France Gall - Les sucettes (1966)

“Les Sucettes“ (“Lollipops“) is a French pop song written by Serge Gainsbourg and recorded by France Gall in 1966. One of Gall’s biggest hits, it was an unusually risqué song for its time, but in performing it she was unaware of the fact. “Les Sucettes“ was, on the surface, a pleasant children’s song about a girl who likes aniseed-flavoured lollipops. But Gainsbourg’s lyrics were full of playful double meanings referring to oral sex, which Gall, aged 18, simply did not understand. She was filmed singing “L