Le Métèque

Le métèque is a French chanson by Georges Moustaki (19342013). He wrote it in 1969, and it was his first breakthrough hit, reaching number one in the French charts for six non-consecutive weeks. Before he had written for singers like Édith Piaf ("Milord").

Métèque is a pejorative word for a shifty-looking immigrant of Mediterranean origin.



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