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"Wight Is Wight"
Single by Michel Delpech
B-side
"Wight Is Wight (instrumental)"
Released
1969
Recorded
1 October 1969[1]
Studio
Studio Davout, Paris, France
Genre
Chanson française, Pop
Length
3:00
Label
Barclay
Songwriter(s)
Michel Delpech, Roland Vincent
Producer(s)
Yves Roze
Michel Delpech singles chronology
"Le Mauvais Jardinier" (1969)
"Wight Is Wight" (1969)
"Chère Lise" (1970)
"Wight Is Wight" is a French song by Michel Delpech. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[2] Released in 1969 it became a big hit in France and internationally. This hippy-influenced song was inspired by the first editions of the Isle of Wight Festival, mentioning Bob Dylan who played there in 1969. Donovan is also named in the chorus, even though he wouldn't appear at the festival before 1970, a few months after the song was released.[3]
The title is a pun based on Los Bravos' 1966 hit single Black Is Black, covered by Johnny Hallyday in the same year, as "Noir c'est noir".[4]
^"Michel Delpech – Wight is Wight (1969, Vinyl)". Discogs.
^Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 278. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
^Stivell, Marco (2020-01-05). "Michel DELPECH : WIGHT IS WIGHT (1969)". fp.nightfall.fr. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
^Pessis, Jacques; Leduc, Emilie (2003). Chronique de la chanson française. Trélissac, France: Editions Chronique. p. 66. ISBN 2-205-05521-6. OCLC 54003499.
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