I Wanna Go To Paris With You

Inspired by yesterday's French DJ mix, the first Dubhed selection of 2022 features a dozen Paris-themed songs. Along the way, you get two artists genuinely from Paris (Les Negresses Vertes, Anne Pigalle), a couple of would-be tourists (Friendly Fires, Adam & The Ants) and a completely made-up, retro-fitted 1990s band (Brits Abroad aka Julian Cope & chums, which you can read about in a 2015 post by The Vinyl Villain). As you might expect, the latter is not a paean to the questionable 1972 film by Bernardo Bertolucci, but a tribute to the soft drink exploits of a (fictional) touring band, e.g.

 

It was not the penultimate Tizer in Hull,

It was the last Tango in Paris 

 

The selection wraps up inevitably with Adam & The Ants' debut single, which wasn't a hit first time around. However, the song enjoyed 13 weeks in the UK singles chart and a peak of #9 when re-released at the end of 1980 on the back of the success of Antmusic.

1) I Love Paris (Cover of Lilo): Les Negresses Vertes (1990)

2) Paris: Tacks, The Boy Disaster (2006)

3) Paris 1919 (String Mix): John Cale (1973)

4) Souvenir d'Un Paris (French Version): Anne Pigalle (1985)

5) Paris (Album Version): Friendly Fires ft. Au Revoir Simone (2008)

6) Haliod Xerrox Copy 3 (Paris): Alva Noto (2007)

7) Paris Four Hundred (Album Version): Mylo (2003)

8) Last Tango In Paris ("Originally released in 1990"): Brits Abroad (2014)

9) Plaster Of Paris: Pixies (2016)

10) Paris s'enflamme (French Version of Paris Is Burning): Ladyhawke (2008)

11) Paris In Flares: The Housemartins (1987)

12) Young Parisians (Single Version): Adam & The Ants (1978)

I Wanna Go To Paris With You (44:13)