Discover and listen to the new song by Johnny Hallyday

Before his death, the captain left a recording that was taken up and revised by his traveling companions. Listen to “Un cri”, pure Johnny Hallyday.

A new song from Johnny, six years after his death. It’s not a move by artificial intelligence, but on the contrary the work of a tireless team that ultimately paid off. In 2017, during the sessions for his last studio album in Los Angeles, a song called “Un Cri” was neglected at the time. It was then reworked by Yodélice, who created the track, and is now available on various music platforms.

Johnny Hallyday’s widow, Laeticia, described this song as the singer’s “last unreleased song”, making it clear that there would be no other. Six years after the death of the legendary singer, this piece reappears from the archives and was broadcast this Thursday, November 16th at 1:40 p.m., shortly before the release of a compilation entitled Made in Rock’ scheduled for Friday n roll.

Originally recorded in Los Angeles in 2017 during the sessions for the album Mon pays, c’est l’amour, this song was shelved because it was too similar to other tracks on the album, according to Johnny Hallyday’s close collaborator Yodélice.

Yodélice revealed this forgotten song last January after it was found in the archives by Antoine Gouiffes-Yan of Parlophone with Laeticia’s consent. The song, originally a “traditional blues”, was rearranged with electric elements, gospel tambourines and brass.

Vincent Jacob, a Los Angeles-based French musician, member of the rock group Yard of Blondes and music teacher to Johnny and Laeticia’s daughters Jade and Joy, wrote the lyrics to this rediscovered song.