Tous les garçons et les filles

" Tous les garçons et les filles " (English: "All the Boys and Girls") is a song by French popular singer Françoise Hardy, released in 1962.

Background
The tune recounts the feelings of a young person who has never known love and her envy of the couples that surround her.

It was telecast on the evening of Sunday, October 28, 1962 in a musical interlude during the results of the 1962 referendum to allowDIRECT election of the president of the French Republic.[ 8 ] The song quickly became a success, selling 500,000 copies by the end of the year, and eventually selling over 700,000 copies in France.[ 9 ]Additionally, it is quoted several times by the main characters in J. L. Carr's 1988 novel What Hetty Did.

Françoise Hardy also recorded the song in English ("Find Me a Boy", 1964), Italian ("Quelli della mia età", 1962; collected in Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano, 1963), and German ("Peter und Lou", 1963; collected in In Deutschland, 1965.)

On a French talk show named "Tout le Monde en Parle" Jimmy Page stated that he played the guitar as a session musician on the recording.

Cover versions
The song has been covered by many artists in many languages, including:


 * Lill-Babs (in Swedish, "Vart Jag Än Går", 1963).
 * Sophie Blaede (1962).
 * Ginette Reno (1962).
 * Catherine Spaak (1962).
 * Aimable (on the accordion, 1963).
 * Eny Mara (in Portuguese, "A Idade Do Amor", 1964).
 * Dulce Salles Cunha Braga (1965).
 * Mia Frye (in English, "All the Girls and Boys", 1984).
 * Eurythmics BONUS track on the album Be Yourself Tonight and, in some countries, B-side of the single "It's Alright - (Baby's Coming Back)"); sung in French by Annie Lennox.
 * The Paquitas (accompanists of Xuxa) (in Portuguese, "Alguem para amar", 1991).
 * Laurent Voulzy and Carla Bruni singing with the Enfoirés (album Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra comique, 1995).
 * Marie Myriam (1996).
 * Gigliola Cinquetti ("Quelli della mia età", 1999).
 * Saint Etienne ("Find Me a Boy", album The Misadventures of Saint Etienne, music for the film Les Folies de Margaret (The Misadventures of Margaret), released in Japan in 1999).
 * The Dresden Dolls.
 * Thanh Lan in French and Vietnamese.
 * Zona Zul (album Beira, 2006).[ 11 ]
 * Cœur de pirate.[ 12 ]
 * Elastic No-No Band (2007 live recording, released in 2012 compilation Not Like Most Folkies, Part 2: Early Covers).
 * Raymond & Maria - released in single Ingen vill veta var du köpt din tröja

"Tous les garçons et les filles"

 * Metroland, United Kingdom, 1997.
 * Director: Philip Saville.
 * Main actors: Christian Bale, Emily Watson.
 * CD, Metroland, Warner Bros. Records, 1998 (UK).
 * The Dreamers (Innocents: The Dreamers), France, Italy, United Kingdom, 2003.
 * Director: Bernardo Bertolucci.
 * Main actors: Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Michael Pitt.
 * CD, The Dreamers, Universal Records (9812084), 2003 (UK).
 * The Statemen (Crime contre l’humanité), Canada, France, United Kingdom, 2003.
 * Director: Norman Jewison.
 * Main actors: Michael Caine, Jeremy Northam, Tilda Swinton.
 * Se devo essere sincera, Italy, 2004.
 * Director: Davide Ferrario.
 * Main actors: Luciana Littizzetto, Neri Marcorè, Fabio Troiano.
 * Attenberg, Greece, 2011.
 * Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari.
 * Main actors: Ariane Labed, Yorgos Lanthimos, Vangelis Mourikis.

"Find Me a Boy"

 * The Misadventures of Margaret, United Kingdom, 1998.
 * Director: Brian Skeet.
 * Main actors : Jeremy Northam, Parker Posey, Brooke Shields.
 * Performed by Françoise Hardy and performed by Saint Etienne.[ 13 ]