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{{Infobox album
| name = Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
| type = studio
| artist = [[Jane Birkin]] and [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
| cover = Jane Berkin-Serge Gainsbourg (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1969|06}}
| recorded = 1968
| studio = Fontana Studios, London; Chappell Studios, London; La Gaieté Studios, Paris
| genre = {{Flat list|
*[[Orchestral pop]]<ref name=allmusic/>
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=31|s=18}}
| label = [[Fontana Records|Fontana]]
| producer = Jean-Claude Desmarty
| chronology = [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
| prev_title = [[Initials B.B.]]
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = [[Histoire de Melody Nelson]]
| next_year = 1971
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
| artist     = [[Jane Birkin]]
| type       = studio
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| title      = Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
| year       = 1969
| next_title = [[Di doo dah]]
| next_year  = 1973
}}
}}
'''''Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg''''' (also known as '''''Je t'aime... moi non plus'''''<ref name=allmusic/>) is a 1969 collaborative studio album by [[Serge Gainsbourg]] and [[Jane Birkin]]. It was originally released by [[Fontana Records]]. It includes "[[Je t'aime... moi non plus]]", which reached number 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/33022/serge-gainsbourg/|title=Serge Gainsbourg|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=11 August 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022233/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/33022/serge-gainsbourg/|archivedate=12 August 2018}}</ref>
The song "Jane B" is an adaptation of [[Frédéric Chopin]]'s [[Preludes (Chopin)|Fourth Prelude]] from Opus. 28 in E minor. The music was arranged by [[Arthur Greenslade]].<ref>Gilles Verlant, Loïc Picaud, L'Intégrale Gainsbourg. L'histoire de toutes ses chansons, éditions Fetjaine, 2011.</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/je-taime--moi-non-plus-mw0000764422|title=Je T'Aime .... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg|work=[[AllMusic]]|first=|last=|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev2score = 8.8/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14524-jane-birkin-et-serge-gainsbourg/|title=Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Joe|last=Tangari|date=4 August 2010|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/130675-jane-birkin-serge-gainsbourg-jane-birkinserge-gainsbourg/|title=Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg: Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=D.M.|last=Edwards|date=16 September 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629071208/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/130675-jane-birkin-serge-gainsbourg-jane-birkinserge-gainsbourg/|archivedate=29 June 2011|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref>
}}
The album has received critical acclaim. D.M. Edwards of ''[[PopMatters]]'' stated: "The arrangements by Arthur Greenslade are excellent and there are plenty of glimpses of the experimentation which would be a feature of Gainsbourg's music," further describing the album as "sophisticated, timeless pop music."<ref name=popmatters/>
In 2017, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list.<ref name=pitchfork1960s>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/?page=8|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (page 8 of 10)|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=22 August 2017|accessdate=11 August 2018}}</ref> Writing for ''Pitchfork'', Cameron Cook called it "a love letter read out loud by its recipient: Every note and lyric is meant to highlight a certain aspect of Birkin's persona though Gainsbourg's lens, from her breathless delivery of every line to her heavily accented, coquettish French."<ref name=pitchfork1960s/>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
| extra_column = Vocals
| title1 = [[Je t'aime... moi non plus]]
| extra1 = [[Serge Gainsbourg]], [[Jane Birkin]]
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = L'anamour
| extra2 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length2 = 2:17
| title3 = Orang-outan
| extra3 = Jane Birkin
| length3 = 2:28
| title4 = Sous le soleil exactement
| extra4 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length4 = 2:52
| title5 = 18-39
| extra5 = Jane Birkin
| length5 = 2:39
| title6 = 69 année érotique
| extra6 = Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
| length6 = 3:21
| title7 = Jane B
| extra7 = Jane Birkin
| length7 = 3:09
| title8 = Elisa
| extra8 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length8 = 2:31
| title9 = Le canari est sur le balcon
| extra9 = Jane Birkin
| length9 = 2:20
| title10 = [[Les sucettes]]
| extra10 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length10 = 2:37
| title11 = Manon
| extra11 = Serge Gainsbourg
| length11 = 2:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Reissue edition bonus track
| extra_column = Vocals
| title12 = La chanson de slogan
| extra12 = Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
| length12 = 2:53
}}
==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* [[Serge Gainsbourg]] – vocals
* [[Jane Birkin]] – vocals
* [[Arthur Greenslade]] – arrangement, orchestral direction
* Jean-Claude Desmarty – artistic production
* Jean D'Hughes – photography
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|{{Album chart|France|128|artist=Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg|album=Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 August 2018}}
|-
|[[United States]] ([[Billboard 200]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jane-birkin-serge-gainsbourg/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>||196
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs master|9511|Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg}}
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[[Category:1969 albums]]
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[[Category:Fontana Records albums]]
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[[Category:Albums arranged by Arthur Greenslade]]
[[Category:Vocal duet albums]]