Les 20 chansons préférées des français

They make you sing, dance, shake your body. You love them, you listen to them all the time, you probably know them by heart. They are the 20 favourite songs of the French. What are their secrets and what are the countless anecdotes that surround them? Why do you like these songs more than any others? Singers, composers, journalists, columnists, and experts reveal everything you never knew about these hits.

Which song by Celine Dion, John Lennon, Stromae, Adèle, the Rolling Stones, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Patrick Bruel, Queen or Michel Sardou topped the charts? Was it a hit just in France or on the international stage?

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