...Ronald Regan takes office, the Iranians quickly end their 444-day kidnapping, and the space shuttle Columbia launches. France is in its characteristic slump and the unemployed are queuing for the dole to that upbeat vinyl, Votez Jacques Chirac.
VOTONS JACK CHIRAC !
It's Got A Beat But You Can't Work To It
On a dans notre pays
Le pouvoir de changer de vie
Demain si nous le voulons
Tous ensemble nous réussirons
La France a besoin d'un homme
de courage, de résolution
Votons Jacques ChiracPour tous Jacques Chirac
Maintenant Président
Ensemble maintenant
Jacques Chirac PrésidentPour tous Jacques Chirac
Maintenant Président
La France doit montrer le chemin de la liberté
Liberté de travailler, de mieux vivre dans chaque foyer
Votons Jacques Chirac
En avant toute la nation[There is in our country
The power to change life
Tomorrow if we want
All together we will succeed
France needs a man of courage, of resolution
Let's vote Jack ChiracAll together now
Jack Chirac President
Together now
Jack Chirac PresidentAll together now
Jack Chirac President
France must show the way of liberty
Freedom to work, of a better life in every home
Let's vote Jack Chirac
The whole nation forward]
Année : 1981
Auteur : P. Stive
Label : Philips
[Hat tip: Carine]
Despite this artful song and its inspiring lyrics, Jack comes in a distant third (17.99%) in the first round in a field of 10 presidential wannabes. He refuses to endorse his former benefactor, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who goes on to the second round and loses (48.24%) to François Mitterrand (51.76%), a once youthful member of the Croix-de-Feu, a former mid-level functionary of the Vichy government, and a recipient of the Francisque. M. Mitterand runs again in 1988 and wins.
Later in the year one billion people watch the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to Charles, Prince of Wales.
The French unemployed queue continues its long stretch into the 21st century. No one will notice till autumn of 2005.
PFFT (What is this?): A man of courage ¼ | A man of resolve 0 | Rayonnement français 0
