Cheveux longs et idées courtes

"Cheveux longs et idées courtes" (translated title: Long hair and short ideas) is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in 1966.

"Cheveux longs et idées courtes"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
Released1966 (1966)
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)Gilles Thibaut
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Je l'aime"
(1966)
"Cheveux longs et idées courtes"
(1966)
"Noir c'est noir"
(1966)

History edit

The song was a diss track directed at the singer Antoine, who had criticized Johnny Hallyday in the lyrics of Élucubrations d'Antoine as a has-been artist. In Cheveux longs et idées courtes, Hallyday mocks Antoine's status as a pacifist, idealistic protest singer as being fake and naïve.[1]

Commercial performance edit

The song spent five consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 14 May to 17 June 1966).[2]

Charts edit

Chart (1966) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 6
France (singles sales)[2] 1

References edit

  1. ^ Frédéric Quinomero, Johnny la vie en rock , 2014, Éditions L'Archipel.
  2. ^ a b "Cheveux longs, idées courtes - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ "Johnny Hallyday – Cheveux longs et idées courtes" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-16.