Tous les garçons et les filles

"Tous les garçons et les filles"
	B-side under paper sleeve
Single by Françoise Hardy
from the album Françoise Hardy
A-side	"J'suis d'accord"
Released	1962
Format	45 RPM vinyl single
Genre	French pop
Length	5:05
Label	Disques Vogue
Writer(s)	Françoise Hardy, Roger Samyn
	Dutch cover (1962)
	A-side under UK paper sleeve (February 1964)
	Japanese cover (1967)

Contact avec Françoise Hardy
	The debut on 45 rpm (1st French edition)
EP by Françoise Hardy
Released	June 1962
Recorded	Studio Vogue, Villetaneuse, France
Genre	Chanson
Length	9:12
Label	Disques Vogue
Producer	Jacques Wolfsohn
	2nd French edition (1962)
	Italian cover (1963)
	UK cover (1964)

"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 allow direct 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.

EP tracklist

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Oh oh chéri" (original title "Uh Oh")	Bobby Lee Trammell, ad. by Jil and Jan.^[10]	Bobby Lee Trammell	2:20
2.	"Il est parti un jour"	Françoise Hardy	Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn	1:47

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"J’suis d’accord"	Françoise Hardy	Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn	2:00
2.	"Tous les garçons et les filles"	Françoise Hardy	Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn	3:05

SP track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"J’suis d’accord"	Françoise Hardy	Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn	2:00

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tous les garçons et les filles"	Françoise Hardy	Françoise Hardy – Roger Samyn	3:05

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).
Steve Perry ( in English, "Find Me A Girl", 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

Movie soundtracks