" Les Champs-Élysées " is a 1969 song by American-French singer Joe Dassin . It is a French adaptation of "Waterloo Road," written the previous year in English by the British songwriting team of composer Mike Wilsh and lyricist Mike Deighan. While the English version refers to Waterloo Road, London , Dassin's version references the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris . The song's French counterpart of "Les Champs-Élysées" was released by Joe Dassin as a single in 1969, with "Le Chemin de papa" on the B-side. While "Waterloo Road" enjoyed modest success, "Les Champs-Élysées" entered charts in multiple European countries and was Number One in some charts (e.g. IFOP's) in August 1969 in France, eventually selling 600,000 copies. - source