Téléphone

Téléphone
Téléphone in 2016
Background information
OriginParis, France
GenresRock, pop rock
Years active1976–1986 (Téléphone), 2015–2017 (Les Insus?)
LabelsEMI, Virgin Records
Past membersJean-Louis Aubert
Louis Bertignac
Corine Marienneau
Richard Kolinka

Téléphone (French pronunciation: [telefɔn]) was a French rock band formed in 1976. Their first, self-titled album was released in 1977; by the end of the decade they were one of the biggest French rock bands in the world, opening shows for The Rolling Stones in Paris, Quebec, the United States and Japan. The band split in 1986 for personal reasons. They have sold around 10 million albums to date, a record still unbeaten for a French rock band.

Among their best-known songs are "Hygiaphone", "Métro c'est trop" ("Metro's Too Much"), "La bombe humaine" ("Human bomb"), "Argent trop cher" ("Money Too Expensive"), "Ça c'est vraiment toi" ("That Is So You"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "New York avec toi" ("New York City With You") and "Un autre Monde" ("Another World").