Cheveux longs et idées courtes

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"Cheveux longs et idées courtes"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
Released1966 (1966)
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)Gilles Thibaut
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Je l'aime"
(1966)
"Cheveux longs et idées courtes"
(1966)
"
Noir c'est noir
"
(1966)

"Cheveux longs et idées courtes" (translated title: Long hair and short ideas) is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in 1966.

History

The song was a

diss track directed at the singer Antoine, who had criticized Johnny Hallyday in the lyrics of Élucubrations d'Antoine as a has-been artist. In Cheveux longs et idées courtes, Hallyday mocks Antoine's status as a pacifist, idealistic protest singer as being fake and naïve.[1]

Commercial performance

The song spent five consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 14 May to 17 June 1966).[2]

Charts

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 6
France (singles sales)[2] 1

References

  1. ^ Frédéric Quinomero, Johnny la vie en rock , 2014, Éditions L'Archipel.
  2. ^ a b "Cheveux longs, idées courtes - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ "Johnny Hallyday – Cheveux longs et idées courtes" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.