"L'école est finie"
Single by Sheila
Released1962
Recorded1962
Genreyé-yé[1]
Length2:35
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)Claude Carrère
Audio
"L'école est finie" on YouTube

"L'école est finie" (English translation: "School is out") is a song by French singer Sheila. She released it in 1962, at the age of 16. Written, published and produced by young Claude Carrère, the song sold over 1 million copies and effectively kick-started his career in the music business.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Lyrics

The song reflected contempt for studying among young people and the wantings of enjoying a fun summer vacation break instead.[9]

Charts

Chart (1963) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 2

References

  1. ↑ Deluxe, Jean-Emmanuel (18 November 2013). Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop. ISBN 9781936239726.
  2. ↑ Abecassis, Michaël (11 June 2018). An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers from a to Z: "Singin' in French". ISBN 9781527512054.
  3. ↑ "Billboard". 25 May 1974.
  4. ↑ Briggs, Jonathyne (2015). Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities, and Pop Music, 1958-1980. ISBN 9780199377060.
  5. ↑ "Billboard". March 1974.
  6. ↑ The Book of Golden Discs. 1978. ISBN 9780214204807.
  7. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. ISBN 9780713438437.
  8. ↑ "Billboard". 16 March 1963.
  9. ↑ Jacques Vassal (1976). Français, si vous chantiez: à la patrie, la chanson reconnaissante. A. Michel. ISBN 978-2-226-00335-5. Ici, les chansons évoquent le fameux conflit des générations (« Papa, t'es plus dans l'coup »), assorti d'un mépris de l'étude (« L'école est finie », « Sacré Charlemagne ») et d'un désir de s'amuser (« C'est ma première surprise-partie », « La ...
  10. ↑ "Sheila – L'école est finie" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
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