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Mistral gagnant (song)
1985 song by Renaud
"Mistral gagnant is the title song from French singer Renaud's 1985 album Mistral gagnant. In the song, Renaud sings to his young daughter Lolita Séchan about his own childhood and realizes that time flies as will fly away the laughs of his daughter as a child.
This broad theme plus the very simple music make this song one of the classics among Renaud's "tender" songs.
Background
A mistral gagnant was a kind of famous candy which involved a lottery.
Some of the Mistral candies were "winning" (gagnant) and one could get another one for free.
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When Renaud was an adult, these candies were not on sale anymore.
Renaud says that he never intended to include the song on his album eventually called Mistral gagnant. He reasoned that the lyrics were just too personal and would not interest the general public.
Calling his wife Dominique from the studio while recording his prospective album, he sang her parts of the song on the