Ballade de Melody Nelson

~ Recording by Serge Gainsbourg

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbum
  • FR1971-03-24
Philips6325 071
1.11Ballade de Melody Nelson2:00Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg chante ses plus grands succès de 1958 à 1976Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Philips9101 116
2.5Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge GainsbourgGainsbourgSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Impact (French budget label)6993013
1.15Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg (Master Serie, black, horizontal)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Distribution832 230-2
2.1Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram824 987-2
5.11Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgDe Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre (This box of 9 albums contains two cardboards thats says they shall be replaced by the remaining albums "You're under arrest" and "Love on the beat".)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Phonogram838 386-2
1.11Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgGainsbourg, Volume 5: Je t'aime... moi non plus, 1969-1971Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Phonogram838 391-2
1.24Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Philips848 364-2
1.15Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, Vol. 1 (Master Serie, black, vertical)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Distribution832 230-2
1.15Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgLes Talents du siècle (Les Talents du siècle, Argentina)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)832 230-2
5.11Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1994-03-28
Phonogram522 335-2
1.24Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge Gainsbourg feat. Jane BirkinDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Philips, Phonogram842 489-2, PG 892
1.10Ballade de Melody Nelson2:04Serge GainsbourgDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-04-04
3.3Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge GainsbourgAnthologie de la chanson française enregistrée : 1970-1980Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EPM Musique10VC107
1.24Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1996-03-04
Philips532221-2
2.16Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Jane Birkin & Serge GainsbourgDe Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre (Longbox)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Philips532 130-2
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:00Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbum
Philips532 073-2
2.1Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)824 987-2
1.15Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, Vol. 1 (Les Talents du siècle)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)832 230-2
1.8Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Jane Birkin & Serge GainsbourgSes plus belles chansons, Volume 1Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Kiosks7726
1.14Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)562 757-2
1.24Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgGainsbourg… ForeverSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2001-02-27
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
1.24Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge GainsbourgGainsbourg… ForeverSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)548563-2
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody Nelson (Digipak)Serge GainsbourgAlbum
Philips548 429-2
1.15Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, Vol. 1 (Les Talents du siècle)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
U.L.M TV Market, Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)586 035-2
1.16Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge GainsbourgInitials SGSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)063230 2
1.16Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge GainsbourgInitials SGSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-02-24
3.1Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgAnthologieSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)063 562-2
9.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:00Serge GainsbourgGainsbourg… ForeverSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)980989-6
1.14Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgLove and the BeatSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2004-10-25
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
1.16Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge GainsbourgDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury France (“un label PolyGram” ; “un label Universal Music”)981 422-5
1.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge Gainsbourg & Jane BirkinMonsieur Gainsbourg: The OriginalsSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-08-01
Verve Forecast (Verve’s folk and smooth-jazz subsidiary), BarclayB0007020-02
4.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinLes 100 plus belles chansonsSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)983 753-7, 983 753-8, 983 753-9, 983 754-0, 983 754-1, 983 754-2
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:00Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbum
  • US2009-03-24
Light in the Attic RecordsLITA 040
1.18Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, Vol. 1 (Master Serie, red/black)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)531 827-0
2.17Ballade de Melody Nelson?:??Serge Gainsbourg & Jane BirkinCafé de ParisVarious ArtistsCompilation
Compact Disc Club5832010
9.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge Gainsbourg & Jane BirkinIntégrale - 20ème Anniversaire - Edition 2011Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)2755441
2.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinBest of Gainsbourg: Comme un boomerangSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-02-28
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)2761013
2.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinBest of Gainsbourg: Comme un boomerangSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-02-28
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)276124-1
2.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinBest of Gainsbourg: Comme un boomerangSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011-03-11
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)2761016
6.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgL’Essentiel des albums studio : 1958-1987Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-11-07
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)277 162-7
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)277 825 3
2.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinBest of Gainsbourg: Comme un boomerangSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
2.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinBest of Gainsbourg: Comme un boomerangSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
Wrasse RecordsWRASS287
9.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgGainsbourgSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Universal Music France2755441
2.6Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinBest of Gainsbourg: Comme un boomerangSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2012-11-05
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)3701874
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Jane Birkin & Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody Nelson (deluxe version)Serge GainsbourgAlbum
  • FR2013-05-13
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Jane Birkin & Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbum
  • FR2013-05-14
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)372 499-9
2.21Ballade de Melody Nelson2:00Serge Gainsbourg & Jane BirkinFIP, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2015-11-06
FIP (French radio station)3331552
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbum
Mercury Music Group (label of Universal Music France), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Universal Music France537 183-7
2.11Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge Gainsbourg90 SéquencesSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2018-03-30
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)538 263-6
4.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge Gainsbourg & Jane BirkinL’Album de sa vieSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • -2021-02-26
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
2.5Ballade de Melody Nelson1:57Serge Gainsbourg50 ans de FIPVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2021-09-03
[PIAS] LE LABEL (PIASL catalog numbers), FIP (French radio station)PIASLL171LP
1.13Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge Gainsbourg50 ans de FIPVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
[PIAS], FIP (French radio station)PIASLL171CD
1.17Ballade de Melody Nelson2:04Serge GainsbourgJane Birkin (Intégrale, limited edition)Jane BirkinAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2022-09-16
Kachalou, Label Panthéon (reissue label of Universal Music France), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)539 654 6
1.24Ballade de Melody Nelson2:03Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinDe Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre (made in France by MPO)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + CompilationPhilips, Phonogram848 364-2
1.8Ballade de Melody Nelson2:04Serge Gainsbourg avec Jane BirkinDe Gainsbourg à GainsbarreSerge GainsbourgAlbum + CompilationPhilips, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram522 242-2
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Serge GainsbourgHistoire De Melody NelsonSerge GainsbourgAlbumMercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Philips548 429 - 2
1.2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01Jane Birkin & Serge GainsbourgHistoire de Melody Nelson / Rock Around the BunkerSerge GainsbourgAlbum + CompilationPhilips, Phonogram812 826-2
1.15Ballade de Melody Nelson?:??Serge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, Vol. 1 (collection Talents)Serge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)983 575-2
Promotion
1.10Ballade de Melody Nelson2:02Serge GainsbourgDouze belles dans la peauSerge GainsbourgAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2011-03-02
Les Inrockuptibles

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Rémy Aucharles (Engineer)
recording engineer:Jean-Claude Charvier (engineer)
producer:Jean-Claude Desmarty
lead vocals:Serge Gainsbourg (in 1971)
vocals:Jane Birkin (in 1971)
Serge Gainsbourg (in 1971)
conductor:Jean-Claude Vannier (in 1971)
arranger:Jean-Claude Vannier
recording of:Ballade de Melody Nelson (in 1971)

Ballade de Melody Nelson

lyricist:Serge Gainsbourg
composer:Serge Gainsbourg
Jean-Claude Vannier
publisher:Melody Nelson Publishing
Sidonie
Warner Chappell Music France
later translated versions:The Ballad of Melody Nelson (Mick Harvey translation)
The Ballad of Melody Nelson (Placebo version)
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