Un Homme et Les Femmes

You wake up one Thursday humming that familiair pabadabada pabadabada, and a few hours later you're uploading nine different versions of the well-known theme to Claude Lelouch's masterful Un Homme & Une Femme (1966, two Oscars, Golden Palm). The original song, composed by Francis Lai and Pierre Barouh, and sung by Barouh (who also appears in the movie) and Nicole Croisille, is a lounge-classic. There are probably hundreds of version by Fausto Papetti, Paul Mauriat and other James Last-a-likes. What else can you do with a song like this? You can make a smokey barroom version out of it, like Patricia Kaas did. Or make a more modern lounge-version, like In-Grid's. Or soul it up, like the wonderfully named Ithamara Koorax. You can nu-bossa-nova it and add some rappin', like Clémentine did. And ofcourse you can translate it. To Greek (Theodosia Tsatsou), to English (Cilla Black) and to Norwegian (Kirsti Sparboe). Then ofcourse you slow-jazz it (and laugh about that, like Amor Belhom Duo), or make an instrumental version, like Dutch piano-giant Tonny Eyk did. Now if only I could find a punk- or metalversion...

Francis Lai - Un Homme et Une Femme
Patricia Kaas - Un Homme et Une Femme
In-Grid - Un Homme et Une Femme
Ithamara Koorax - Un Homme et Une Femme
Theodosia Tsatsou - Enas Antras Kai Mia Gynaika
Clémentine - Un Homme et Une Femme
Cilla Black - A Man and A Woman
Kirsti Sparboe - En Mann Og en Kvinne
Amor Belhom Duo - Un Homme et Une Femme
Tonny Eyk - Une Homme et Une Femme

Thanks to Sky, here's four more versions:
Claudine Longet - Une Homme et Une Femme
The Free Design - A Man and a Woman
Conjunto 3D - Un Homme et une Femme
Sir Julian - Un Homme et Une Femme

And more versions, courtesy of Earthgoesaround (check here for even more):
Chet Baker - Un Homme et Une Femme
Clémentine - Une Homme et Une Femme (Readymade One Man DJ Show remix)