years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
1994 -- present new york city , united states april march solo_singer 20 april 1965 vocals indie pop april march
 elinor blake singer/songwriter
april march

april march -lrb- born elinor blake on april 20 , 1965 -rrb- is an american singer-songwriter who sings in english and french .
she is widely known for the song `` chick habit '' , which was featured in the films `` but i 'm a cheerleader '' and quentin tarantino 's `` death proof '' .
she is also a cartoon animator , including a stint as a principal animator for the `` ren and stimpy '' show .
she went to parsons the new school for design and california institute of the arts for character animation .
as a child , blake became fascinated with france , and in junior high participated in an exchange program in france .
she graduated from phillips academy in andover , massachusetts in 1983 , after which she moved back to new york city to become a cartoon animator .
march worked as an animator for `` archie comics '' and `` pee wee 's playhouse '' ; in 1986 she worked on the madonna feature `` who 's that girl '' , animating the star in the title sequence and the contemporaneous music video .
her first band , the pussywillows , was formed in 1987 ; march took a year off to attend the disney-founded character animation program at the california institute of the arts .
in 1991 the pussywillows broke up and march formed the shitbirds , which lasted until 1995 .
since then , march has recorded as a solo artist , and has appeared on some motion picture soundtracks , as well as performing the theme song for the cartoon network series `` i am weasel '' .
her albums contain songs sung in both english and french , and her style is heavily influenced by french 1960s pop music .
her best known work is the english translation of the serge gainsbourg song , `` laisse tomber les filles '' , renamed as `` chick habit . ''
the song has since been featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy `` but i 'm a cheerleader , '' and was brought to wider audiences in quentin tarantino 's 2007 film `` death proof '' ; it was also used as the backing music to television advertisements for the renault twingo in the uk and in france in 2008 .
it currently part of the soundtrack of immersive theatre production by punch drunk ` the drowned man ' in london -lrb- until march 2014 -rrb- .
her song , `` garçon glaçon '' , is also featured in the american show , `` the o.c. '' march has collaborated in the u.s. with the dust brothers , and in france with bertrand burgalat .
she has collaborated also with the garage rock band bassholes .
her collaboration album with steve hanft is titled `` magic monsters . ''
it became available via itunes , amazon.com , and other digital music distributors on 22 april 2008 .
the album is available on vinyl format on the label martyrs of pop .
