We're now more than half way through our week of French pop songs, and I think it's time for some classic 80s electro.
Indochine were a band that were part of the New Wave in the early 1980s, with a sound similar to many British groups from around the same time. Since then, they have gone on to become one of most successful groups in the history of French music, selling over 10,000,000 records and remaining it the top echelon of French pop to this day. This song, 'L'Aventurier', was their first big-selling single, shifting 700,000 copies in France, but is virtually unknown elsewhere. It's a slice of bright synths, and pulsing rhythms, and if it was sung in English would surely have been a major international hit. Apparently it's about Bob Morane, a comic book character, but I don't think that really matters.
Indochine – L'Aventurier
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