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"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" is a song that was written and performed by Peter Sarstedt.〔 Its recording was produced by Ray Singer and engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios and released in 1969. It was a number-one 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in 1969, and was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.〔Lister, David, ''Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion'', The Independent, 28 May 1994〕 In the United States, the record reached #61 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles. The single also peaked at #70 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 that May. The music is a faux European waltz tune. ==Lyrics== The song is about a fictional girl named Marie-Claire who grows up on the poverty-stricken backstreets of Naples to become a member of the jet set, and lives in Paris. The lyrics describe her from the perspective of a childhood friend; it is left unclear whether they have remained close. The rhetorical question of the title suggests that her glamorous lifestyle may not have brought Marie-Claire happiness or contentment. Even though Sarstedt himself is not French, the song may have benefited from the contemporary awareness in Britain of such French and Belgian singers as Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel (Belgium-born of Flemish descent). The lyrics contain a large number of contemporary and other references: * Marlene Dietrich: German actress and singer * Zizi Jeanmaire: French ballerina * Pierre Balmain: French designer of elegant fashions * Boulevard Saint-Michel: street in the Latin Quarter of Paris * The Rolling Stones: popular British rock and roll band * Sacha Distel: French singer * Sorbonne: University of Paris * Picasso: Spanish pioneer of modern art * Juan-les-Pins: fashionable beach resort on the French Riviera * Topless swimsuit: first conceived by fashion designer Rudi Gernreich in 1964 * Saint Moritz: fashionable ski resort in the Swiss Alps * Napoleon brandy: blended brandy in which the youngest brandy of the blend has been aged for at least six years * Aga Khan: world-travelling Islamic leader and racehorse owner There is also a slightly longer version (5.20 as opposed to 4.42) with an extended verse that was apparently banned from radio play as lyrics describing her body as "firm and inviting" could be considered too explicit for radio. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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