# Quebec rock song: sounds like "To Quebec Sit" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112 "2022-08-04T19:20:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/1 "2022-08-04T19:20:56Z")
I recently took a trip through Quebec and I heard some very catchy music, like “J’te gâte all dressed” by Bleu Jeans Bleu and “Gossip” by Lisa LeBlanc. There was one song I liked that I’ve been having problems googling. The chorus has a call-and-response bit that sounded (to me) like “to Quebec sit”. Maybe it’s saying (in English) “To Quebec Cit(y)” with the final vowel sound clipped off. Any ideas what the song might be? It sounded like it wasn’t an old song, likely from the last twenty years at the oldest. It was a peppy, up-tempo song, not moody or depressing. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/2 "2022-08-04T20:55:20Z")
What language was the rest of the song in? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/3 "2022-08-04T21:05:19Z")
The lyrics were in French, possibly with the occasional English word tossed in. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/4 "2022-08-05T12:04:16Z")
If all else fails, I can always try listening to Quebec City’s ÉNERGIE 98.9 FM (“Plus de classiques, plus de fun!”) and waiting for it to come around again. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/5 "2022-08-05T13:24:49Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I recently took a trip through Quebec How recently ? You can view the [playlist](https://onlineradiobox.com/ca/chik/playlist/) for the last 7 days. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/6 "2022-08-05T14:20:54Z")
Thanks, pjd! It was Jérôme 50 - Tokébakicitte. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4oclkgHvgM8/maxresdefault.jpg "Jérôme 50 - TOKÉBAKICITTE [Vidéoclip officiel]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oclkgHvgM8) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/7 "2022-08-05T17:51:14Z")
Catchy. ETA: translation and some notes here: > **[Jérôme 50 - TOKÉBAKICITTE lyrics + English translation](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tokebakicitte-were-quebec-here.html)** > > Translation of 'TOKÉBAKICITTE' by Jérôme 50 from French to English ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112/8 "2022-08-07T12:58:06Z")
And this reddit post seems to do a good job of explaining what that the main word _Tokébakicitte_ means and its origin: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Quebec/comments/e1imjw/explication\_exagérément\_détaillée\_de/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Quebec/comments/e1imjw/explication_exag%C3%A9r%C3%A9ment_d%C3%A9taill%C3%A9e_de/) In short, it’s basically “MURICA,” but for Quebec.