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Dabadabada - Un homme et une femme

Only a few films in history are as well known for their theatrical content as for their musical score. The 1966 movie A Man and a Woman (French: Un homme et une femme) is one of them.

The film, directed by Claude Lelouch, stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée, and won two Academy Awards. It’s the story of two widowed people who become close friends, but can’t become lovers because, for the woman, her husband’s memory is still too strong.

The memorable musical score of the movie is by Francis Lai. The samba song in this film “Samba Saravah” is a French version of the Brazilian song “Samba da Bençao” - written by Baden Powell with original lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. The French lyrics were written by Francis Lai, and the movie version was sung by Pierre Barouh.

The film’s title song has been covered by many other artists, and is often referred to as “Dabadabada”. Listen to the tracks below and you’ll find out why.

Clip from the film Un homme et une femme, with the original score by Francis Lai

Astrud Gilberto:
Amor Belhom Duo:
Chet Baker:
Cilla Black:
Claudine Longet:
Clémentine:
Conjunto 3D:
Ithamara Koorax:
Hiroshi Matsumoto:
In-Grid:
Kirsti Sparboe:
Les Baxter:
Patricia Kaas:
Roy Buddy:
Sadao Watanabe:
Sir Julian:
The Free Design:
Theodosia Tsatsou:
Ella Fitzgerald:
Engelbert Humperdinck:
Lisa Ono:
Marc G. Quintilla:

This gallery was inspired by a blog post on Filles Sourires
Film information: Wikipedia | IMDb
Francis Lai website