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"L'Équipe à Jojo" is a song by Joe Dassin from his 1970 album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents). In 1971 it was released as a single.

Writing and composition

The song was written and composed by Claude Lemesle. He wrote it when he was just 25 and still feels a particular tenderness towards it. Lemesle recalled to Le Figaro:

I wrote it when I was very young, at 25. I wrote the lyrics and the music. It really resembles me. I wanted to call it "La bande à Jojo", but since Joe had already done "La bande à Bonnot", there was too much similarity between the two titles. Forty-seven years later it holds on, I still love it. It embodies the philosophy of the 1960–1970 era, but I did not realize it . It joined a song by Pierre Delanoë I adore, "Soiree de prince". Mine is more festive, it represents another mood of the era.

Commercial performance

Unlike the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents), the single "L'Équipe à Jojo" didn't sell well.

Track listing

7" single CBS 7151 (1971)

A. "L'équipe à Jojo" (3:08)

B. "Le Portugais" (2:40)

Cover versions

The song was covered by Les Objets on the various-artists compilation album L'équipe à JoJo – Les Chansons de Joe Dassin par... (1993).

References

1. ^ "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - L'équipe à Jojo". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
2. ^ "Claude Lemesle : "Joe Dassin a américanisé mon écriture"". Le Figaro. 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
3. "Joe Dassin "Je considère que la chanson est un art mineur" du 06 août 2015". France Inter. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
4. "Joe Dassin - L'equipe A Jojo / Le Portugais at Discogs". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
5. "Various - L'Équipe À Jojo at Discogs". Discogs. 1993. Retrieved 2017-12-09.

External links

• Joe Dassin – "L'équipe à Jojo / Le Portugais" at Discogs

• 1970 songs
• 1971 singles
• Joe Dassin songs
• French songs
• CBS Disques singles
• Songs written by Claude Lemesle
• Song recordings produced by Jacques Plait