# French music from 1980s and 1990s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842 "2008-01-09T09:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/1 "2008-01-09T09:44:12Z")
I have tried to find popular songs from France that were popular in english speaking countries. I cant find a good website. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/2 "2008-01-10T11:41:29Z")
Anyone ? ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/3 "2008-01-10T12:22:27Z")
**MC Solaar** is a French rapper who has made some inroads to English speaking countries. I love the song “Solaar Pleure”. I’ve heard that **Noir Désir** has a small international following among hard rockers. He’s old, but a lot of people seem to know **Jacques Brel** from classics like “Ne me quitte pas” (which has been covered to death). I think he’s performed into the 80’… I’ve randomly seen **Carla Bruni** ’s album **Quelqu’un m’a dit** on non-French mp3 players. Sultry, whispery vocals with guitar-driven arrangements. Not sure if she’s 90’s or 2000’s, though. Sorry I’m not more familiar with this stuff, hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/4 "2008-01-10T17:15:15Z")
How about **Air**? Or, even though they formed in London, England, **Stereolab** are a band of French folk (I think? Laetitia is, for sure). They sing in French and English. Both bands did well in the 90s (and are still going today), and did well in English speaking countries. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/5 "2008-01-10T17:31:21Z")
I don’t know if **Autour de Lucie** was active before the 2000s, but they’re well-known enough that their songs even show up in the small collection of songs on iPods on display in Apple stores. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/6 "2008-01-10T17:47:25Z")
Daft Punk ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-music-from-1980s-and-1990s/432842/7 "2008-01-10T21:22:04Z")
[Mylène Farmer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylene_Farmer) was originally from Quebec, but generally recorded/records in France.