Luglio

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"Le Petit Pain au chocolat"
Single by Joe Dassin
from the album Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées)
Released1968 (1968)
GenreChanson, pop
Length3:30
LabelCBS Disques
Songwriter(s)Giancarlo Bigazzi, Riccardo Del Turco
French adaptation:
Pierre Delanoë
Producer(s)Jacques Plait
Joe Dassin singles chronology
"Ma bonne étoile"
(1968)
"Le Petit Pain au chocolat"
(1968)
"Le Chemin de papa / Les Champs-Élysées"
(1969)
Music video
"Le petit pain au chocolat" (audio) on YouTube

"Le Petit Pain au chocolat" (Little chocolate bread) is a song by Joe Dassin. It was the second track of side 1 of his 1969 album Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées).

It is a cover of the Italian song "Luglio", originally performed by Riccardo Del Turco.[1] The lyrics were adapted into French by Pierre Delanoë.

Released as a single in 1968, the song "Le Petit Pain au chocolat" reached no. 2 in Wallonia (French Belgium).[1]

Track listing[edit]

7" single (CBS 3871)

  1. "Le Petit Pain au chocolat" (3:30)
  2. "Le Temps des œufs au plat" (2:43)

Charts[edit]

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[1] 2

Other covers[edit]

The song "Luglio" was also covered by The Tremeloes as "I'm Gonna Try" and by Herman's Hermits as Something's Happening.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Joe Dassin – Le Petit Pain au chocolat" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-28.