During the Sixties there was – not for the last time – fear for a nuclear disaster. The
Cuban missile crisis in 1962 was still fresh in everyone’s memory and the Cold
War would rage on for two more decades.When Monaco
asked Serge Gainsbourg to write a song for their representative Minouche
Barelli, he played on these fears and wrote a song that would really shock the
audience. Minouche almost shouted her lines and at regular intervals an ominous
countdown is heard, which counts down the seconds to the big bomb.
The song was rewarded with a fifth place during the Eurovision Song Contest of 1967, and Minouche went on to record her song in English, German and Italian,
with the same title. I've been searching for this single for a long time, and was glad to find a copy during the big international record fair in Den Bosch earlier this month.
My collection: 7" single no. 6700
Found: Record fair, Den Bosch, 9 April 2022
Cost: €3
Tracks: 'Boum badaboum' / 'Il faut dire'
