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Françoise Madeleine Hardy (French: [fʁɑ̃.swaːz aʁ.di]; born 17 January 1944) is a French singer and actress. Hardy is a popular figure in music and fashion.
Hardy grew up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris with her younger sister Michèle. Her parents lived apart when she was young; her father contributed little financially to the family and had little to do with his daughters. He was, however, persuaded by the girls' mother to buy Françoise a guitar for her birthday as a reward for passing her baccalauréat.
Her early musical influences were the French chanson stars Charles Trenet and Cora Vaucaire as well as Anglophone singers Paul Anka, the Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, Connie Francis and Marty Wilde whom she heard on the English-language radio station, Radio Luxembourg.
After a year at the Sorbonne she answered a newspaper advertisement looking for young singers. Hardy signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after she left university, her first record "Oh Oh Chéri" appeared, written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. Her own flip side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a success, riding the wave of Yé-yé music in France. It sold over a million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The track peaked at No. 36 in the UK Singles Chart in 1964. She reportedly hated the song saying it was recorded "in three hours with the worst four musicians in Paris." She was dating photographer Jean-Marie Périer at this time and his shots featured on many of her record sleeves.
savais-tu que je suis
celui que tu veux
savais-tu que je suis
celui que tu veux
je me languis
serai-je un jour un amant?
et celui qui
jure parfois et parfois ment
la belle fredonne
et prépare ses appâts
le coeur pardonne
mais la tête n'oublie pas
ça fait déjà longtemps
tous les jours j'apprends
à patienter
es-tu une cible
un peu impossible?
savais-tu que je suis
celui que tu veux
savais-tu que je suis
celui que tu veux
j'ai des secrets
et quelqu'un à qui les dire
sans le faire exprès
je t'ai vue resplendir
le miel et le lait
coulent
et nous appartiennent
et cette parole est
une vérité ancienne...
ça fait déjà longtemps
tous les jours j'apprends
à espérer
es-tu une cible
un peu impossible?
savais-tu que je suis
celui que tu veux
savais-tu que je suis
celui que tu veux