Serge Gainsbourg – Manuscript – “Tell her that I love you”. 1990.

Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991)

Autograph manuscript – Tell him that I love you

Five quarto pages on watermarked paper.

Slnd [Paris. April 1990]

"I wouldn't want to hurt you – I realize that we left it at a disadvantage."

Remarkable manuscript of one of the flagship songs from Vanessa Paradis' album, Variations sur le même t'aime.

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Tell him that I love you

Or program me on IBM

I wouldn't want to hurt you

I realize that we left him in the lurch

Tell him that I love you

And that he tunes in to FM

Then he'll be able to capture me

Or perhaps he's completely out of his mind

Tell him

I can't see them

In the eyes

He wouldn't believe me if I said that

I don't want to reveal my true intentions…

Between you and me

I see the commotion

When he understands his pain

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The album, recorded from February to April 1990 at Studios Guillaume Tell, is the last album Serge Gainsbourg worked on.

The album was released on May 28, 1990, and was a tremendous success. It sold 400,000 copies and was certified gold and platinum. The singles " Tandem , " "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime," and "L'Amour en soi" also became huge hits.

Serge Gainsbourg died 9 months after the release of the album, his last work which would mark the beginning of a great career for Vanessa Paradis.