"La vie par procuration" is a song by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French ...

which became a hit single in 1986. It was recorded originally for the album ''

Non homologué ''Non homologué'' () is a 1985 album recorded by French artist Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was his fourth studio album and was released in September 1985. Goldman composed all the songs except " Je te donne", written in collaboration with Michael ...

'' that was released in 1985. However it was a live version of the recording during a concert and made available through the live Jean-Jacques Goldman album ''En public'' that became a commercial hit, staying 21 weeks in the French Singles Chart making it to number 2 in December 1986. It was certified gold in 1987 with reported 500,000 copies sold.

Personnel

*Michael Jones - Guitar, backing vocals *Claude Le Péron - Bass, backing vocals *Jean-François Gauthier - drums, backing vocals *Lance Dixon, Philippe Grandvoinet - Synthesizer, backing vocals *Prof Pinpin - Saxophone, backing vocals *Andy Scott and Pascale Potrel - mixing *Marc Lumbroso and

- Direction *Yves Jaget - Recording *Émile Assier - Photography of cover

Covers

The song is very popular and has been covered and adapted many times. In 2008, Israeli DJ

Offer Nissim Offer Nissim ( he, עופר ניסים) is an Israeli DJ, remixer, and record producer. He produced the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, "Diva", by Dana International. Besides his work with Dana International, Nissim has often ...

released a lengthened remixed version of 8 minutes 35 seconds titled "La Vie Par Procuration (Offer Nissim 08' Reconstruction)". The remix also appears in his album ''Happy People'' released on October 28, 2008. The song was covered by Leslie & Pauline on the 2013 Jean-Jacques Goldman tribute album '' Génération Goldman Volume 2'' and an official music video was also released.

Charts

;Jean-Jacques Goldman ;Leslie & Pauline

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vie par procuration, La 1985 songs 1986 singles Jean-Jacques Goldman songs Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman Epic Records singles