# The best Serge Gainsbourg songs

Gainsbourg's most streamed songs and those rated highest by SensCritique users, from La Javanaise to Aux armes et cætera.

- 23 votes · 16 items
- May 18, 2022 · gilles_bruxelles
- https://even.best/en/l/2593/the-best-serge-gainsbourg-songs

## Top 16

1. **La Javanaise** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1963. A love song full of "v" sounds.
2. **Le Poinçonneur des Lilas** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1958. A metro ticket-puncher making little holes.
3. **Bonnie and Clyde** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1968. A duet with Brigitte Bardot.
4. **La Chanson de Prévert** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1961. A tribute to Les Feuilles mortes.
5. **Sea, Sex and Sun** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1978. An ironic summer hit.
6. **Je t'aime… moi non plus** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1969. With Jane Birkin; a worldwide scandal and hit.
7. **Requiem pour un con** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1968. Anger over pounding drums.
8. **Aux armes et cætera** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1979. La Marseillaise as reggae, recorded in Jamaica.
9. **Ballade de Melody Nelson** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1971. The opening of the cult concept album.
10. **Initials B.B.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. A tribute to Brigitte Bardot built on Dvořák.
11. **L'Eau à la bouche** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1960. From the film of the same name.
12. **Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1973. An elegant breakup set to Chopin.
13. **Couleur café** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1964. African and Latin rhythms.
14. **Élisa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1969. A tender, playful song.
15. **Comic Strip** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 1968. Comic-book sound effects.
16. **Ford Mustang** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 1968. An American car and pop art.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.