Discover the story of the song > Tous les cris les S.O.S – Daniel Balavoine

- "Tous les cris les SOS" is a song written, composed and performed by Daniel Balavoine, released on the album Sauver l'amour in 1985.
- The song evokes the suffering caused by loneliness and the desire to remedy it, caught between hope and disillusionment.
- The refrain takes the symbolism of the bottle in the sea which returns unceasingly towards its thrower, to be smashed against the rocks.
- In addition to its lyrical flights, the song is characterized by an innovative sound.
- The intro is done with a Fairlight CMI IIx, the first digital sampler and a pioneer of the MAO.
- In a low key, samples of train whistles and tire squeals, idiophones (bells, sleigh bells, etc.) accompanied by timpani and an African percussion ensemble can be heard.
- The result is an experimental, almost unclassifiable ballad, oscillating between world music and epic synthpop that, at the time, gave its author a significant advantage in terms of arrangements.
- "A synthpop masterpiece between shadow and light, disco and chamber, FM sounds and experimentation" according to Le Devoir.
- "Made with state-of-the-art machines, Balavoine, then very inspired by the gurus of English pop, marked his time with new and very daring sounds" according to France Bleu.
- The keyboard parts during the verses are played by Daniel Balavoine himself.