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Jane Birkin: 'It's a relief not to be in a relationship. It’s like being a drug addict'
Jane, you want to say, don’t let Serge schmooze you into singing that song where you sound as though you’re having an orgasm.Of course, she did do the song, Je t’aime… moi non plus, because Serge was Serge Gainsbourg, a charismatic composer, actor, writer and provocateur, terribly famous in France, terribly sexy – if you’re looking for a rough-around-the-edges, lupine aura of amorality in your life – and she was madly in love with him. When it was released in 1969, the song, with its oddly anatomical lyrics and explicit sighs, went ballistic across the globe, was banned
by the BBC, condemned by the Vatican, and brought them lots of money.