Lyrics
Mélodie d'amour chantait le cour d'Emmanuelle
Qui bat cour à corps perdu
Mélodie d'amour chantait le corps d'Emmanuelle
Qui vit corps à cour déçu
Tu es encore
Presque une enfant
Tu n'as connu
Qu'un seul amant
Mais à vingt ans
On reste sage
L'amour est un
Trop long voyage
Mélodie d'amour chantait le cour d'Emmanuelle
Qui bat cour à corps perdu
Mélodie d'amour chantait le corps d'Emmanuelle
Qui vit corps à cour déçu
L'amour à cour
Tu l'as rêvé
L'amour à corps
Tu l'as trouvé
Tu es en somme
Devant les hommes
Comme un soupir
Sur leur désir
Tu es si belle
Emmanuelle
Cherche le cour
Trouve les pleurs
Cherche toujours
Cherche plus loin
Viendra l'amour
Sur ton chemin
Mélodie d'amour chantait le cour d'Emmanuelle
Qui bat cour à corps perdu
Mélodie d'amour chantait le corps d'Emmanuelle
Qui vit corps à cour déçu
Pierre Bachelet (25 May 1944 – 15 February 2005) was a French singer-songwriter with a gentle romantic voice.
He spent part of his childhood in Calais and developed a life-long appreciation of the North of France, which inspired his hit song "Les corons" (1982).
His other hit songs include "Elle est d'ailleurs" (1980), "Écris-moi" (1982) and "Marionnettiste" (1985). He also composed music for movies, for example Emmanuelle (1974), Les Bronzés font du ski (1975) and the British-made Sex with the Stars (1980). Robert Fripp won an out-of-court settlement over the use of music in Emmanuelle based on King Crimson's "Larks' Tongues in Aspic".[1] His songs from the film Emmanuelle called Emmanuelle In The Mirror and Theme From Emmanuelle have been sampled in the Lily Allen single Littlest Things, released in December 2006.
He would return to score further Emmanuelle films, such as Emmanuelle V and Emmanuelle 7. He also did the score for Story of O, another huge success for him and the French film Un crime au paradis.
Japanese pop music dynamo Takako Minekawa is known to be a fan of Bachelet.
His signature tune, "Les corons", released in 1982, is notably used as the supporter's anthem for the Lens football club.
Bachelet bore a physical and voice resemblance to Jacques Brel, and had a similar onstage demeanor. This prompted ungrounded rumors that Bachelet was a son or nephew of Brel. Bachelet held Brel's work in high respect, and his last release while alive was a cover of Brel songs.
Bachelet died of lung cancer in 2005.
