VIA PRESS RELEASE | Françoise Hardy, who passed away in 2024, had established herself as a major figure in the French chanson scene as early as 1962, revealing a personality both emblematic and discreet. Her voice, her writing, and her ability to surround herself with talented lyricists and composers enabled her to captivate the entire world and, over the decades, to shape a discography of the highest standard, up until her final album Personne d’autre in 2018.
Wishing to pay tribute to her, her estate and the Catalogue department of Warner Music France announce the release, on November 21st, of the first Best Of covering her entire career.
Featuring over 20 tracks on each format, Voilà – The Very Best Of Françoise Hardy will offer her greatest songs, including “Tous les garçons et les filles,” “Le temps de l’amour,” “Le premier bonheur du jour,” “Mon amie la rose,” “Voilà,” “Des ronds dans l’eau,” “Ma jeunesse fout l’camp,” “Comment te dire adieu” (lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg), “La question,” “Message personnel” (co-written with Michel Berger), “J’écoute de la musique saoule” (written by Michel Jonasz and Gabriel Yared), “Partir quand-même” (composed by Jacques Dutronc), “Un peu d’eau,” “Tant de belles choses,” and “Le large” (written by La Grande Sophie).
Her notable duets with Jacques Dutronc (“Puisque vous partez en voyage”), “Étienne Daho (Et si je m’en vais avant toi),” and the band Blur (“To the end – La Comédie”) will also be featured on this Best Of.
Illustrated by a beautiful photo by Jean-Marie Périer, taken in the ’60s, Voilà – The Very Best Of Françoise Hardy will be available in 4 versions: double crystal clear collector vinyl / limited edition CD + DVD / double black vinyl / simple CD. The double vinyl formats will include an additional audio track, “Rendez-vous dans une autre vie,” from the 2012 album L’amour fou.
Providing a video counterpoint to the CD tracklist, the DVD in the limited CD+DVD edition will contain music videos, as well as numerous historical TV appearances, notably from the shows Sacha show (1963), Douce France (1964), Discorama (1965), Françoise Hardy Blues (1966), Palmarès des chansons (1967), Les vénusiennes (1968), Françoise et Udo (1968), Dim Dam Dom (1968), Numéro un (1969), Télé dimanche (1970), Sport en fête (1973), and Les enfants du rock (1985).
Timeless, Françoise Hardy’s songs continue to accompany us today through their softness or melancholy and above all through their modernity.
