La Javanaise
| "La Javanaise" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Serge Gainsbourg or Juliette Gréco | |
| Released | 1963 |
| Recorded | 1963 |
| Genre | Chanson |
| Label | Philips |
| Songwriter(s) | Serge Gainsbourg |
"La Javanaise" is a song written and composed by Serge Gainsbourg originally for Juliette Gréco, and interpreted by both her and Gainsbourg in 1963. The first recordings of both artists constituted the B-sides of each of the two 45s. The title is a pun playing on the Parisian java dance and the javanais argot. The song heavily employs unaltered French words that naturally have an ⟨av⟩ sequence; thus the lyrics resemble the argot.