Les Champs-Élysées (song)
"Les Champs-Élysées" is a 1969 song by French-American singer Joe Dassin. It is a French adaptation of "Waterloo Road", written the previous year in English by the British songwriting team of composer Mike Wilsh and lyricist Mike Deighan. While the English version refers to Waterloo Road, London, Dassin's version references the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. Composition. The song was written in English as "Waterloo Road" (lyrics by Michael Anthony Deighan, music by Michael Wilshaw) and released by the British rock band Jason Crest. French lyricist Pierre Delanoë then adapted the lyrics  into French. French release. The song's French counterpart of "Les Champs-Élysées" was released by Joe Dassin as a single in 1969, with "Le Chemin de papa" on the B-side. While "Waterloo Road" enjoyed modest success, "Les Champs-Élysées" entered charts in multiple European countries, with its best performance in Wallonia (Francophone Belgium), rising to No. 4. Track listing. 7" single (CBS 4281) Adaptations. In the same year (1969) the song was covered by Slovene (then Yugoslav) singer Majda Sepe under the title "Šuštarski most" (Shoemakers bridge in Ljubljana). This cover was itself later covered by a Slovenian  punk cover band Odprava zelenega zmaja. The melody of "Les Champs-Élysées" was later used for the television commercial of CJ CheilJedang's dessert brand "Petitzel Eclair" in 2016, with lyrics sung by I.O.I. The refrain of the song, accompanied by a yellow bouncing ball over the lyrics, was played during breaks in NBCSN's coverage of the 2018 Tour de France. The entire song plays under the closing credits of Wes Anderson's film "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007). In 2018, the song was remade to honor Chelsea Football Club and France National Football Team star N'Golo Kante. This adaptation  achieved great popularity in France during the French team's title run in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and also among Kante's teammates.