# The best Georges Brassens songs

For the centenary of his birth, the Brassens songs people still hum, from La Mauvaise Réputation to Les Copains d'abord.

- 29 votes · 14 items
- Nov 6, 2022 · gilles_bruxelles
- https://even.best/en/l/3785/the-best-georges-brassens-songs

## Top 14

1. **Les Passantes** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1972. To a poem by Antoine Pol; first for Profession Spectacle.
2. **La Mauvaise Réputation** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1952. The portrait of the nonconformist.
3. **Les Copains d'abord** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1964. An ode to eternal friendship.
4. **Chanson pour l'Auvergnat** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Perhaps the best known of all.
5. **Le Gorille** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A famous satire long banned from the radio.
6. **Je me suis fait tout petit** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1956. Love that makes you humble.
7. **Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — His last will in song.
8. **Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — To a poem by Aragon.
9. **Les Amoureux des bancs publics** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Lovers kissing in the park.
10. **Le Parapluie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A meeting in the rain.
11. **La Traîtresse** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 1961. Jealousy turned inside out.
12. **Les Sabots d'Hélène** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Tenderness for simple people.
13. **Mourir pour des idées** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1972. An ironic mistrust of causes.
14. **La Chasse aux papillons** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — A lovers' walk.

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