France Gall Les sucettes (1966)

Les Sucettes ( Lollipops ) is a French pop song written by Serge Gainsbourg and recorded by France Gall in 1966. One of Gall s biggest hits, it was an unusually risqué song for its time, but in performing it she was unaware of the fact. Les Sucettes was, on the surface, a pleasant children s song about a girl who likes aniseedflavoured lollipops. But Gainsbourg s lyrics were full of playful double meanings referring to oral sex, which Gall, aged 18, simply did not understand. She was filmed singing L