Editing Serge Gainsbourg (section)

=== 1963–1966: Eurovision and involvement in the yé-yé movement ===
[[File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall & Mario del Monaco.jpg|thumb|Gainsbourg, Gall, and del Monaco at the Eurovision Song Contest, 20 March 1965]]
Despite initially mocking [[yé-yé]], a style of French pop typically sung by young female singers, Gainsbourg would soon become one of its most important figures after writing a string of hits for artists like Brigitte Bardot, [[Petula Clark]] and [[France Gall]].<ref name="Haaretz">{{cite web |last1=B. Green |first1=David |title=This Day in Jewish History 1991: Controversial French Singer Serge Gainsbourg Dies |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1991-serge-gainsbourg-dies-1.5327754 |website=[[Haaretz]] |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025002137/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-1991-serge-gainsbourg-dies-1.5327754 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |date=2 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> He had met Gall after being introduced by a friend as they were [[Philips Records]] labelmates,{{sfn|Simmons|2001|p=42}} thus beginning a successful collaboration that would produce hits like "N'écoute pas les idoles", the frequently covered "[[Laisse tomber les filles]]", and "[[Poupée de cire, poupée de son]]", the latter of which was the [[Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965|Luxembourgish winning entry]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1965]].<ref name="GallObit">{{cite web |last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil |title=France Gall, Adaptable French Singing Star, Is Dead at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/obituaries/france-gall-french-singing-star-dead-at-70.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421004035/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/obituaries/france-gall-french-singing-star-dead-at-70.html |archive-date=21 April 2021 |date=8 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Inspired by the 4th movement (Prestissimo in F minor) from [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]'s ''[[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)|Piano Sonata No. 1]]'', the song featured [[double entendre]]s and wordplay, a staple of Gainsbourg's lyrics.<ref name="ParisMatch">{{cite web |last1=Mahé |first1=Patrick |title=Gainsbourg, le dandy des mots |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Musique/Serge-Gainsbourg-le-dandy-des-mots-1720560 |website=[[Paris Match]] |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307071329/https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Musique/Serge-Gainsbourg-le-dandy-des-mots-1720560 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |date=15 January 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The controversially risqué "[[Les sucettes]]" ("Lollipops"), featured references to [[oral sex]], unbeknownst to the 18-year-old Gall, who thought the song was about lollipops.<ref name="GallObit" /> In 2001, Gall expressed displeasure at Gainsbourg's earlier antics, stating she felt "betrayed by the adults around me."<ref>{{cite web |date=6 January 2010 |title=France Gall & Serge Gainsbourg – The story behind "Les Sucettes" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ajuEVNfb0 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/A9ajuEVNfb0| archive-date=30 October 2021|via=YouTube |access-date=3 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Gainsbourg married a second time on 7 January 1964, to Françoise-Antoinette "Béatrice" Pancrazzi, with whom he had two children: a daughter named Natacha (b. 8 August 1964) and a son, Paul (born in spring 1968).<ref name="Wives">{{cite web |last1=Marain |first1=Alexandre |title=Serge Gainsbourg: the 8 women in his life |url=https://www.vogue.fr/culture/a-voir/story/8-femmes-marquantes-dans-la-vie-de-serge-gainsbourg-brigitte-bardot-jane-birkin-catherine-deneuve/3259 |website=[[Vogue France|Vogue Paris]] |access-date=3 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408055402/https://www.vogue.fr/culture/a-voir/story/8-femmes-marquantes-dans-la-vie-de-serge-gainsbourg-brigitte-bardot-jane-birkin-catherine-deneuve/3259 |archive-date=8 April 2021 |date=2 April 2021}}</ref> He divorced Béatrice in February 1966.<ref name="Wives" />

His next album, ''[[Gainsbourg Percussions]]'' (1964), was inspired by the rhythms and melodies of African musicians [[Miriam Makeba]] and [[Babatunde Olatunji]].<ref name="Percussions">{{cite web |last1=Tangari |first1=Joe |title=Serge Gainsbourg Gainsbourg Percussions |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15717-gainsbourg-percussions/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402135239/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15717-gainsbourg-percussions/ |archive-date=2 April 2021 |date=11 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Olatunji later sued Gainsbourg for lifting three tracks from his 1960 album ''[[Drums of Passion]]''.{{sfn|Simmons|2001|p=40}} Nevertheless, the album has been hailed as being ahead of its time for its incorporation of world music and lyrical content depicting interracial love.<ref name="Percussions" /> Between 1965 and 1966, Gainsbourg composed the music and sang the words of science fiction writer [[André Ruellan]] for several songs made for a series of animated ''Marie-Mathematics'' shorts created by [[Jean-Claude Forest]].<ref name="Marie">{{cite web |last1=Loret |first1=Eric |title=When Gainsbourg fooled around with Barbarella's sister |url=https://www.liberation.fr/musique/2011/02/18/quand-gainsbourg-fricotait-avec-la-soeur-de-barbarella_715984/ |website=[[Libération]] |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706013220/https://www.liberation.fr/musique/2011/02/18/quand-gainsbourg-fricotait-avec-la-soeur-de-barbarella_715984/ |archive-date=6 July 2021 |date=18 February 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> He would reunite with Michèle Arnaud for the duet "Les Papillons noirs" from her 1966 comeback record.{{sfn|Simmons|2001|p=44}}