L'Amour à la française

"L'amour à la française"
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry
Country	France
Artist(s)	Ivan Callot Paul Léger Jean-Marc Sauvagnargues Laurent Honel Yves Giraud
As	Les Fatals Picards
Composer(s)	Ivan Callot
Lyricist(s)	Ivan Callot Laurent Honel Paul Léger
Finals performance
Final result	22
Final points	19
Entry chronology
◄ "Il était temps" (2006)
"Divine" (2008) ►

The band performing at the Eurovision Song Contest

"L'amour à la française" (French pronunciation: ​[lamuʁ a la fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; "Love French Style") is a song by French band Les Fatals Picards. It was the French entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

It is a love song, using Franglais, a mixture of French and English, and according to the songwriters meant to combine French romance and punk for beginners.^[1] The lyrics are a lighthearted dig at the most common stereotypes and misconceptions of France, the French people, the French language, French culture and in general all things French, with references to "the Eiffel Tower", "Chanel handbags", "the Seine", "the Champs-Elysées", "the Moulin Rouge" – but in equal measure an ironic dig at the English-speaking world's general inability to pronounce French properly, hence the thick Franglais accent.

The song was performed 13th on the night, following Sweden's The Ark with "The Worrying Kind" and preceding Latvia's Bonaparti.lv with "Questa Notte". Out of 24 entries, the song finished in 22nd place in the final, gathering 19 points.

It was succeeded as French representative at the 2008 contest by Sébastien Tellier with "Divine".

External links[]

• Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 2007
• Detailed info & lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "L'amour à la française".

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