Couleurs sur Paris


Couleurs sur Paris is the fourth album by the French covers band Nouvelle Vague, released 16 November 2010. The album is the group's first to be sung mostly in French, consisting largely of covers of French new wave and post-punk songs from the 1970s and 1980s.
When the album was reissued on vinyl in 2020, it was retitled Version Française.

Release

The album peaked at number 52 in the French album charts, spending a total of 9 weeks in the top 200. It reached number 35 in Greece, number 73 in Switzerland, and number 47 in Belgium.
The album attracted mixed reviews in the French-speaking press.

Track listing

There are different editions of the album, all with 16 tracks but with a different tracklisting depending on the release. The tracklisting below has been aggregated. Track 18 was only on the CDr promo from 2010. Some tracks or versions later appeared on the 2019 digital release Rarities.
No.TitleSingerOriginal artistLength
1"Voilà les anges"Cœur de PirateGamine3:36
2"L'aventurier"Helena Noguerra et Louis Ronan ChoisyIndochine4:22
3"Week-end à Rome"Vanessa Paradis et Étienne DahoÉtienne Daho4:39
4"Putain putain"CamilleTC Matic3:10
5"Marcia Baïla"Adrienne PaulyLes Rita Mitsouko4:18
6"Anne cherchait l'amour"Julien DoréElli et Jacno3:47
7"Ophélie"YelleJad Wio3:28
8"So Young But So Cold"Charlie WinstonKas Product3:25
9"Sandy Sandy"SokoDogs2:44
10"Mala Vida"Olivia RuizMano Negra3:39
11"Où veux-tu qu'je r'garde?"Emily LoizeauNoir Désir3:45
12"Amoureux solitaires"Hugh ColtmanLio2:10
13"2 People in a Room"CocoonStephan Eicher3:29
14"Sur ma mob"Mareva GalanterLili Drop4:30
15"Déréglée"Mélanie PainMarie France2:37
16"Je suis déjà parti"Coralie ClémentTaxi Girl4:11
17"Oublions l'Amérique"Nadeah MirandaWunderbach3:30
18"Les ailes de verre"Jeanne CherhalMarc Seberg4:52