| Gainsbourg Percussions | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Serge Gainsbourg |
| Cover: | gainsbourg_percussions.jpg |
| Recorded: | 5–9 October 1964; 16 October 1964 |
| Studio: | Studio Blanqui, Paris |
| Genre: | Jazz, Latin, African |
| Label: | Philips |
| Producer: | Claude Dejacques |
| Prev Title: | Gainsbourg Confidentiel |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Bonnie and Clyde |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
Gainsbourg Percussions is the sixth studio album by French musician Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1964. Gainsbourg reinvents his style with Latin, African, and Cuban influences. It would be his last album before 1968.
"Joanna" is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Kiyakiya (Why Do You Run Away?)" from Drums of Passion LP (1959)
"New York U.S.A." is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Akiwowo (Chant to the Trainman)" from Drums Of Passion (1959)
"Marabout" is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums of Passion)" from Drums Of Passion LP (1959)
"Pauvre Lola" contains an uncredited sample of Miriam Makeba's "Umqokozo (Children's Game Song About a New Red Dress)" from The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba LP (1962)
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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