It is a well-known fact that France Gall has always been reluctant to talk about her 60's career and even more to sing songs from that period. Especially after she met Michel Berger (1973), who became her husband in 1976. But one man managed to make her perform Poupée de cire in September 1974: Claude François.
In a show dedicated to Claude François, broadcasted on September 14, 1974, the man invited France Gall (with whom he had a love affair from 1965 to 1967) and together, they sang a special medley of their early hits. That's how France was "obliged" to sing the chorus of Poupée de cire, after Claude François said "I know you're not really keen on these songs, because you have changed a lot but it's fun for me and for the viewers to hear them again".Many TV shows, books and records are presently been dedicated to Claude François in France, as the country commemorates the 30th anniversary of his accidental death, on March 11, 1978.
