Di doo dah explained

Di doo dah
Type:Studio album
Artist:Jane Birkin
Cover:Di doo dah album.jpeg
Released:1973
Studio:Phonogram Studios, London W2; vocals: Studio des Dames, Paris
Genre:Chanson, soft rock, symphonic rock, symphonic pop
Length:30:29
Label:Fontana
Producer:Alain Hortu
Next Title:Lolita Go Home
Next Year:1975

Di doo dah is the debut solo album by Jane Birkin, released in 1973 on Fontana Records. Subsequent reissues in 2001 and 2010 (on Light In The Attic Records) included two bonus tracks from the 1972 7" single "La Décadanse" by Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.

Track listing

Words and music by Serge Gainsbourg, except "Encore lui", "Leur plaisir sans moi", "La cible qui bouge" and "C'est la vie qui veut ça" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier

  1. "Di doo dah" (3:35)
  2. "Help camionneur!" (2:48)
  3. "Encore lui" (2:26)
  4. "Puisque je te le dis" (2:35)
  5. "Les capotes anglaises" (2:13)
  6. "Leur plaisir sans moi" (1:43)
  7. "Mon amour baiser" (2:33)
  8. "Banana boat" (2:19)
  9. "Kawasaki" (2:34)
  10. "La cible qui bouge" (3:10)
  11. "La baigneuse de Brighton" (2:16)
  12. "C'est la vie qui veut ça" (2:17)
  13. "La Décadanse" (5:20) (bonus track)
  14. "Les Langues De Chat" (2:17) (bonus track)

"Help camionneur!" uses the same melody as "My Green Heart" (Les Cœurs Verts O.S.T., 1966) and "Le canari est sur le balcon" (Je T'aime Moi Non Plus, 1969)

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