“Dur dur d’être bébé!“, which was retitled “Dur dur d’être bébé! (It’s Tough to Be a Baby)“ for its American audience, is a 1992 song recorded by French singer Jordy Lemoine, credited as Jordy. The first single from his debut album Pochette surprise, it was released in September 1992 and achieved success across the world, particularly in France.
After having tried to involve Jordy in TV advertisements for nappies where the baby should repeat “hard, hard to be wet“, Claude Lemoine, Jordy’s father, had the idea of using dance music and simple lyrics to create a catchy song. The result was well received in discothèques, which convinced Lemoine to release it as a commercial single.
Thanks to this song, Jordy was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to reach number one on a singles chart. He achieved this feat in France in October 1992 at the age of four and a half, beating the previous world record held by Osamu Minagawa and French record held by Elsa Lunghini. Jordy was also the youngest artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 58 with the song.
“Dur dur d’être bébé!“ entered the French chart at number four on 26 September 1992, rose to number two for two weeks, and then topped the chart for 15 weeks, which was the record at the time. The previous record for the longest stretch atop the French chart had belonged to Images’ “Les Démons de minuit“ (1986) and Licence IV’s “Viens boire un p’tit coup à la maison“ (1987), at 13 weeks apiece. Following its stay atop the chart, Jordy’s single held the number two slot for another four weeks, eventually totalling 26 weeks in the French top ten and 30 weeks in the top 50. “Dur dur d’être bébé!“ was also a dance hit across Europe, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Japan.
The song is currently the 224th best-selling single of all time in France.[2] An English-language version and a mix version were also recorded and are available on the album Pochette Surprise.
Pochette Surprise (Surprise Package) is the first album by singer Jordy. When it was released in France in 1992, he was only four years old. Its first single “Dur dur d’être bébé!“ charted at #1 for 15 weeks, making Jordy the youngest recording artist to ever reach #1. It was followed by “Alison“ which was also number one for five weeks, then by “Les Boules“, which was much less successful (#13).
The album debuted at #7 on 9 December 1992 on the SNEP Albums Chart and had a peak at number two for three non consecutive weeks. It totaled 23 weeks in the top ten and 48 weeks in the top 50.[2] In 1993, the album achieved 2 x Platinum status for over 600,000 copies sold
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