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"Elle a les yeux revolver..." is a 1985 pop song recorded by French singer Marc Lavoine. It was the second single from his debut album ''Marc Lavoine'', and his third single overall. Released in May 1985, the song was a top four hit in France, becoming the singer's first successful single, and has remained to date one of Lavoine's signature songs. ==Song information== Written by Marc Lavoine and composed by Fabrice Aboulker, the song deals with a woman described in the lyrics as a femme fatale. The song is characterized by "a few notes of Far East color, violins that slightly give rhythm to the song, () a warm and sensual voice".〔Elia Habib, ''Muz hit. tubes'', p. 46 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)〕 The song was performed in a live version at the Olympia (Paris) and included on the 2003 ''Olympia Deuxmilletrois'' album. The song also appears on Lavoine's compilations ''85-95'', ''Les Solos de Marc'' and ''La Collection de Marc''. The singer re-recorded his song in a new version, more acoustic, on his 2001 studio album ''Marc Lavoine'' on which it is featured as a hidden track. In France, the single entered the SNEP singles chart at #48 on May 18, 1985, then climbed quickly and finally hit #4 on July 13 and 27. It remained for 13 weeks in the top ten and totaled 25 weeks in the top 50.〔"Elle a les yeux revolver...", French Singles Chart (Lescharts.com ) (Retrieved November 22, 2008)〕 To date, the song is the 240th best-selling single of all time in France.〔Best-selling singles of all time in France (Infodisc.fr ) (Retrieved November 22, 2008)〕 "Elle a les yeux revolver..." was notably covered in 1998 by British a cappella vocal group The Flying Pickets on its cover album ''Vox Pop'', on which it features as third track. This 3:40 version was just entitled "Les Yeux revolver".〔''Vox Pop'', track listing and charts (Lescharts.com ) (Retrieved November 22, 2008)〕 The song was also covered in 2003 by A La Recherche De La Nouvelle Star on its album ''1ers Tubes''.〔''1ers Tubes'', track listing and charts (Lescharts.com ) (Retrieved November 22, 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elle a les yeux revolver...」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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