The first is Calogero, is a stalwort of the French music scene who needs little or no introduction to readers in France as he has been around, writing and recording, for the past couple of decades.
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| Calogero (screenshot RTL performance) |
The other is the Toulouse duo of Nina Goern and Yohan Hennequin who are better known as Cats on Trees and rose to prominence with their 2013 hit "Siren's call".
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| Nina Goern and Yohan Hennequin - Cats on Trees |
Together they've come up with a seamless match in the form of the single "Jimmy".
The 44-year-old Calogero's music is instantly recognisable and he has won several awards including three Victoires de la musique - the French equivalent of the Grammys - for best male artist (2004) and twice for Best original song (2005 with "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer" and 2015 for "Un jour au mauvais endroit").
Throughout the years, Calogero has teamed up with, and/or (more often) written for, a number of artists, among them Grand Corps Malade, François Hardy, Pascal Obispo and (inevitably perhaps, as just about every French composer has) Johnny Hallyday.
Given his track record as a successful writer, it's perhaps surprising, if not unusual, that Calogero agreed to accompany the duo on their own composition.
Especially as it failed to make its mark on the charts first time around when Goern and Hennequin released it in 2014.
But Calogero was definitely "up for it" as, according to Cats on Trees' official site, the trio became friends following several joint television and festival appearances.
Goern and Hennequin (who normally write and record in English) reworked the song to include some French lyrics...et voilà, quoi.
The result - not only a delightfully melodic recording but fitting hit material too.
http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Cats-on-Trees/Jimmy-s36254.html
Enjoy et bon week-end.
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