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Carla Bruni Sang a Song on French TV

As promised, she participated in France 2’s Charles Aznavour–hosted special “Hier encore,” which aired Saturday night, singing Charles Trénet’s 1936 hit, “Vous qui passez sans me voir.” Subjectively speaking, her three-minute-long performance was soooo good (best part: the audience’s uncoordinated clapping around 2:08, phased out ten seconds later, but back for more at 2:50), and she also crooned a version of Georges Brassens’s “Les copains d’abord” with Gérard Darmon, Claire Keim, and Thomas Dutronc — people you probably haven’t heard of. CARLA!

Carla Bruni Sang a Song on French TV