First Time Reaction Claude François Alexandrie Alexandra (70's Great Cheese!) | Dereck Reacts

[@schenier]

yes Dereck. The Sinatra song (My Way) is from an original French song from CloClo

[@ppatocthereturn04]

Cloclo is Claude François of course (For Dereck understand) lol

[@Volanne]

@Michael Laval-Lindley Paul *ANKA*, not Paul Anita :) Auto-correct artefact ?

[@leopoldguigou3161]

@Michael Laval-Lindley yes and he wrote « Comme d’habitude » (« My way ») for France Gall because she had just left him.

[@MissKittyKatify]

Yes Comme d’habitude was inspired by his break up with France Gall

[@MissKittyKatify]

@@leopoldguigou3161 sorry I inserted my comment without seeing yours! 🙃

[@Lascar69F]

J'crois qu'on a trouvé une nouvelle Claudette ^^'

[@armellegriolet8325]

Oui. Grave au taquet notre ami 😍😍😍

[@viedefun]

😁😁😁

[@drakkhen51]

A 5.40 il est en transe. J'ai adiré

[@tenorus75]

carrément!!!

[@sandlasserre]

Excellent !

[@lanto7882]

"Magnolias for ever" the best disco song from Claude François. Way better than "Alexandrie, Alexandra". The bass from Francis Darizcuren is pure magic.

[@alexandreaudebert4594]

I totally agree ! Magnolias for ever ! Please, Derek, listen to it !

[@milesmando6506]

Claude François "Magnolias For Ever" (1978) HQ Audio kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZmnaa2rZ9SYb9k

[@MusicTlse31]

I think Alexandrie Alexandra is much much better. That’s only personal I guess

[@timoonn]

the only time Darizcuren wrote a good bass line

[@magicsenna3455]

De la merde en boite Claude François.

[@ctikact]

Hello Dereck, I just saw a video that the French Radio "France Inter" made a full subject about you reactions about the french singers such as Sardou, Mylene Farmer or Balavoine.... they were very enthousiastics about your fresh reactions. they recomand your chanels----- FELICITATIONS

[@thekeyboardess1150]

C'est fou ça !? Fait que j'écoute le podcast FranceInter !

[@mgparis]

Yes, you're a legend, Dereck! :D

[@viedefun]

Yes, Dereck, Claude François wrote "My way" ("Comme d'habitude" in french, and the meaning of the lyrics are completely different with the english version). It was in reference to his breakup with the young and beautiful singer France Gall !!!! yes ! France Gall ! 😉

[@samueldevulder]

This completes the loop :) And also J.Revaux, the author of "Comme d'habitude" was the music composer of "les lacs du Connemara". Everything is in everything. French music of the time was a small world with lots of interconnections.

[@viedefun]

@@samueldevulder Yes !!! Le monde est petit c'est clair !!!!

[@daniruch4554]

C'est vrai!

[@coco.g5567]

C'est lui qui l'a larguée le soir de sa victoire à l'Eurovision. Faut quand même le rappeler

[@floratrimborn-klein5566]

Everybody in France knows this choregraphy. You start the song and all are on the dancefloor and dancing the moves.🤩 Every french personne is careful around bathtub with hairdrier because of him 🤫

[@valerikaklutch8852]

So true!!!⚡

[@perawow]

It was a light in the bath who killed him not hairdryer

[@natti8729]

Ce vrai ça 😂 sooo true 🛁

[@virgilec8545]

😅😂😂

[@renaultmarseille6692]

Pauvre con toi Cloclo est mort bêtement sa peut arriver à n’importe qui alors arrête tes rumeurs mec OK car vous les Français vous passez votre temps à critiquer et dire des rumeurs fausses sans savoir ce qui a pu se passez vraiment arrêtez de salir Cloclo

[@eliseb.4341]

Tellement incroyable de penser que c'est la 1ere fois qu'il entend cette chanson mythique!!!😰😂😂😂😂

[@sebcemoua]

Quand tu penses qu'en entendant la chanson tout le monde a repris "ba ra cou da" 😂

[@eliseb.4341]

Mais oui! Tellement! Et les bras en l'air "leeeeees lumières ....." 😅🙆🎶

[@cmoiden37]

il est americain mais ce qui est interessant c est comment reagit une personne qui n a jamais entendu cette chanson

[@eliseb.4341]

@@cmoiden37 oui et, je ne sais pas quel âge il a mais il est jeune aussi

[@sebcemoua]

@@cmoiden37 on avait bien compris le concept et on se doute qu'un américain va pas connaître cette chanson. Et c'est bien ça qui est rigolo de voir une personne d'ailleurs découvrir un truc tellement connu ici.

[@62170Antoine]

You should watch an other song by him, it's called "Magnolias for ever" from the same album as "Alexandrie Alexandra" few months before his accidental death in march 1978 🥰

[@adrienhb8763]

To add a few more details: Claude François was so huge dozens of women were going nuts when he appeared. They were literally sleeping on his door step. Too bad we are only discovering today that sometimes he was liking a little bit too young. His shirts were buttoned between his legs so they didn’t slip out of his pants. He was a very hard worker and it was not always funny to work with him. Always taking care of all the details. Kind of a Disco Steve Jobs. He built a huge entertainment company based on himself. As it has been said: he was the first one to have black dancers with him. And that was huge. His song are basically known by any French today. He is timeless. For better or worse.

[@huguesossart7983]

Claude François wrote the orginal song of "my way", titled "Comme d'habitude", you have to listen it :)

[@lucemay9085]

I agree

[@p4ngolin]

the problem is there is still debate on who wrote it first haha

[@lestatmt]

@@p4ngolin yeah right 😂

[@f.q.3556]

@@p4ngolin We can already say that he initially refused this song. ;)

[@laurencefoubert1815]

Non, il a écrit les paroles et la musique est une collaboration, et NON il n'y aucun doute là-dessus.

[@syssyviv3593]

This song is a tribute to Alexandria in egypt especially. Claude François was born in egypt. It was Étienne roda-gil who wrote this song for him. Étienne roda-gil was a famous lyricist.

[@youtpfpm6097]

Dereck enters in the Cloclo's galaxy....bon voyage !!😊

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

Baracuuuuudaaaaa 😅😅😅

[@thierryf67]

the women dancing were named "les claudettes" (the dancing girls of Claude)... This is typical of the 70's...

[@nerothos640]

The problem with Claude François is that when you start, you just can't stop....

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

👊👍👍👍👍

[@olivhiaypoungui2822]

True…Even though I have mixed feelings with the man

[@sso20237]

@@olivhiaypoungui2822 mais n'importe quoi

[@Kiev-in-3-days]

​@@sso20237il a pas tord. Au niveau humain c'était juste une ordure. Ou pas loin.

[@micheldiaz7049]

Claude François was more or less the n°1 singer in France during the 70s but he died in 1978.

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

He was more .. than less !!

[@frederiquemartin223]

He was definitely the number one French singer of the seventies

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

"Bernard estardy" was the best sound engineering guy in France in the 70,s ( ALEXANDRIE ALEXANDRA .. it's him 👍 )! Let's not forget him .

[@quentin4745]

Claude François, the best french. The English outside. Long live France.

[@emiliecherrier5160]

Claude François wrote "Comme d'habitude" after a break up with France Gall (You reacted to her songs already), Paul Anka wrote the english version of "Comme d'habitude" in "My way" and after a couple of months Frank Sinatra sang it.

[@Dothynoon]

I love you Dereck 😁 ! You are natural ans so sincere in your reactions, it's a pleasure to follow you. You largely deserve your great You Tube progress, soon 100,000 ! 🏆 Thank you for what you do, and especially for being what you are ❤️

[@samueldevulder]

It's funny because of the 70's style. This is Disco as seen from France! Actually Claude François was importing the American musical style of the time to France. So yes, the hips movement is weird/funny by today's standards, but it's supposed to be the fashion of the time imported from the USA (recall we are in the mid 70's). You should react to "Cette année là" (1976) and of course "Magnolias Forever" (late 1977). The latter was a big hit in France. Completely true disco.

[@MegaOj24]

So fun to see you listen to Claude François for the first time 🙃

[@barmag8802]

This song and Magnolia forever are still big hits in clubs nowadays. Those songs are so catchy and dancing, they are cult. The dancers are the Claudettes (for Claude, the singer) and they were just as famous because they weren't wearing lots of clothes when dancing. I think they were wearing even less clothes in Magnolia forever than in this clip!

[@themroc8231]

Man, those are some shitty clubs, right there.

[@ooO0VicariouS0Ooo]

So funny to see someone reacts for the first time about this song. Claude François is Iconic in France because he was a big big big star. Of course how they're dressed and how they dance seems strange in 2021 but in 1978 it was absolutely modern. He had a talent to find the new things and bring it, he made a lot of songs picking some songs coming from everywhere in the world and made it famous in France by using french words. This song, with Magnolias for ever are very big for 2 reasons: it was french Disco and the fact he just died before the single was out (it was on the album but the single went out the day he was buried). I'm old enough to remember that afternoon on tv, when they announce his death (stupid death: he was so perfectionnist that he took a bath before going to record a tv show, and saw a lamp was not on the perfect place...he tried to move it...and died) He was a big star, everyone was crying (especially girls), thousands of people in front of his house. He was Iconic, perfectionnist, avant garde, modern, ...but after years we learn he had aloso bad relations with girls, angry, odious with everyone work with him bucause of complexes. But he had a big talent and some of his songs still standards. No party in France without this song for example, everybody knows the lyrics and the dance :)

[@nco1970]

Yes, 'Comme d'habitude' is his song that was afterwards adapted in English and became 'My way'. Funnily enough, he wrote it after he broke up with France Gall. He was a real idol with die-hard fans. During years, he had to hide the fact that he had 2 sons. When he died in 1978, rescuers had to save a few women who jumped into the river to follow him into death (this is my first memory of people wanting to die for a singer). Still nowadays they go every year into a pilgrimage to the mill he owned in the countryside. By the way, he was born in Egypt hence Alexandra, Alexandrie which is a tribute to his birthplace.

[@arcanniat5086]

One of the biggest radios in France "France Inter" on youtube made a video on your channel Dereck reacts, what a success, well done Dereck....Thanks for the share...

[@PinkTikiria]

Ah ouais!? On peut avoir un lien?

[@arcanniat5086]

@@PinkTikiria Tu tape dans la barre de recherche youtube; France Inter "Dereck Reacts"

[@nalemande]

OMG Dereck ! Cloclo ♡♡ Everybody knows the choregraphy of this song ! And yes, he sang "comme d'habitude " who turn into "my way". He was soooo proud of that. If you want to discover more about him Comme d'habitude, Magniolia For ever, Belle belle belle, le telephone pleure.. For Belgium, you have Plastic Bertrand with " Ça plane pour moi", Lio with "banana slip". So 80's ♡

[@alexandremimoun720]

Oh là là là là ! Dereck is discovering Claude François ! MDR !!! So funny !!!! His music is so famous in France and even in other countries He's the original singer of My Way de Franck Sinatra. In France, Claude Francois's song is called "Comme d'habitude"

[@ChansonsFrancaisesParoles]

Incroyable Claude François, je l'adore

[@maximilienzorobabel277]

The choreography and style are kitschy, but we loved it as kids. We all imitated Claude François and his Claudettes!

[@pierredhoine1665]

Thanks Dereck ! :D He was a true legend in France. That track is always here in parties. It's simple. We just cant have a good party night without it. Truly legendary, catchy and unforgettable.

[@renaultmarseille6692]

Claude François the best for ever

[@ppatocthereturn04]

it's so amazing to see our little Dereck react on this song with his innocence 44 years later lol. He don't have keys about this period time especialy in France 1977 so he react with his 2021 eyes.. So funny, continue to react on classic french music we love to see how you analyse these songs ;)

[@MrBobo131313]

You're now known in France!!! Cheers! You're a new star!

[@natinatiouchka7173]

Next one has to be “Magnolia forever” by the same artist 🙏🏼💕❤️💕

[@comeback951]

Bienvenue en France mon ami!! Tu viens de découvrir notre Clo-Clo national 🥰

[@emmanuelgg8957]

All the french singers were dressed like that in the 70ies in France . Before his death, Claude had a look lighter, the 80ies coming.... Alexandrie Alexandra is always danced everywhere in France, we like to dance like him, his movments were done for that. The girls behind him were here to attract the public of men and was an heritage of the american groups in the 60ies. Before his death, Claude wanted to go in US with another style. In the 80ies, passed 40 years old, he would have been more like a crooner. See his version of My Way . You will note his "french accent" because English loved that at that time. No singers made so many hits in a 16 years career in France... His death was a shock for the country. I was only 9 years old, it was a Saturday , the weather was beautiful. Finally, the electric standards changed after his disappearance and when we have wet hands and we want to touch an electric device, we think to him....

[@guiluxfantastic]

Cloclo was a beast on stage... you should see a few lives... he was inspire by afro-américan music like James brown for dancing and intensity

[@oneeyejack2]

this song was probably played in every amateur dancing party for decades (every anniversary, every wedding etc)

[@danieldeldaniel3919]

*React to "Comme d'habitude" by Claude François. it's the original that Sinatra covered later and called "My Way"*

[@MrFelis1]

This and "chanson populaire" are also big hits outside france. Thx for this react.

[@samueldevulder]

9:56 "Comme d'habitude" was first sang by Claude Francois in 1967. It was written by J.Revaux which also later wrote the music of "Les lacs du Connemara" (M.Sardou) that you already reacted to. The song is in pure french. Paul Anka had listen to it and ported it to English with the title "My way" in 1968 (the meaning of the song was changed too). Later (1969) F.Sinatra sang it and made a huge success out of it. Such a success that people think this song was his whereas everything originated from France a couple of years before.

[@cloclomemories]

Claude François Forever

[@thierryf67]

the fever he's singing is not illness, it's love fever, and more sex fever. He want his lover (Alexandra) to come back to him, while he's in the city of Alexandria.

[@LetsChillPage]

It's a song about youth nostalgia.

[@FLECHE1978]

Claude François Number One for ever !!! ... Alexandrie, Alexandra. Magnolias for Ever, Je vais à Rio, Eve, Cette année là (62), Toi et le soleil.... N0 1 !!! 370 Titres... 15 ans de carrière ! My Way... Number One for Word !!! Claude François The Best !!! CloClo For Ever !!! 1er Février 1939 * 11 Mars 1978 Pour Toujours dans nos cœurs 💕 💕 💕

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@FLECHE1978]

Claude François The Best !!!

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

@@FLECHE1978 YESSSS number one 👊

[@mangepassion206]

MAGNOLIAS FOR EVER is my favorite song of Claude François. 😍

[@owenth1043]

Alexandriiiiie Alexandraaaaaa des français ici ???

[@christelleseguin7601]

Ouiiiiiii

[@owenth1043]

@@christelleseguin7601 il me tue ce mec 😭😭

[@christelleseguin7601]

@@owenth1043 Pareil.

[@jean-michelcoutable4998]

Oui y avait des fans...

[@ugoaiello322]

On est là

[@benoitcosson7774]

Everyone in France know and dance his songs in marriage!! Very much fun!!!

[@MedusaLegend]

He has to listen to "Comme d'habitude" and "I know", if he starts listening to Claude François... And watch the movie "Podium".

[@hatussa8473]

OMG ! Claude François !!! 😂😂😂 I'm so happy that you are reacting to him, he is totally cult here ! His songs are so fun, I love playing them in my car. (And I'm 37 yo so he was dead way before I was born)

[@maryselena7768]

BONJOUR!EH OUI !BIEN DIFFÉRENT DE COMME D'HABITUDE.CEPENDANT SON TALENT EST REEL.

[@Funktastic_Ed]

The same year this came out, Claude François died of an accident in his bathtub cause of a badly made wall light. Claude François is the original writter of the song "My Way" sang by Frank Sinatra, the French version being "Comme d'Habitude" (As Usual).

[@amphiprionperideraion5122]

In the text "Alexandrie" means Alexandria (the egyptian city, Claude François was born in Egypt) and "Alexandra" is the name of an hypothetic girl for the song I’m not specially a fan but his songs are classics everybody knows all his songs and for the first time he appears until his death he was the number one in France, Johnny Hallyday (from Belgium) succeeds him at this place

[@SweeranSwift]

Il est à fond dans la choré Dereck

[@loulou9348]

I am happy and touched that you finally discover Claude François. Claude François has been my idol for over twenty years, I am one of his most important collectors. Claude François is one of the greatest singers that the French variety has known with Johnny Hallyday. Over 67 million records sold, 1,800 concerts during his sixteen-year career. A career ended abruptly on March 11, 1978 after a domestic accident. An electrocution in his bathtub. As another commentary specifies, "Magnolias for ever" is more accomplished and the arrangements even more worked out than those of "Alexandrie Alexandra". Claude François died with "Magnolias for ever" number one on the charts. With time it is "Alexandrie Alexandra" which has become cult, but "Magnolias for ever" is sincerely better. Claude François was a perfectionist and supervised all the recording sessions. He surrounded himself with the best French and world musicians, because it was even recorded in the studios of Tamla-Motown in 1971 when no white people had set foot there. He was looking for the best, he wanted the best. He was a huge hard worker and a businessman.

[@hubertdevillers420]

th musicians of the disco songs of Claude Francois are the musician of the well know disco group VOYAGE. With 3 world album her best hit is Souvenir...

[@drakkhen51]

Dereck at 5.40 !!! Incredible ! Hilarious ! 😱🤣😍

[@TheZapan99]

One of the three French Boomer Gods, along with Johnny Halliday and Joe Dassin.

[@arkasonus7678]

Ah... Claude François , a legend in France. Died in 1978 just before the release of this song. His death was one of my first tv souvenirs. Alexandrie Alexandra is still played in clubs nowadays. He was in competition with Hallyday and Sardou in the 60's and 70's.

[@febed01]

I was 6 and said "look mom, he can't be dead, he's on the screen right now !" And that's how I learnt everything on TV wasn't live shows ^^

[@mariogasparini7473]

He died like a boss of electricity 😁😁😁

[@guillaume-k4p]

welcome in the French 70's! 😁

[@ppatocthereturn04]

Dereck start to touch the sky with french music... Good boy ^^

[@samueldevulder]

As long as he doesn't touch the light-bulb in the sky, he'll be fine, to the opposite of Cloclo (!).

[@mil946]

This has been such a hit, I was born in the 90s and I heard this song all my childhood everytime there was a party, this song is part of french culture

[@lestatmt]

There’re NO event or party in France that wouldn’t play this song during the night 😅 EVERYBODY knows the song in France… he was a huge star from 1962 to 1978. He died electrocuted in his bathroom in March 78 just after releasing that song… your reaction is priceless 😂😂😂 and btw he’s the original singer of the song “Comme d’gg habitude” renamed as “my way” from Frank Sinatra.

[@renaultmarseille6692]

Claude François sang a lot of songs in English,Italian,Spanish,French Claude François was the first to make disco in France a legend in France

[@noonanunimelf9872]

I was born 7 years after this song. I know the lyrics by heart. Even today.

[@lalicornejacqueline8271]

Whow dereck !!!! Let’s dance !!! Move your body !!! 😂🔥 I’m impressed! Yes ,so dancy ,cloclo was a great artist who died so young ... I ‘m remember all my childhood ‘s party !! What a wonderful time 🥳

[@seboulol]

"It's really hard to take this man seriously" xD, You made my day!

[@sso20237]

Très irrespectueux mais en même temps il ne le connais pas c'est un américain, et franchement il est pas du tout expert.

[@sebastiendefrance9986]

The epitome of French Disco. Still a great hit during parties. For all generations. even the funny choregraphy witth the signature "AAAAAAAH"

[@marineprocess9428]

Hello Dereck, thank you, it's very nice what you say about your French audience. Claude François was a big star of the 60s and 70s, there is still a lot of fans, especially for his choreographies, and look-alike competitions, his dancers are called the claudettes. He dyed his hair blond and redid his nose, because he was originally from Egypt. He was a very demanding person at work and made big hits and has great popularity, young he was very in love with France Gall, fortunately preferred Michel Berger, she was able to have a very good career, kiss from France

[@Almaanac]

OMG disco :D 100% BANANAS !! Soon 100k !!

[@winifredginniver3903]

XD thanks for reviewing this one ! It was so hilarious to watch you enjoy yourself !

[@hubertdevillers420]

This french singer was so popular that he still one of the main CD seller now ! 12 of his songs are played each day & night in France since ever ! ALEXANDRA was on last girl friend and ALEXANDRIE was the Egyptian city were he was born & grow up until 16 (Nasser). Song say a lot of words about Egypt.

[@buchholtzmathieu1810]

Good song but in the same genre I do prefer by far "Magnolias for ever". In the late sixties he was deeply influenced by the Tamla Motown and soul music tracks. So he did a lot of covers in French such as : "It's the same old song", " Stop in the name of love", "December 63 (Oh what a night) ", "I can see clearly now", " I'll be around", "I fought the law", "You can hurry love", "Bend me shape me", " Beggin'", and of course " (Reach out) I'll be there". There's a French TV live rendition of it where he's singing with Diana ROSS and the Supremes.

[@luciagrimaldi4443]

Claude Francois has wrote Comme d habitude : My way !!!! We kove him at max even he is dead since 11 march of 1978 alas He was a big big star in France Very loved A pure craziness around him So glad Dereck you like him It was his last song

[@lebusraconte3040]

I was 3 yo when he died and I remember exactly this moment. I was impressed by the long legs of the dancers and Claude's beautiful face. Thank you, Dereck! 🍀🌈🍀🌠

[@lebusraconte3040]

@@archerslogicAt 3 yo I remember the face and the destabilizing of my mother. I asked her what's happening? She told me "Claude François is dead". Can't forget this 1978 day.

[@Madinina-kf2rl]

Merci Dereck, c'est super ce que tu fais 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵😘😘

[@dilibouille7758]

Dans une bonne soirée en France, on doit entendre ce titre ! 😍😍😍 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in a good party in France, we must hear this song !

[@brieucderrien1367]

Claude François was gifted but it was such a work maniac. Always working to find a new style a new song, just a french legend

[@MusicTlse31]

Actually the moves look simple yet he danced with more vibes and feeling than Mylène Farmer, he’s really feeling the song. You can also feel it in his voice. He was one of a kind in France and died so young, few weeks after Alexandrie Alexandra actually.

[@finoucat9299]

I'm picturing all the French watchers dancing and doing all the movements while watching this video.

[@anna-nj5rb]

😅😅😅😅 merci dereck merciiiiiii et Bonjour de France 👏👏👏

[@Postscriptom]

There's a formidable french movie on him, CLOCLO (2012) by Florient-Emilio Siri, watch it !!!... He partially composed My Way of course...

[@arkasonus7678]

Très bon film. J'aime particulièrement le moment où il reçoit le disque souple de Sinatra... très émouvant.

[@sabrinam3670]

Hello Dereck wahou Claude Francois ce grand chanteur de son époque qui ne déroge pas à notre époque pour moi les chansons de Claude sont le lundi au soleil et belle belle belle🥰🥰

[@Thørkil84]

holy bananas these french singers are too good lol merci beaucoup Dereck ^^

[@BBdu37]

CF was a true pioneer and the guy who modernized French song. Paradoxical indeed because when you see his outfits today, it seems quite ridiculous. But at the time, it was extremely modern and daring. Not to mention his half-naked dancers. He's a perfectionist, a die-hard. Everyone knows his songs and his choreography. Along with Johnny, he is probably the most adulated singer in France.

[@pascalmarfaing1690]

The little name of Claude François is " Cloclo ". The pretty dancers are the famous " Clodettes ". In the 70's , her sexy choreographs were re-vo-lu-tio-na-ry ! Cloclo's dance hits are always played , in night clubs and popular balls. On Internet , there is a short video , with Claude François and Jodie Foster , herself. Cloclo will be always in our hearts. Cloclo 4 ever ! Yee !

[@laurafaivre5503]

Claude François is a legend in France. He wrote the original of my way "comme d'habitude" and he was the first french singer with black dancers on TV. You should listen "comme d'habitude", "Magnolia forever" or "si j'avais un marteau"

[@laurafaivre5503]

And yes, it was his last song because he had an electric accident in his bathroom.

[@mamiezinzin7028]

I laughed so much when seeing your reactions... 😂 Claude Francois is part of the French national heritage. I'm born in 1980, all my childhood I have seen video clips on TV with Claude Francois and his dancers. Not that I'm a big fan now, but vivid memory of his songs. the character was not that friendly in private, very though and misogynist it seems. but without a doubt a great producer.

[@sso20237]

but that's not true, and already we're all the way we are, you being American, you don't know.

[@anneh6315]

This song was realeased 4 days after his death so it was a huge hit!

[@bazaardesrevesgui]

1 million . 5 vinyls disc sold !

[@radisrose]

His songs are played in every wedding or birthday party in France

[@h.c4898]

It was about time you react to this guy. He's one of the most beloved artist of all French culture. He died electrocuted in his bathroom at a so young age. The girls are his dancers called the "claudettes" named after him. React to more of his' you won't regret it. He's a classic in line with Dalida, Serge Gansbourg, Michel Berge, Polnareff and others... it's before Daniel Balavoine, Jean jaques goldman's time...

[@armand9338]

Ca me plait bien de voir les réactions des anglo-saxons sur nos musiques 👍

[@OliverGByrne]

Haha Dereck yes he is cheesy ! He is a bit of our Elvis equivalent in France. We have tons of Claude Francois impersonator that plays at parties and wedding. He was huge in France , they even made a biopic about him a couple of years back. He passed away because he touched a light bulb with his hands wet. I am personally am not a fan and most French people laugh at how cheesy he is but he is very well known.

[@lucemay9085]

Exactly, a specialist biograph (Fabien Lecoeuvre) of Claude François told in a interview that Claude François was for France what Elvis Presley was for America.

[@samueldevulder]

@@lucemay9085 Well, he wasn't as fat as the king of Rock&Roll in the end. But we was famous, for sure. :)

[@UTUB2kholle]

My grandma listened to him a lot. He's cheesy but he indeniably has a great voice and at the time he was a super showman. Lots of his songs including this one have cult-status and are referenced in many movies (for example Asterix Mission Cleopatra)

[@kyococo5705]

I suggest: Gilbert Montagné - Les sunlights des tropiques ; Michel Polnareff - Viens te faire chahuter ; Michel Polnareff - Dans la rue ; Claude François - Magnolias for ever ; Dany Brillant - Une fille comme ça.

[@daniruch4554]

I love Claude Francois so much and his videos are very cool,all of them.geetings from Germany

[@forzaroyal4159]

Niagara - Quand La Ville Dort Niagara - Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent TELEPHONE - Un autre monde TELEPHONE - Cendrillon

[@jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391]

J'opte pour Niagara les 2 meilleurs! 😉

[@arnolt2590]

@@jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 ça fait un moment que l'on demande "Pendant que les champs brûlent' lol aussi "La fin des étoiles" est superbe

[@jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391]

@@arnolt2590 Oui ça je sais. J'aimerais bien qu'il réagisse sur Quand La Ville Dort (1987) pour le côté "ballade" vu qu'il a déjà demandé ce genre de chansons pour ce groupe et pourquoi pas après Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent, là par contre le clip!!! Dans le même genre d'esthétique, y'a eu La Vie Est Peut-Etre Belle (1991), vous connaissez?

[@arnolt2590]

@@jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391 oui je connais la chanson j ai l album de Niagara depuis mon adolescence Par contre je n'ai pas vu le clip

[@jevousemmerdetouslesthunde2391]

@@arnolt2590 Allez voir! C'est dans le même style que Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent niveau clip. Pour ce dernier extrait de l'album "Religion", il est ressorti dans une nouvelle version.

[@eliomerguez8015]

"My Way" is adapted from a song of this guy. "Comme d'habitude"

[@67Daidalos]

You know derek, you taught me smthg today ! I always thought that it was "My Way" the original song that was adaptated as "Comme d'Habitude", because it was very common, epecially in the 60's 70's (numerous songs of Johnny Hallyday and Claude François are french adaptations of US/English songs). But as you mentioned it, I went check, and indeed, Comme D'Habitude is the original, and My Way the adaptation.

[@VladTepes44]

The long version of this song have a very nice percusion break, but sadly no real clip around. You definitly have to react to "Mangnolia for ever", the best one from his disco area, and "Comme d'habitude" the original version of my way and something totally different.

[@jesuissuryt3744]

Best reacts video i've seen so far thanks for your great job and sorry for all these comments i left 😇🤭😙