À tout casser | |
Cover: | À tout casser single.jpg |
Type: | single |
Language: | French |
English Title: | Breaking everything |
Artist: | Johnny Hallyday |
Album: | Jeune homme |
B-Side: | Cheval d'acier |
Recorded: | September 1967 |
Studio: | Studio Blanqui, Studio La Gaité (Paris) Olympic Studios, Chappell Recording Studio (London) |
Genre: | Rock |
Length: | 2:48 |
Label: | Philips |
Lyricist: | Georges Aber |
Producer: | Micky Jones, Tommy Brown, Lee Hallyday |
Prev Title: | L'histoire de Bonnie and Clyde |
Prev Year: | 1968 |
Next Title: | Le ciel nous fait rêver |
Next Year: | 1968 |
"À tout casser" is a song by French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday. It was used in the opening title sequence of the 1968 film of the same name. Hallyday also released it as a single and on his 1968 studio album Jeune homme ("Young man") The B-side "Cheval d'acier" ("Steel horse") also appears in the film, where Hallyday performs it on stage.
The song was written by Johnny Hallyday, Georges Aber, and Tommy Brown. The recording was produced by Micky Jones, Tommy Brown, and Lee Hallyday.[1]
In France the single spent two weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart.[2]
7" single Philips B 370.639 F (1968, France etc.)
A. "À tout casser" (2:48)
B. "Cheval d'acier" (2:29)[3]