Je t'aime moi non plus was released in 1969 as a duet by French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and English-French actress Jane Birkin, after an earlier version recorded with Brigitte Bardot was withheld. Its whispered vocals and explicit intimacy made it controversial and it was banned from radio in several countries, which only increased its fame. The song became an international hit and a lasting symbol of French pop and sixties romance, and it still appears in films, adverts and social media edits that want an instantly recognisable, sensual French mood.