Je T’aime … Moi Non Plus” and how erotic it was. Bardot’s husband listened to the song prior to its release and naturally wasn’t happy about it to say the least, so Gainsbourg recorded the song again, this time with Jane Birkin, Gainsborourg’s new girlfriend. Nearly all radio stations didn’t play the track since it was regarded as too controversial and extremely erotic. Valerie Lagrange, Marianne Faithfull, and Mireille Darc also sang the song together with Gainsbourg. The collaboration with Bardot was eventually released in 1986.
“Je T’aime … Moi Non Plus” By Serge Gainsbourg 1969
“Jersey Girl” by Tom Waits (1980)
Tom Waits had been creating music for the soundtrack of the movie One from the Heart in New Jersey when he met Kathleen Brennan, an artist and a musician. And that was all it took. The duo fell in love and became crazy about each other. Waits wrote the track “Jersey Girl” and he and Brennan got married in the year that the song was released. Their family grew to five and they often do collaborations together. Both the E Street Band and Bruce Springsteen have covered the song.
“Jersey Girl” By Tom Waits 1980
