Marie Gicquel / Photo credit: AMAURY CORNU / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 10:48 am, June 06, 2023

As summer approaches, we inevitably think of the classics of sunny days: the "Lambada", the "Macarena" and many others. But what happens to their authors after the summer euphoria? Do they still manage to live from the success of their hit years later? Europe 1 asked Patrick Coutin, the one who "likes to watch girls".

As bikini season approaches, it's the same song for rocker Patrick Coutin and his hit "J'aime regarde les filles". "As soon as summer comes, it skyrockets. There are 300,000 or 400,000 auditions per month, if only on Spotify, Apple Music etc. A title improvised during a recording session that sold more than a million copies in the summer of 1981 and brought more than 500,000 euros that summer to Patrick Coutin.

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A song with an "extraordinary life"

"It gave me the chance to do what I wanted: to play with the greatest musicians in the world, in the biggest studios in the world. Anyone who complains about writing 'I like to watch girls' would be a liar," he joked.

Music streaming, use of the song for cinema, television and commercials, Patrick Coutin continues to receive royalties every year. "Every time Sacem falls, it's still a pretty nice sum. We still sell records with her. She has an extraordinary life, this song," says the singer. A capital that allows Patrick Coutin to be free to release new projects, such as his latest album, L'homme invisible, last March.