One song from each year
One song per year, selected by French Wikipedia lookups during 2021–2026, not plays, sales or historical chart position.
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Years marked “few songs that year” had fewer than five songs to pick from.
1932–2026
95 years2020s
- 2026Dai Daifew songs that year
- 2025Soleil bleu
- 2024Recommence-moi
- 2023Mon amour
- 2022Popcorn salé
- 2021Le Dernier Jour du disco
- 2020Bande organisée
2010s
- 2019Balance ton quoi
- 2018Djadja
- 2017Basique
- 2016Encore un soir
- 2015Carmen
- 2014Un jour au mauvais endroit
- 2013Dernière Danse
- 2012C'est la vie
- 2011La Seine
- 2010Nightcall
2000s
- 2009Alors on danse
- 2008Confessions nocturnes
- 2007Garçon
- 2006La Boulette
- 2005Et si en plus y'a personne
- 2004Vois sur ton chemin
- 2003Ma liberté de penser
- 2002Manhattan-Kaboul
- 2001Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi
- 2000Moi… Lolita
1990s
- 1999Sang pour sang
- 1998La Tribu de Dana
- 1997Lucie
- 1996Aïcha
- 1995XXL
- 1994La Corrida
- 1993Foule sentimentale
- 1992Dur dur d'être bébé !
- 1991Place des Grands Hommes
- 1990Désenchantée
1980s
- 1989On écrit sur les murs
- 1988Pourvu qu'elles soient douces
- 1987Là-bas
- 1986Voyage, Voyage
- 1985Mistral gagnant
- 1984Femme libérée
- 1983Hier encore
- 1982Les Corons
- 1981Les Lacs du Connemara
- 1980Antisocial
1970s
- 1979Manureva
- 1978Born to Be Alive
- 1977Ça plane pour moi
- 1976Cette année-là
- 1975Le Sud
- 1974Lady Marmalade
- 1973Je suis malade
- 1972La Blanche Hermine
- 1971Mamy Blue
- 1970L'Aigle noir
1960s
- 1969Les Champs-Élysées
- 1968Initials B.B.
- 1967Comme d'habitude
- 1966Les Sucettes
- 1965La Bohème
- 1964Amsterdam
- 1963La Tendresse
- 1962J'entends siffler le train
- 1961Santiano
- 1960Non, je ne regrette rien
1950s
- 1959Ne me quitte pas
- 1958Le Poinçonneur des Lilas
- 1957Le Jardin extraordinaire
- 1956Quand on n'a que l'amour
- 1955La Complainte du progrès
- 1954Le Déserteur
- 1953La Prière
- 1952Le Gorille
- 1951Sous le ciel de Paris
- 1950Hymne à l'amour
1940s
- 1949La Tactique du gendarme
- 1948C'est si bon
- 1947À bicyclettefew songs that year
- 1946Les Feuilles mortes
- 1945La Vie en rose
- 1944Fleur de Parisfew songs that year
- 1943Le Chant des partisans
- 1942Mon amant de Saint-Jean
- 1941La Romance de Paris
- 1940L'Accordéonistefew songs that year
1930s
- 1939Félicie aussi
- 1938La Java bleue
- 1937Tout va très bien madame la marquise
- 1936Mon légionnaire
- 1935Puisque vous partez en voyage
- 1934Sous les palétuviersfew songs that year
- 1933C'est vrai
- 1932Embrasse-moi
Before 1932
82 years- 1930J'ai deux amoursfew songs that year
- 1929Le Vieux Chaletfew songs that year
- 1927La Fille du bédouinfew songs that year
- 1926Les Roses blanchesfew songs that year
- 1925Valentinefew songs that year
- 1924Psaume 130 (Boulanger)few songs that year
- 1923Madrigal aux musesfew songs that year
- 1922L'Horizon chimérique
- 1921Dans la vie faut pas s'en fairefew songs that year
- 1920Mon hommefew songs that year
- 1918Socratefew songs that year
- 1917Les Oies sauvagesfew songs that year
- 1916Soir d'hiverfew songs that year
- 1915Une voix dans le désertfew songs that year
- 1914Quand Madelon...few songs that year
- 1913Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarméfew songs that year
- 1912Chanson d'amourfew songs that year
- 1911La Chanson d'Èvefew songs that year
- 1910Des pas sur la neigefew songs that year
- 1909La France bouge
- 1908La Menacefew songs that year
- 1907Épithalame de Bonisfew songs that year
- 1906Le rêve passefew songs that year
- 1905Les Goélandsfew songs that year
- 1904La Diva de l'Empirefew songs that year
- 1903Cléopâtre (Berlioz)few songs that year
- 1902La petite églisefew songs that year
- 1901Le Triomphe de l'anarchie
- 1900Les P'tits Poisfew songs that year
- 1898Grande Sonate dramatiquefew songs that year
- 1897Contes de féesfew songs that year
- 1896Contes divinsfew songs that year
- 1895La Vision de la reinefew songs that year
- 1894Le Chant des canutsfew songs that year
- 1893La Chanson du linceulfew songs that year
- 1892Ballades héroïquesfew songs that year
- 1891Beau soirfew songs that year
- 1890Les Saintes Maries de la Merfew songs that year
- 1889Paysages d'amourfew songs that year
- 1888La Nuit et l'Amourfew songs that year
- 1886Le Moulinfew songs that year
- 1885La Sulamitefew songs that year
- 1884La Vie antérieurefew songs that year
- 1883Duo des fleursfew songs that year
- 1882Les Sept Ivressesfew songs that year
- 1880L'Insurgéfew songs that year
- 1879Les Béatitudesfew songs that year
- 1875Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns)few songs that year
- 1874Ouvrier, prends la machinefew songs that year
- 1871La Semaine sanglante
- 1870Paris pour un beefsteakfew songs that year
- 1869À Lydiefew songs that year
- 1868Le Temps des cerisesfew songs that year
- 1865Cantique de Jean Racinefew songs that year
- 1864La Chanson du chamelierfew songs that year
- 1857Jingle Bellsfew songs that year
- 1856Les Allobrogesfew songs that year
- 1852Tristiafew songs that year
- 1850Chanson de l'oignonfew songs that year
- 1847Christophe Colombfew songs that year
- 1846Chant des ouvriersfew songs that year
- 1839Roméo et Juliettefew songs that year
- 1837Requiemfew songs that year
- 1830La Rauraciennefew songs that year
- 1818Il est né le divin enfantfew songs that year
- 1817Te souviens-tu ?few songs that year
- 1800Frère Jacquesfew songs that year
- 1795Le Réveil du peuplefew songs that year
- 1794Chant du départfew songs that year
- 1792La Carmagnolefew songs that year
- 1790Valeureux Liégeoisfew songs that year
- 1784Plaisir d'amourfew songs that year
- 1770Adieu foulard, adieu Madrasfew songs that year
- 1761Les Sauvagesfew songs that year
- 1753Nous n'irons plus au boisfew songs that year
- 1721Les Amants trahisfew songs that year
- 1708Les Femmesfew songs that year
- 1604À la claire fontainefew songs that year
- 1590Vive Henri IV !few songs that year
- 1535En passant par la Lorrainefew songs that year
- 1534Il est bel et bonfew songs that year
- 1500Le Carillon de Vendômefew songs that year
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Before 1932, years without a dated song in this catalogue are omitted.
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