"Cheveux longs et idées courtes" (translated title: Long hairs and short ideas) is a song by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in 1966.
| "Cheveux longs et idées courtes" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Hallyday | ||||
| Released | 1966 (1966) | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gilles Thibaut | |||
| Johnny Hallyday singles chronology | ||||
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The song was a diss track directed at the singer Antoine, who had criticized Johnny Halliday in the lyrics of Élucubrations d'Antoine as a hasbeen artist. In Cheveux Longs et Idées Courtes, Halliday mocks Antoine's status as a pacifist, idealistic protest singer as being fake and naïve.[1]
The song spent five consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 14 May to 17 June 1966).[2]
| Chart (1966) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] | 6 |
| France (singles sales)[2] | 1 |