The song was referenced by French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou in the Assemblée Nationale to indicate his feelings towards his former Finance Minister, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was a harsh critics of his successor Michel Debré: "As Jacques Dutronc says, there is a cactus here".
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Words by Jacques Lanzmann and music by Jacques Dutronc, except "La Compapade", words and music by Jacques Dutronc.
Les Misérables | Les Misérables (musical) | Aix-les-Bains | Cactus | Les Claypool | Les Paul | Les Six | Les pêcheurs de perles | cactus | Les Inrockuptibles | Les Brown (bandleader) | Les Brown | Pernes-les-Fontaines | Les Blank | Yverdon-les-Bains | Sotteville-lès-Rouen | Les XX | Les Miserables | Les Genevez | Les Fradkin | Les Enfers | Les Dawson | Issy-les-Moulineaux | Thonon-les-Bains | Salins-les-Bains | Les Vandyke | Les Troyens | Les Mureaux | Les McCann | Les Huguenots |