René la Taupe (or René the mole) first hit the top of the French singles charts in September.
And now, five weeks later, the "virtual singing character" is still there, keeping off the likes of international stars (and real human beings) such as Shakira and Katy Perry.
Ah yes, from the country that has brought the world singers that include Edith Piaf to Charles Aznavour, or Serge Gainsbourg to Vanessa Paradis and not forgetting Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (Italian by birth, French by marriage) along the way, comes a little fellow that is...well "annoying" might be an appropriate world.
"Mignon mignon" is the critter's second hit single and, according to the entry on Wikipedia, took lyricist Séverine Thomazo all of seven minutes to write.
And the result of all that hard work has brought France and the world the following (first verse)
"Ce qui me plait chez toi
C’est ton petit bidon
Tes petites poignées d’amour
Je trouve ça trop mignon
Même si les autres dans la rue
Te trouvent un peu trop gras
Pour moi c’est confortable
Quand tu me prends dans tes bras"
Translated as:
"What I like about you
Is your little tummy,
I find your little love handles
Just too cute
Even if others in the street
Find you a little tubby
For me it's really snug
When you take me in your arms"
Ahem. All right.
Perhaps not Grammy award-winning material, but a commercial success nevertheless.
You want more?
Well there's the accompanying video of course available on YouTube and Dailymotion.
Wander over to Facebook and you'll find thousands of "friends" on both the pro and anti René la Taupe pages
And naturally there's a blog which tells you how to download the remixed ringtone.
That's right - ringtone.
Move over Myspace, the mobile 'phone is now clearly THE place to launch a perhaps short-lived but all-the-same lucrative singing career.
Because France's top-selling song is from an "artist" created to help promote and market a mobile 'phone content provider.
A Christmas song is rumoured to be in the works.
Hooray!
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