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According to French charts expert Elia Habib, the success of this song results from an alchemy between several of its components, including "Guesch Patti's voice first, which makes a success of a very provocative interpretation of the song, alternating sensual moanings and passionate shouts; the text of course is full of suggestive sonorities; the music, which play a large part in the song's ...
"Like a Motorway" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne. It appears on their third album, Tiger Bay (1994) and was released as a single by Heavenly Records in May 1994, [3] reaching number 47 on the UK Singles Chart and number 13 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.
The song is a remix by Motiv8 of "Accident", which appeared on the Saint Etienne/Étienne Daho Reserection EP, released a few months previously in June 1995. "Accident" itself is a rewritten version of Daho's 1984 French-language hit single "Weekend à Rome", with original English lyrics.
The song was re-released in the UK as a double A-side with the track "Filthy", peaking at number 39 in the UK Singles Chart. "Filthy", was later covered as "Jungle Pulse" by Etienne Daho. [15] The song remains Saint Etienne's only entry in the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 97 in 1992. [16] It did, however, top the US Hot Dance Club ...
Saint Etienne's single "He's on the Phone" is heavily based on Daho's "Week-end à Rome". Daho also collaborated with the band on several other songs. Daho also recorded a cover of "My Girl Has Gone", a 1965 hit originally written and recorded by The Miracles. A fan of Pink Floyd, Daho has recorded versions of "Arnold Layne" and "Cirrus Minor".
British band Saint Etienne's song "Like a Motorway" is based on the ballad. It was featured on their album Tiger Bay (1994), an homage to folk music presented in a modern style. The melody follows the original closely, but new lyrics paint a darker picture of the suitor's fate.
The song is a musical tableau: each of the seven stanzas is sung by a different character or group of characters: The first stanza is the discourse of a deputy cheering his soldiers and encouraging them for the fight for the Republic. The second stanza is the song of a mother offering the life of her son to the fatherland.
"Joe le taxi" (English: "Joe the Taxi Driver") is a song written for French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis by Franck Langolff and Étienne Roda-Gil. The song topped the SNEP Singles Chart for 11 weeks, and, uncommonly for a French -language song at that time, was released in the UK and Ireland the following year, peaking at numbers three and ...