| Eddy Prend Le Maillot Jaune | |
| Cover: | Eddy Prend Le Maillot Jaune-single cover.png |
| Caption: | 7" vinyl single cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pierre-André Gil |
| B-Side: | Mamma, Mamma Mia |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Genre: | Schlager |
| Label: | Columbia |
Eddy Prend Le Maillot Jaune (Eddy Takes the Yellow Jersey) is a 1969 song by Pierre-André Gil about the cycling champion Eddy Merckx, inspired by his first victory in the 1969 Tour de France contest that same year. The song was released on the label Monopole.[1] The B-side was called Mamma Mamma Mia.[2] [3]
The song praises Merckx' talent and victories.[4]
Eddy Prend Le Maillot Jaune entered the ninth place in the Walloon music charts on 9 September 1969.[5] In 1971 Gil would record another song about Merckx named Eddy Est Imbattable!.