| The Mosquito | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Doors |
| Album: | Full Circle |
| B-Side: | It Slipped My Mind |
| Label: | Elektra |
| Prev Title: | Ships with Sails |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Get Up and Dance |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
"The Mosquito" is a song by American rock band the Doors from their 1972 album Full Circle. In the same year it was released as a single. Billboard called it an "unusual off beat disc" with a "clever Latin beat".[1] Record World called it an "infectious ditty with calypso feel."[2] The vocal is by Robby Krieger.[3]
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| Le Moustique | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joe Dassin |
| Album: | Joe |
| Language: | French (adapted by Pierre Delanoë) |
| B-Side: |
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| Label: | CBS Disques |
| Prev Title: | S'aimer sous la pluie |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | Salut les amoureux |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
A French-language version was recorded by Joe Dassin as "Le Moustique") with lyrics adaptated by Pierre Delanoë. It was included on his 1972 album Joe and in 1973 released as a single.[5]
Charts
The single "Le Moustique" by Joe Dassin reached at least the top 10 in France[6] and at least the top 5 in Finland[7] [8] (according to the charts, courtesy respectively of the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque and of Intro, that U.S. Billboard published in its "Hits of the World" section).