L'Équipe à Jojo

"L'Équipe à Jojo" is a song by Joe Dassin from his 1970 album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents). In 1971 it was released as a single.

"L'Équipe à Jojo"
Single by Joe Dassin
from the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents)
A-side"L'Équipe à Jojo"
B-side"Le Portugais"
Released1971 (1971)
GenreChanson, pop
Length3:08
LabelCBS Disques
Songwriter(s)Claude Lemesle
Producer(s)Jacques Plait
Joe Dassin singles chronology
"La Fleur aux dents"
(1971)		 "L'Équipe à Jojo"
(1971)		 "Elle était oh !"
(1971)
Music video
"L'équipe à Jojo" (French TV, 1977) on YouTube

Writing and composition

The song was written and composed by Claude Lemesle.[1] He wrote it when he was just 25 and still feels a particular tenderness towards it.[2] Lemesle recalled to Le Figaro:

I wrote it when I was very young, at 25. I wrote [both] the lyrics and the music. It really resembles me. I wanted to call it "La bande à Jojo", but since Joe had already done "La bande à Bonnot", there was too much similarity between the two titles. Forty-seven years later it holds on, I still love it. It embodies the philosophy of the 1960–1970 era, but I did not realize it [back then]. It joined a song by Pierre Delanoë I adore, "Soiree de prince". Mine is more festive, it represents another mood of the [same] era.[2]

Commercial performance

Unlike the album Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents), the single "L'Équipe à Jojo" didn't sell well.[3]

Track listing

7" single CBS 7151 (1971)

A. "L'équipe à Jojo" (3:08)
B. "Le Portugais" (2:40)[1][4]

Cover versions

The song was covered by Les Objets on the various-artists compilation album L'équipe à JoJo – Les Chansons de Joe Dassin par... (1993).[5]

References
  1. "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - L'équipe à Jojo". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  2. "Claude Lemesle : "Joe Dassin a américanisé mon écriture"". Le Figaro. 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  3. "Joe Dassin "Je considère que la chanson est un art mineur" du 06 août 2015". France Inter. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  4. "Joe Dassin - L'equipe A Jojo / Le Portugais at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  5. "Various - L'Équipe À Jojo at Discogs". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
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