About the artist: Françoise Hardy (1944) is a French singer-songwriter, model and fashion icon. She is widely considered an icon of French Ye-Ye pop and of the sixties in general. She has released 32 studio albums and is one of France's most sold artists. Françoise Hardy currently has one song in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: Träume (Dreams) is the title track of her 1970 album, the second of her two albums sung in German. The first time I heard this song was 37 years after its issue. One morning during our 2007 holiday, I was waiting for my wife to be ready, and watched a French movie on TV. In one of the more dramatic scenes they used a German song as background, and it really blew me away. Fortunately, the name and singer were mentioned in the dialogue as well, which allowed me to find the song upon our return. The gorgeous melody is courtesy of the German composer Martin Boettcher, who is best remembered in Europe for his numerous German movie scores, including the Edgar Wallace and Karl May series. Françoise Hardy's sings the German lyrics with a seductive accent, and the end result is simply great. Run time 3:04.
