The Songs That We Sing
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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I saw somebody who Reminded me of you Before you got afraid I wish that you could've stayed that way I saw a little girl I stopped and smiled at her She screamed and ran away It happens to me more and more these days And these songs that you sing Do they mean anything To the people you're singing them to People like you I saw a photograph A woman in a bath Of hundred dollar bills If the cold doesn't kill her, money will I read a magazine That said by seventeen Your life was at an end I'm dead and I'm perfectly content And these songs that I sing Do they mean anything To the people I am singing them to People like you And these songs that we sing Do they mean anything To the people we 're singing them to Tonight they do Tonight they do Tonight they do
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Written by: Jarvis Cocker, Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Neil Hannon, Nicolas Godin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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12 facts about this song
Song History"The Songs That We Sing" is a track from Charlotte Gainsbourg's second studio album, "5:55", which was released in 2006.
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ParentageCharlotte Gainsbourg, the singer of "The Songs That We Sing", is the daughter of the legendary English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.
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Music GenreThe song falls under the genre of 'Indie Pop' and has a very soothing and calm vibe to it.
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SongwritingUnlike her father, who was a famed songwriter, Charlotte Gainsbourg does not write her own songs. "The Songs That We Sing" was written by Neil Hannon, frontman of the band Divine Comedy.
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Music CollaborationThe music of "The Songs That We Sing" was composed in collaboration by French duo Air, British musician Jarvis Cocker, and producer Nigel Godrich, known for his work with Radiohead.
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Music VideoThe music video for the song was shot in Charlotte’s birthplace, London, and was directed by famed music video director, James Hackett.
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Album ReceptionThe album "5:55" was critically acclaimed. This success was particularly notable given the six-year hiatus that occurred between the release of her first album and "5:55."
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PerformancesCharlotte Gainsbourg performed "The Songs That We Sing" at the Canal+ TV show, Album de la Semaine, in 2006.
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Lyrics MeaningIn the lyrics of "The Songs That We Sing", Gainsbourg reflects on songwriting as an art that can prove therapeutic or as a way to express herself.
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InstrumentationThe song is notable for its lush string arrangements and minimalistic electronic backbeat.
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Critical ReceptionNME called it “a sublimely melancholic pop opus” on its review of "5:55".
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LanguageEven though Charlotte Gainsbourg is French-British, "The Songs That We Sing" is performed entirely in English, like the rest of the songs on the album "5:55".
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