"La plus belle pour aller danser" (Translation: The most beautiful to dance with) is a song by Sylvie Vartan from the 1964 French feature film Cherchez l'idole.^[1][2]

Background and writing

The song was written by Charles Aznavour and Georges Garvarentz.^[3][4]

Commercial performance

The song spent 11 weeks at no. 1 in France.

In Wallonia (Belgium) the single spent 24 weeks in the chart, peaking at no. 3.^[3]

The song also reached no. 1 in Japan.^[5]

Track listings

7-inch EP RCA 86046 (March 1964, France, Spain, Portugal, etc.)

A1. "La plus belle pour aller danser" (2:29)

A2. "Un air de fête" (2:13)

B1. "Dum di la" (1:54)

B2. "Ne l'imite pas" (2:48)^[3]

7-inch single RCA Victor 49.067 (1970, France)

1. "La plus belle pour aller danser"
2. "Si je chante"^[6]

7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Koi no Shokku" RCA Victor SS-1476 (1964, Japan)

A. "Aidoru o Sagase" (アイドルを探せ) ("La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser") (2:28)

B. "Koi no Shokku" (恋のショック) ("Si Je Chante")^[7]

7-inch single "Aidoru o Sagase / Watashi o Aishite" RCA SS-2018 (1972, Japan)

A. "Aidoru o Sagase" (アイドルを探せ) ("La Plus Belle Pour Aller Danser") (2:28)

B. "Watashi o Aishite" (私を愛して) ("Car Tu T'en Vas")^[8]

Charts

Cover versions

The song has been covered, among others, by Pompilia Stoian (Romania),^[11] Thanh Lan (Vietnam),^[12] Michèle Richard (Canada),^[13] Chris Garneau,^[14] Sarah Dagenais-Hakim and Emilie-Claire Barlow on her Juno Award winning album Seule ce soir.