Back all week on the career of Jane Birkin, who left us this Sunday, July 16, 2023. Elodie Suigo had met the singer and actress in the summer of 2021. In this third episode, Jane Birkin returns to the song “Di Doo Dah”.
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She was the favorite Englishwoman of the French: Jane Birkin died at the age of 76, Sunday July 16 in Paris, after leaving her mark on song and cinema. In a series of interviews on franceinfo, with Élodie Suigo in the World of Élodie broadcast, in July 2021, the actress and singer, had returned to the highlights of her life with five striking songs. Today, back to Di Doo Dah.
>> Find the full interview with Jane Birkin on franceinfo
franceinfo: What does the song represent Di Doo Dahtaken from the album of the same name for you?
Jane Birkin: I was happy because there were tracks with my monkey, which we later used on the cover of the album Melody Nelson’s Story. It was my fetish. Again, it was a lovely little song with my dad singing”Di Doo Di Doo Dah“. It was so well seen. He had made another song about my monkey too. Those songs were bouquets of charm.
“‘Di Doo Dah’ was a little portrait, a lovely song with all the people who were dear to me.”
Jane Birkinat franceinfo
Serge Gainsbourg played with you a lot, he presented you as an ingenuous companion, very liberated, even a little nymphomaniac. You got into his game…
Yes. He had written a ‘hairy’ song called Hang up, it’s horrible. It’s so delicious, there’s nothing very indecent and it’s a hit.