Ça plane pour moi

"Ça plane pour moi" (French pronunciation: ​[sa plan puʁ mwa]) is a 1977 song by the Belgian singer Plastic Bertrand. Despite being credited to him, the vocals were actually performed by the record's producer, Lou Deprijck.[2] [3]  The song was composed by Yvan Lacomblez. "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", an adaptation recorded in November 1977 by Elton Motello, has the same backing track. The song was covered by many artists, though Plastic Bertrand's original recording was the most successful, reaching no. 8 on the UK charts in the summer of 1978.[4] [5]  While mainly regarded as a punksong,[1]  "Ça plane pour moi" has also been described as parody punk[6]  and as new wave.[2]

"Ça plane pour moi" is a French idiomatic expression which is best translated as "everything's going well for me" (literally: "it is gliding for me").[7]



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[hide]  *1 Background  ==Background[ edit] == "Ça plane pour moi" was originally conceived as a pastiche, a caricature of the punk movement.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EP_8-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BD_9-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[9]  Lou Deprijck explained:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EP_8-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[8] <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">The music was recorded by Mike Butcher (guitar), John Valcke (bass) and Bob Dartsch (drums), and the song was initially released as a B-side to "Pogo-Pogo" (another song with lyrics written by Lacomblez; both "Pogo-Pogo" and "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" had English lyrics written by Alan Ward for the Elton Motello single)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BD_9-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[10]  which was chosen to launch the solo career of Plastic Bertrand. Due to the success of the B-side, it was decided, when re-pressing the single, to switch both sides.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[11]  It took two hours to record "Ça plane pour moi" and "Pogo-Pogo".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EP_8-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BD_9-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[9] ==Composition<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">"Ça plane pour moi" is a three-chord rocker<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EP_8-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-review_12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[12]  which features nonsensical French lyrics and occasionally some English words.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-review_12-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[12]  Steve Huey from Allmusic describes the song melody as a "four-note hook which sounds like something straight out of an early Beach Boys or Four Seasons song" that Roger Jouret (Plastic Bertrand) sings in a "dead-on falsetto".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-review_12-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[12]  This melody is created by "mildly distorted guitars, plus a steadily pumping rhythm section and an old-time rock & roll-style saxophone" which, according to him, is "hardly used for anything other than rhythmic accompaniment".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-review_12-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[12]  He also qualifies Jouret's voice as "cartoonish". Its voice "stays in a monotone as he recites all the lyrics".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-review_12-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[12] ==Chart performance<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">Although its lyrics are sung in French, "Ça plane pour moi" became a smash hit in several European countries, peaking at no. 19 in Austria, no. 12 in Sweden, no. 11 in Bertrand's native Belgium, no. 8 in UK, no. 6 in Germany, no. 4 in Ireland, and no. 2 in Netherlands (behind Boney M.'s "Rivers of Babylon").<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[13]  It also topped the Swiss Charts for one week<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SW_14-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[14]  and the French charts for 2 consecutive weeks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FR_15-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[15]  In Oceania, the song peaked at no. 7 in New Zealand,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NZ_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[16]  and no. 2 in Australia in early January 1979.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kent_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[17]
 * 2 Composition
 * 3 Chart performance
 * 3.1 Weekly charts
 * 3.2 Year-end charts
 * 4 Features and other versions
 * 5 See also
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">On the other side of the Atlantic, "Ça plane pour moi" entered the Billboard Hot 100, a feat for a French language song because only "Dominique" by the Belgian singer The Singing Nun<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;font-size:10.9090909957886px;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]  and "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by French singers Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BD_9-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[9]  had achieved such performance in the United States before this time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BD_9-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[9]  "Je t'aime... moi non plus" had peaked at no. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[18]  "Ça plane pour moi" eventually reached no. 47.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-awards_19-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[19]  It also peaked at no. 58 in Canada.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CAN_20-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[20]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">"Ça plane pour moi" has sold over 900,000 copies around the world<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[21]  and is regarded as a "punk-new wave-pop classic".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BD_9-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[22] ==Features and other versions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1977, Elton Motello released the single "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" one month before "Ça plane pour moi" was released. This version was then covered by numerous bands, including The Damned, Captain Sensible & The Softies and Chron Gen.
 * 1979, Telex released "Ça plane pour moi" in an extremely slow version, on their album Looking for St. Tropez.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[37]
 * 1985, appeared in the film National Lampoon's European Vacation during the whirlwind tour of The Louvre in Paris.
 * 1992, Sonic Youth recorded a version of the song as a contribution to the covers compilation album Freedom of Choice: Yesterday's New Wave Hits as Performed by Today's Stars.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[38]
 * 1993, Leila K released "Ça plane pour moi" as a double A-side single with the song "Check the Dan".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[39]
 * 1996, Mr. Ed Jumps the Gun's version was featured on the soundtrack to Barb Wire, the Pamela Anderson film.
 * 1996, Presidents of the United States of America released "Ça plane pour moi" as a single.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[40]
 * 1997, Thee Headcoatees released "Ça plane pour moi" on their album Punk Girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[41]
 * 1999, Hemmi Gunn made his own version of the song, called "Einn Dans við Mig" (One Dance with Me).
 * 2001, Lost Acapulco recorded a version of the song, called "Olvidemos el romance",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[42]  with different lyrics for a track of the soundtrack of the Mexican movie Perfume de Violetas.
 * 2001, featured in the film Winning London.
 * 2004, featured in the film EuroTrip.
 * 2005, Savage Circus recorded a cover of the song as a Japanese bonus track for their album Dreamland Manor.
 * 2006, featured in the film Beerfest.
 * 2006, Richard Thompson edited a version available on the box set The Life and Music of Richard Thompson.
 * 2006, the character of a Franco-German bubblegum dance musical project, Pigloo, recorded a cover of the song, retitled "Ça plane pour moi (Le twist)", on the album La Banquise.
 * 2007, Presidents of the United States of America's version was featured in a Pepsi commercial.
 * 2008, Vampire Weekend posted a live cover of this song on their Myspace.
 * 2008, The Lost Fingers recorded a cover of "Ça plane pour moi" with Plastic Bertrand, released on their 2009 album Rendez-vous Rose.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[43]
 * 2009, Kim Wilde performed the song as part of her live concerts all through Europe.
 * 2009, Nouvelle Vague released a cover of the song on their third album 3.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[44]
 * 2009, The BossHoss covered the song on the album Rodeo Radio.
 * 2010, featured in the film 127 Hours.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[45]
 * 2011, Wanastowi Vjecy released a cover version of this song on their album Letíme na Wenuši
 * 2011, featured in the film Jackass 3.5.
 * 2011, featured on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson for his Paris opener.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[46]
 * 2012, featured in the film Ruby Sparks.
 * 2010–14, Used nightly on radio station Triple M Melbourne's "Rush Hour", as pick me up music following a poor joke from former AFL legend Billy Brownless.
 * 2013, featured in the film The Wolf of Wall Street.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[47]