# Serge Gainsbourg — Every Record We Rank

Serge Gainsbourg appears 4 times in our Bob Sinclar — Back to What It Was Cut From, Jean-Michel Jarre — Chosen From a Radio Library, and Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records lists. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 4
- **Appears on:** Bob Sinclar — Back to What It Was Cut From, Jean-Michel Jarre — Chosen From a Radio Library, and Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records
- **Years:** 1964–1971
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/serge-gainsbourg/

## Appears on

### [Marabout](https://waxonia.com/track/serge-gainsbourg--marabout/)

*1964 · Philips · Picked by [Bob Sinclar — Back to What It Was Cut From](https://waxonia.com/selection/bob-sinclar-back-to-what-it-was-cut-from/)*

I am not the biggest fan of traditional French pop, but this album is a masterpiece. Gainsbourg was essentially an early sampler — taking his inspiration, and his rhythms, straight from African percussionists.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Serge%20Gainsbourg%20Marabout) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jhuxb5YH9Y)

### [Requiem pour un con](https://waxonia.com/track/serge-gainsbourg--requiem-pour-un-con/)

*1968 · Picked by [Jean-Michel Jarre — Chosen From a Radio Library](https://waxonia.com/selection/jean-michel-jarre-chosen-from-a-radio-library/)*

A hypnotic experiment built almost entirely on one acoustic drum loop with a talk-over vocal on top of it. Proto-slam, years early, and modern in a way that nothing around it was.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Serge%20Gainsbourg%20Requiem%20pour%20un%20con) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uzq82SHGGE)

### [Histoire de Melody Nelson](https://waxonia.com/track/serge-gainsbourg--histoire-de-melody-nelson/)

*1971 · Philips · Picked by [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/)*

One of the two records I buy compulsively. Every time a flea market has a clean copy I take it, and there must be five of them at home by now, purely in case the first one ever wears through.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Serge%20Gainsbourg%20Histoire%20de%20Melody%20Nelson) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUrl3fGknM)

### [En Melody](https://waxonia.com/track/serge-gainsbourg--en-melody/)

*1971 · Philips · Picked by [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/)*

I like throwing a curveball into a set, and this is what stays in the crate for it: two minutes of psychedelic guitar that takes a floor out of its comfort zone and starts telling it a different story.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Serge%20Gainsbourg%20En%20Melody) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9xRzCH8T8)

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