Serge Gainsbourg

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Brief notes

• His song "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"' was a French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. (It was covered in English as "A Lonely Singing Doll" by British teen idol Twinkle.)
• The first English-language version of a Gainsbourg song was Dionne Warwick's 1965 version of "Mamadou".
• Australian rock musician Mick Harvey released two CDs worth of Gainsbourg's songs translated into English.
• France Gall was horrified to discover the sexual double-meaning of the lyrics to "Les Sucettes". Les Sucettes tells about a little girl with a strong taste for lollipops — a perfectly innocent song suitable for small children. However, one can also interpret it as a description of fellatio.
• A controversial video for the song "Lemon Incest" features a half-naked Gainsbourg lying on a bed with daughter Charlotte.
• Bob Marley was furious when he discovered Gainsbourg made Rita Marley sing erotic lyrics.
• Towards the end of his life, Gainsbourg used to show up drunk and unshaven on stage.
• He once burned a 500 French franc bill on TV to protest heavy taxation.
• On a live TV broadcast he told Whitney Houston that he wanted to have sex with her.