Editing Serge Gainsbourg (section)

== Legacy and influence ==
[[File:Maison Serge Gainsbourg.jpg|thumb|Tribute graffiti covers the outer wall of Serge Gainsbourg's house on the rue de Verneuil in Paris, looked after by [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] after her father's death]]
Since his death, Gainsbourg's music has reached legendary stature in France.<ref name="FigaroLegacy">{{cite web |last1=Nuc |first1=Oliver |title=Gainsbourg est en train de remplacer Trenet ou Brassens |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/02/29/03006-20160229ARTFIG00270-gainsbourg-remplace-trenet-ou-brassens.php |website=[[Le Figaro]] |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411162531/https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/02/29/03006-20160229ARTFIG00270-gainsbourg-remplace-trenet-ou-brassens.php |archive-date=11 April 2021 |language=fr |date=29 February 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his native country, artists like the bands [[Air (French band)|Air]], [[Stereolab]] and [[BB Brunes]] (who named themselves after Gainsbourg's song "Initials B.B."), singers [[Benjamin Biolay]], [[Vincent Delerm]], [[Thomas Fersen]] and [[Arthur H]] have cited him as an influence.<ref name="SimmonsGuardian" /><ref name="IndependentInfluence">{{cite web |last1=Sweeney |first1=Philip |title=Serge Gainsbourg: Filthy French |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/serge-gainsbourg-filthy-french-6103607.html |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721163946/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/serge-gainsbourg-filthy-french-6103607.html |archive-date=21 July 2017 |date=16 April 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> He has also gained a following in the English-speaking world from artists like [[Jarvis Cocker]] of [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Beck]], [[Michael Stipe]] of [[R.E.M.]], [[Alex Turner]] of [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], [[Massive Attack]], [[Mike Patton]] of [[Faith No More]] and [[Neil Hannon]] of [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]].<ref name="25Songs">{{cite web |last1=Stephen Thomas |first1=Erlewine |title=25 Modern Songs Inspired by Serge Gainsbourg |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1041-25-modern-songs-inspired-by-serge-gainsbourg/ |website=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409195354/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1041-25-modern-songs-inspired-by-serge-gainsbourg/ |archive-date=9 April 2022 |date=2 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PitchforkMelody" /><ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last1=Weiner |first1=Jonah |title=Arctic Monkeys Start Over |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/arctic-monkeys-start-over-628863/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201190534/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/arctic-monkeys-start-over-628863/ |archive-date=1 December 2021 |date=3 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] guitarist [[Mick Harvey]] has recorded four cover albums sung in English and he is referenced by name in the song "[[OK Human|Aloo Gobi]]" by American rock band [[Weezer]].<ref name="Weezer">{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Ian |title=Weezer: OK Human Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/weezer-ok-human/ |website=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421233310/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/weezer-ok-human/ |archive-date=21 April 2023 |date=1 February 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Harvey">{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Jeremy |title=Jeremy Allen On Mick Harvey's Intoxicated Women |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21594-mick-harvey-intoxicated-women-album-review-serge-gainsbourg |website=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=11 April 2022 |date=19 January 2017}}</ref> Gainsbourg's music has been sampled by several [[hip hop artist]]s, including songs by [[Nas]], [[Wu-Tang Clan]], [[Busta Rhymes]] and [[MC Solaar]].<ref name="25Songs" /><ref name="HipHop">{{cite web |last1=Grelard |first1=Philippe |title=30 years later, Serge Gainsbourg still a global influence |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/30-years-later-french-musician-serge-gainsbourg-still-a-global-influence/ |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419000949/https://www.timesofisrael.com/30-years-later-french-musician-serge-gainsbourg-still-a-global-influence/ |archive-date=19 April 2021 |date=27 February 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Maison Gainsbourg|Parisian house in which Gainsbourg lived from 1969 until 1991]], at 5 bis Rue de Verneuil, remains a celebrated shrine, with his ashtrays and collections of various items, such as police badges and bullets, intact. The outside of the house is covered in graffiti dedicated to Gainsbourg, as well as with photographs of significant figures in his life, including Bardot and Birkin.<ref name="vanityfair.com" /> In 2008, Paris's [[Cité de la Musique]] held the ''Gainsbourg 2008'' exhibition, curated by sound artist [[Frédéric Sanchez]].<ref name="france24">{{cite web |url= http://www.france24.com/en/20110301-twenty-years-serge-gainsbourg-paris-france-music-pop-bardot-birkin |title=Twenty years on, Gainsbourg remains France's favourite 'enfant terrible'|last1=Holman |first1=Rachel |date=3 March 2013|website=[[France 24]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306114445/https://www.france24.com/en/20110301-twenty-years-serge-gainsbourg-paris-france-music-pop-bardot-birkin |archive-date=6 March 2021 |access-date=10 November 2015 |quote=Frédéric Sanchez, who curated "Gainsbourg 2008" in Paris, describes him as, "one of the most important artists of the 20th century".|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/je-taime-again-the-french-love-affair-with-serge-gainsbourg-972787.html |title=Je t'aime (again): The French love affair with Serge Gainsbourg|last1=Litchfield |first1=John |date=23 October 2011 |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308224423/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/je-t-aime-again-the-french-love-affair-with-serge-gainsbourg-972787.html |archive-date=8 March 2021 |access-date=10 November 2015 |quote=The curator of the exhibition, Frédéric Sanchez, describes the choice of Gainsbourg as a "consecration" and an "apotheosis".|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gainsbourg has been described as an unlikely [[sex symbol]] and [[fashion icon]], noted for his sharp suits, white [[Repetto]] shoes, double-denim, green [[United States Army]] shirts and pinstripe jackets.<ref name="GQ">{{cite web |last1=Fearon |first1=Faye |title=The style lessons to learn from Serge Gainsbourg |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/serge-gainsbourg-style |website=[[GQ]] |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624065843/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/fashion/article/serge-gainsbourg-style |archive-date=24 June 2023 |date=2 April 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Independent">{{cite web |last1=Danielsen |first1=Shane |title=Gallic bred: The mad life of Serge Gainsbourg |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/gallic-bred-the-mad-life-of-serge-gainsbourg-2026962.html |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111075537/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/gallic-bred-the-mad-life-of-serge-gainsbourg-2026962.html |archive-date=11 November 2022 |date=18 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Comic artist [[Joann Sfar]] wrote and directed the biographical film of his life ''[[Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=A.O. |author1-link=A.O. Scott |title='Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life,' by Joann Sfar – Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/movies/gainsbourg-a-heroic-life-by-joann-sfar-review.html |website=[[The New York Times]]' |access-date=11 April 2022 |date=30 August 2011}}</ref> Gainsbourg is portrayed by [[Eric Elmosnino]] as an adult and [[Kacey Mottet Klein]] as a child. The film won three [[César Award]]s, including Best Actor for Elmosnino, and was nominated for an additional eight.<ref name="Heroic">{{cite web |last1=Andersen |first1=Nick |title='Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life' Trailer Premieres |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-66473 |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=11 April 2022 |date=2 August 2011 }}</ref>