L'Équipe à Jojo

"L'Équipe à Jojo" is a song by Joe Dassin from his 1970 album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents). In 1971 it was released as a single.

"L'Équipe à Jojo"
Single by Joe Dassin
from the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents)
A-side"L'Équipe à Jojo"
B-side"Le Portugais"
Released1971 (1971)
GenreChanson, pop
Length3:08
LabelCBS Disques
Songwriter(s)Claude Lemesle
Producer(s)Jacques Plait
Joe Dassin singles chronology
"La Fleur aux dents"
(1971)		 "L'Équipe à Jojo"
(1971)		 "Elle était oh !"
(1971)
Music video
"L'équipe à Jojo" (French TV, 1977) on YouTube

Writing and composition

The song was written and composed by Claude Lemesle.[1] He wrote it when he was just 25 and still feels a particular tenderness towards it.[2] Lemesle recalled to Le Figaro:

I wrote it when I was very young, at 25. I wrote [both] the lyrics and the music. It really resembles me. I wanted to call it "La bande à Jojo", but since Joe had already done "La bande à Bonnot", there was too much similarity between the two titles. Forty-seven years later it holds on, I still love it. It embodies the philosophy of the 1960–1970 era, but I did not realize it [back then]. It joined a song by Pierre Delanoë I adore, "Soiree de prince". Mine is more festive, it represents another mood of the [same] era.[2]

Commercial performance

Unlike the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents), the single "L'Équipe à Jojo" didn't sell well.[3]

Track listing

7" single CBS 7151 (1971)

A. "L'équipe à Jojo" (3:08)
B. "Le Portugais" (2:40)[1][4]

Cover versions

The song was covered by Les Objets on the various-artists compilation album L'équipe à JoJo – Les Chansons de Joe Dassin par... (1993).[5]

gollark: Random people are bad and will get it !!WRONG!!.
gollark: I mean, if you're studying, say, maths, then it's not helpful if random people see a question saying "Prove that there are an infinite number of primes. You have 10 seconds."
gollark: No, you need to get people who actually know the field.
gollark: Not even you, as you just pass off half the decision making to other people somehow.
gollark: Just vaguely ask someone "hey, want some help with your educational stuff?" then launch some convoluted scheme to cheat for them where nobody actually has the full picture.

References
  1. "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - L'équipe à Jojo". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  2. "Claude Lemesle : «Joe Dassin a américanisé mon écriture»". Le Figaro. 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. "Joe Dassin "Je considère que la chanson est un art mineur" du 06 août 2015". France Inter. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. "Joe Dassin - L'equipe A Jojo / Le Portugais at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  5. "Various - L'Équipe À Jojo at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
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