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Thursday music corner: French avant-garde pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko burst onto their national pop scene in 1985 with their number 2 single Marcia Baila, the video for which featured exemplary 1980s choreography and a myriad of stunning costumes from Jean-Paul Gaultier. Their stylish, jagged 1980s art-pop was augmented by another impressive video for 1986’s hook-laden single C'est comme ça ('It's like that'), which later won Music Video of the Year for director Jean-Baptiste Mondino at the Victoires de la Musique. (Mondino's other well-known music videos include Don Henley's Boys of Summer, Open Your Heart by Madonna, and Neneh Cherry's Manchild). C'est comme ça was the second single from their second album, The No Comprendo, which was recorded with legendary producer Tony Visconti in both London and Paris. It reached number 10 in the French charts. Les Rita Mitsouko played together until the death from cancer of member Fred Chichin in 2007; his partner Catherine Ringer then continued with a solo career.

Les Rita Mitsouko – C'est comme ça (1986)