However, even if he admits that this hit saved him at the time, Bashung was caught off-guard by this unexpected success. The song was shown in numerous TV shows on the evening and during the night, broadcast on radio, and was even in first page of the newspaper Libération. 'Gaby oh Gaby' sold more than one million copies and revealed the singer to a larger audience. The singles recorded between 19 were all commercial failures and his first album, Roman-photos, issued in 1977, which he would later disown, was one as well. When the single came out, Bashung had been a singer for fourteen years.

The single became a huge hit in France, and therefore the song was included on the album Roulette russe in a reissue nicknamed Nouveau couplage, and then on the CD reissue of the next album, Pizza. Written by Boris Bergman with music by Bashung, it was initially published as a single in 1980 on Philips, with 'Ell' s'fait rougir toute seule' as the B-side. 'Gaby oh Gaby' is a song first published by Alain Bashung. 1980 single by Alain Bashung 'Gaby oh Gaby'

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