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{{Short description|1968 song by Serge Gainsbourg}}
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"'''Bonnie and Clyde'''" is a [[French language|French-language]] song written by [[Serge Gainsbourg]], and performed by Gainsbourg and [[Brigitte Bardot]]. The song tells the story of the outlaw couple [[Bonnie and Clyde]]. It is based on an English language poem written by [[Bonnie Parker]] herself a few weeks before she and [[Clyde Barrow]] were shot, entitled "The Trail's End". It was released on two albums in 1968: Gainsbourg's album ''[[Initials B.B.]]'', and Gainsbourg and Bardot's album ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot album)|Bonnie and Clyde]]''.
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| name = Bonnie and Clyde
| cover = Serge Gainsbourg-Bonnie and Clyde.jpg
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| caption = 1968 Fontana Records single cover
| type = single
| artist = [[Brigitte Bardot]] and [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
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| released = January 1968
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| recorded = December 1967, Studio Hoche, Paris
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| genre = [[Chanson]], [[baroque pop]]
| length = 4:10
| label = [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]/[[Philips Records|Phillips]]
| writer = [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
| lyricist =
| producer = Claude Dejacques
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"'''Bonnie and Clyde'''" is a 1968 French-language song written by [[Serge Gainsbourg]], and performed by Gainsbourg and [[Brigitte Bardot]]. The song tells the story of the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde. It is based on an English language poem written by [[Bonnie Parker]] herself a few weeks before she and [[Clyde Barrow]] were shot, entitled "The Trail's End". It was released on two albums in 1968: Gainsbourg's album ''[[Initials B.B.]]'', and Gainsbourg and Bardot's album ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot album)|Bonnie and Clyde]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2021 |title=Watch Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot’s iconic performance of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ in 1968 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/serge-gainsbourg-brigitte-bardot-bonnie-and-clyde-performance-1968/ |website=faroutmagazine |language=}}</ref>


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==Other appearances==
==Covers==
"Bonnie and Clyde" has been covered by the following artists:
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* [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]] translated the song to English and recorded a cover as a duet with [[Johnette Napolitano]] on his 1992 album ''[[Dazzling Display]]''.
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* American alt-rock band [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]], as a hidden track on their 1995 album ''[[Penthouse (album)|Penthouse]]'', with [[Lætitia Sadier]] of [[Stereolab]] on vocals. Luna also released their cover as a single in the same year, featuring two different recordings of the song: the album version (subtitled the "Clyde Barrow Version"), and the "Bonnie Parker Version", which featured a slower arrangement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bonnie-and-clyde-mw0000971739 |title=Bonnie and Clyde - Luna |last=Carroll |first=Bryan |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>
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* [[Mick Harvey]], in English, on his 1995 Gainsbourg tribute album ''[[Intoxicated Man]]''.
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* A cover by [[James Iha]] of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] and [[Kazu Makino]] of [[Blonde Redhead]] appears as a bonus track on the American edition of the 2006 compilation ''[[Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited]]'' under the title "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde".
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* [[Belinda Carlisle]], on her 2007 French-language album ''[[Voila (album)|Voila]]''. She also recorded an English version of the song, included on a bonus disc.
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* Giddle & Boyd (Giddle Partridge and [[Boyd Rice]]), on their 2008 EP ''Going Steady with Peggy Moffitt''.
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* Gainsbourg's son, Lulu Gainsbourg, and actress [[Scarlett Johansson]] recorded a cover for Lulu's 2011 album ''From Gainsbourg to Lulu''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/serge-gainsbourg/65355 |title=Scarlett Johansson's Serge Gainsbourg cover unveiled – listen &#124; News |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2012-08-06 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>
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* French indie-pop band [[Freedom Fry (band)|Freedom Fry]], in a banjo driven version on their 2012 EP, ''Outlaws''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musikplease.com/bonnie-clyde-freedom-fry-25852 |title=Bonnie & Clyde au banjo |publisher=Musikplease.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilovefrenchmusic.com/2012/07/freedom-fry.html |title=Freedom Fry |publisher=I love French music! |date=2012-07-19 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>
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* Indie band [[Great Northern (indie band)|Great Northern]], for the 2012 ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' [[New York, I Love You XOXO|series finale]].
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* Indie group Madison, for the 2013 miniseries ''[[Bonnie & Clyde (2013 miniseries)|Bonnie & Clyde]]''.


===Appearances in media===
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==Samples==
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* The song is featured in the film ''[[Irma Vep]]'' (1996).
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* Australian pop singer [[Kylie Minogue]] sampled the song on her song "Sensitized" off her 2007 album ''[[X (Kylie Minogue album)|X]]''.
* The song is featured in a 1997 episode of ''[[Blue Jam]]'', Season 1, Episode 1.
* French rapper [[MC Solaar]] sampled it in his song "Nouveau Western" on his 1994 album, ''[[Prose Combat]]''.
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* The song is featured in the film ''[[Laurel Canyon (film)|Laurel Canyon]]'' (2002).
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* [[United Future Organization]] sampled it in their song "Good Luck Shore" from their 1999 album ''Bon Voyage''.
* The song is featured in the film ''[[Rush Hour 3]]'' (2007).
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* American hip hop duo [[7L & Esoteric]] sampled it on their song "Everywhere" from their 2006 album ''[[A New Dope]]''.
* The song is featured in a 2013 episode of ''[[Mad Men]]'', Season 6, Episode 4, "To Have and To Hold".
* German rap trio PCP sampled it on their song "Lache und die Welt weint mit dir" off their 2009 album of the same title.
* The song is featured in a 2016 episode of ''[[Jean-Claude Van Johnson]]'', Season 1, Episode 5, "Run to Nowhere".
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* English electronic music group [[Renegade Soundwave]] sampled it on their song "Renegade Soundwave" off their 1994 album ''Howyoudoin?''.
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* The song is featured in a commercial for the 2017 [[Nissan Micra]] titled ''Meet the Accomplice'' (2017).
* The song is featured in the film ''[[A Simple Favor (film)|A Simple Favor]]'' (2018).
* The song is featured in the web television series ''[[The Act (TV series)|The Act]]'' (2019).


===Cover versions===
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==Remixes==
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* [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]] (with [[Johnette Napolitano]]) covered it in English for Wynn's album ''[[Dazzling Display]]'' (1992).
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* Matthew Herbert remixed the song, released as "Herbert's Fred & Ginger Mix", and included on the 2001 album ''I Love Serge'' and the 2002 [[Zero 7]] album ''[[Another Late Night: Zero 7]]''.
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* [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] (with [[Lætitia Sadier]] of [[Stereolab]] on vocals) covered it for Luna's album ''[[Penthouse (album)|Penthouse]]'' (1995). The song was later released as a single subtitled "the Clyde Barrow version" with a slower version subtitled "the Bonnie Parker version".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bonnie-and-clyde-mw0000971739 |title=Bonnie and Clyde - Luna |last=Carroll |first=Bryan |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref>
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* [[Mick Harvey]] covered it in English for the Gainsbourg tribute album ''[[Intoxicated Man]]'' (1995).
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* [[James Iha]] of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] (with [[Kazu Makino]] of [[Blonde Redhead]]) covered it as "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" for the American edition of the tribute album ''[[Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited]]'' (2006).
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* [[Belinda Carlisle]] covered it in French for her album ''[[Voila (album)|Voila]]'' (2007) and in English, included on a bonus disc.
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* Giddle & Boyd (Giddle Partridge and [[Boyd Rice]]) covered it for their EP ''Going Steady with Peggy Moffitt'' (2008).
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* Lulu Gainsbourg, Serge Gainsbourg's son recorded a cover (with [[Scarlett Johansson]]) for the Lulu Gainsbourg album ''From Gainsbourg to Lulu'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/serge-gainsbourg/65355 |title=Scarlett Johansson's Serge Gainsbourg cover unveiled – listen &#124; News |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2012-08-06 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>
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* [[Freedom Fry (band)|Freedom Fry]] covered it for their EP ''Outlaws'' (2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musikplease.com/bonnie-clyde-freedom-fry-25852 |title=Bonnie & Clyde au banjo |publisher=Musikplease.com |date= 17 April 2012|accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilovefrenchmusic.com/2012/07/freedom-fry.html |title=Freedom Fry |publisher=I love French music! |date=2012-07-19 |accessdate=2012-08-11}}</ref>
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* [[Great Northern (indie band)|Great Northern]] covered it for a 2012 episode of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', Season 6, Episode 10, "[[New York, I Love You XOXO]]."
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* [[Madison (2000s band)|Madison]] covered it for the miniseries ''[[Bonnie & Clyde (2013 miniseries)|Bonnie & Clyde]]'' (2013).
* [[Nick Kroll]] covered it (with some name changes) for Season 4 of the animated comedy ''[[Big Mouth (American TV series)|Big Mouth]]'' in (2020).


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===Samples===
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==Soundtrack appearances==
* [[MC Solaar]] sampled it for the song "Nouveau Western" on his second studio album ''[[Prose Combat]]'' (1994).<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2024 |title=Bonnie and Clyde by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot |url=https://www.whosampled.com/Serge-Gainsbourg/Bonnie-and-Clyde/ |website=whosampled |language=}}</ref>
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* The song is featured in the burlesque show scene of the 2007 film ''[[Rush Hour 3]]'' and in the 2002 film ''[[Laurel Canyon (film)|Laurel Canyon]]''.
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* [[Renegade Soundwave]] sampled it for their song "Renegade Soundwave" off their album ''Howyoudoin?'' (1994).
* The song appears in the fourth episode from the [[Mad Men (season 6)|sixth season]] (set in 1968) of ''[[Mad Men]]''.
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* [[United Future Organization]] sampled it for their song "Good Luck Shore" on their album ''Bon Voyage'' (1999).
* The song is heard in one of the episodes and in the closing credits of the 1996 film ''[[Irma Vep]]''.
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* [[7L & Esoteric]] sampled it for their song "Everywhere" on their album ''[[A New Dope]]'' (2006).
* The song was played in episode 1 of the [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]] radio comedy programme ''[[Blue Jam]]'' in 1997.
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* [[Kylie Minogue]] sampled it for her song "Sensitized" on her album ''[[X (Kylie Minogue album)|X]]'' (2007).
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* The song is heard in the TV commercial of the 2017 [[Nissan Micra]] titled ''Meet the Accomplice'', starring [[Eddie Redmayne]] and [[Rachel Weisz]].
* [[Jay Electronica]] sampled it for his song of the same name on his then-unreleased album ''[[Act II: The Patents of Nobility (The Turn)]]'', which leaked in its entirety on October 4, 2020 and was later officially released the next day.
* The song plays during the credits of the fifth episode 'Run to Nowhere' in season one of ''[[Jean-Claude Van Johnson]]''.

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* The song is featured in the 2018 thriller [[A Simple Favor (film)|A Simple Favor]].
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===Remixes===
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* [[Matthew Herbert]] remixed the song subtitled "Herbert's Fred & Ginger Mix" for the tribute album ''I Love Serge'' (2001). The remix would also appear on the [[Zero 7]] album ''[[Another Late Night: Zero 7]]'' (2002).


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Latest revision as of 06:20, 27 May 2024

"Bonnie and Clyde"
1968 Fontana Records single cover
Single by Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg
from the album Bonnie and Clyde
ReleasedJanuary 1968
RecordedDecember 1967, Studio Hoche, Paris
GenreChanson, baroque pop
Length4:10
LabelFontana/Phillips
Songwriter(s)Serge Gainsbourg
Producer(s)Claude Dejacques

"Bonnie and Clyde" is a 1968 French-language song written by Serge Gainsbourg, and performed by Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. The song tells the story of the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde. It is based on an English language poem written by Bonnie Parker herself a few weeks before she and Clyde Barrow were shot, entitled "The Trail's End". It was released on two albums in 1968: Gainsbourg's album Initials B.B., and Gainsbourg and Bardot's album Bonnie and Clyde.[1]

Other appearances

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Appearances in media

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  • The song is featured in the film Irma Vep (1996).
  • The song is featured in a 1997 episode of Blue Jam, Season 1, Episode 1.
  • The song is featured in the film Laurel Canyon (2002).
  • The song is featured in the film Rush Hour 3 (2007).
  • The song is featured in a 2013 episode of Mad Men, Season 6, Episode 4, "To Have and To Hold".
  • The song is featured in a 2016 episode of Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Season 1, Episode 5, "Run to Nowhere".
  • The song is featured in a commercial for the 2017 Nissan Micra titled Meet the Accomplice (2017).
  • The song is featured in the film A Simple Favor (2018).
  • The song is featured in the web television series The Act (2019).

Cover versions

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Samples

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Remixes

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References

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  1. ^ "Watch Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot's iconic performance of 'Bonnie and Clyde' in 1968". faroutmagazine. 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ Carroll, Bryan. "Bonnie and Clyde - Luna". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Scarlett Johansson's Serge Gainsbourg cover unveiled – listen | News". Nme.Com. 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  4. ^ "Bonnie & Clyde au banjo". Musikplease.com. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  5. ^ "Freedom Fry". I love French music!. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  6. ^ "Bonnie and Clyde by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot". whosampled. 29 April 2024.
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