Best of Vanessa Paradis is the first greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album from French musician and actress Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi"...

. The album is also known as simply Best of.

The first single from the album is the ballad Il y a, written and produced by Gaëtan Roussel

Gaëtan Roussel

Gaëtan Roussel is a French singer, songwriter and composer. Roussel is the former lead vocalist for the bands, Louise Attaque and Tarmac....

 (of Louise Attaque

Louise Attaque

Louise Attaque is a French chanson/folk rock group founded in 1994. Several of the group's albums were produced by Gordon Gano, lead singer of The Violent Femmes, a band whom Louise Attaque often cites as an influence and for whom their own band is named....

). The video for the song was directed by 'JD' (Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...

).

The album also contains Vanessa's rendition of I Love Paris

I Love Paris

"I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can.Was the title of Michel Legrand's most popular album, which included an orchestral arrangement of the song...

 that was used in advertisements for Aéroports de Paris.

A collector's edition of the album will be available digitally on November 16, 2009. Included in the collector's edition is a 64-page book featuring more than 50 photos and documents tracing Vanessa's career.

Disc one

1. "Il y a"
2. "Pourtant"
3. "Marilyn & John"
4. "Dis lui toi que je t’aime
5. "Joe le Taxi
   Joe le taxi
   "Joe le taxi" is a French song written by Franck Langolff and Étienne Roda-Gil for French singer Vanessa Paradis. It was later included in her debut album, M&J, which was released in 1988....
   
   "
6. "Maxou"
7. "Sunday Mondays"
8. "Tandem"
9. "Natural High"
10. "Commando"
11. "Be My Baby
    Be My Baby (Vanessa Paradis song)
    "Be My Baby" is a 1992 song recorded by French singer Vanessa Paradis. It was the first single from Paradis' eponymous third studio album and was released in September 1992. It was the singer's first single in English-language and was written by her companion at the time, Lenny Kravitz. It achieved...
    
    "
12. "Divine idylle"
13. "Dès que j’te vois"
14. "Just As Long As You Are There"
15. "Que fait la vie"
16. "L’incendie"

Disc two

1. "Marilyn & John" (Acoustic version)
2. "Dans mon café"
3. "La déclaration d’amour" (Live - duet with Matthieu Chedid
   Matthieu Chedid
   Matthieu Chedid is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player.-Biography:...
   
   )
4. "Jackadi"
5. "I Love Paris
   I Love Paris
   "I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can.Was the title of Michel Legrand's most popular album, which included an orchestral arrangement of the song...
   
   "
6. "Emmenez-moi" (Live)
7. "La ballade de Johnny Jane" (Live – duet with Jane Birkin
   Jane Birkin
   Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
   
   )
8. "When I Say"
9. "Concia chachacha"
10. "St Germain"
11. "This Will Be Our Year" (Live)
12. "Les filles electriques" (Live – duet with Alain Souchon
    Alain Souchon
    Alain Souchon is a French singer, songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films.-Profile:...
    
    )
13. "Made in Asia"
14. "Abracadabra"
15. "I Wouldn't Dare"
16. "Scarabée" (Acoustic version)
17. "Varvara Pavlovna" (Original studio version)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Belgium	23 November 2009		CD
France	23 November 2009	Barclay Music	CD
Switzerland	23 November 2009		CD
Canada	8 December 2009		CD

External links

• Official Site