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Daniel Balavoine – Tous les cris les S.O.S. (Official Audio)1287

The worldwide ranking generated by 831 votes

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Daniel Balavoine – Tous les cris les S.O.S. (Official Audio)1287

Francis Cabrel – Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai (Official Music Video)1285

Jean-Jacques Goldman – Quand la musique est bonne (Official Music Video)1279

Axelle Red – Sensualité (Official Music Video)1247

Daniel Balavoine – L'Aziza (Official Music Video)1246

Edith Piaf – Hymne à l'amour (Official audio)1230

Charles Aznavour – Emmenez-moi (Official Lyric Video)1224

Céline Dion – Pour que tu m'aimes encore (Official HD Remastered Video)1221

Images – Les démons de minuit (Official HD Music Video)1206

#10

Michel Sardou – Les lacs du Connemara (Official lyric video)1196

#11

Johnny Hallyday – Allumer Le Feu (Official Remastered Music Video)1184

#12

Louise Attaque – J't'emmène au vent (Official Remastered Music Video)1169

#13

Georges Brassens – Les copains d'abord (Official Audio)1153

#14

Alexandrie Alexandra1143

#15

Partenaire Particulier1138

#16

Vanessa Paradis – Joe Le Taxi (Official Remastered Music Video)1132

#17

Gerard Lenorman – La ballade des gens heureux • TopPop1060

What the community says

Daniel Balavoine – Tous les cris les S.O.S. (Official Audio) leads with an ELO of 1,287, ahead of Francis Cabrel – Je t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai (Official Music Video) (1,285) and Jean-Jacques Goldman – Quand la musique est bonne (Official Music Video) (1,279). Ranked over 831 duels between 17 contenders, last updated October 24, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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