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== Covers ==
The song has been covered dozens of times, both serious and comedic. In 1969, the Hollywood 101 Strings Orchestra released a 7-inch record single (on A/S Records label) with two versions: the A-side featured a fully instrumental recording while the B-side had sexually suggestive vocalizations done by Bebe Bardon.<ref name=hypo>{{cite web|url=http://www.hypo.io/index.php?aid=6-2|title=je t'aime moi non plus: a maintes reprises transcript|last=Weaver|first=Julian|date=14 February 2003|work=hypo.io|publisher=Resonance FM|access-date=4 August 2010}}</ref> The first covers were instrumentals, "Love at first sight", after the original was banned;<ref name=hypo/> the first version by a British group named Sounds Nice (featuring Tim Mycroft on keyboard) became a top 20 hit.<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The encyclopedia of popular music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xx71AAAAMAAJ&q=Love+at+first+Sight|edition=3|volume=7|year=1998|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0-333-74134-X|page=5049}}</ref> (The group's name "sounds nice" actually represents the two words [[Paul McCartney]] said when he heard this instrumental cover of the song). The first parody was written in 1970 by Gainsbourg himself and [[:fr:Marcel Mithois|Marcel Mithois]]. Titled "Ça", it was recorded by [[Bourvil]] and [[:fr:Jacqueline Maillan|Jacqueline Maillan]], Bourvil's last release before his death.<ref name=hypo/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|title=Paris|last=Way|first=Michael|date=5 September 1970|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 August 2010}}</ref> Other comedy versions were made by [[Frankie Howerd]] and [[June Whitfield]], [[Judge Dread]], and [[Gorden Kaye]] and [[Vicki Michelle]], stars of the BBC TV comedy ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' in character.<ref name=hypo/>
 
The first parody was written in 1970 by Gainsbourg himself and [[:fr:Marcel Mithois|Marcel Mithois]]. Titled "Ça", it was recorded by [[Bourvil]] and [[:fr:Jacqueline Maillan|Jacqueline Maillan]], Bourvil's last release before his death.<ref name=hypo/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|title=Paris|last=Way|first=Michael|date=5 September 1970|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 August 2010}}</ref> Other comedy versions were made by [[Frankie Howerd]] and [[June Whitfield]], [[Judge Dread]], and [[Gorden Kaye]] and [[Vicki Michelle]], stars of the BBC TV comedy ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' in character.<ref name=hypo/>
''Je t'aime'' has been sampled in many other songs, including: "[[A Fair Affair (Je T'Aime)]]" by [[Misty Oldland]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/misty-oldland-et-brand-new-heavies_598343.html|title=Misty Oldland et Brand New Heavies|date=16 June 1994|work=L'Express|language=fr|access-date=31 July 2011}}</ref> "[[Guitar Song]]" by [[Texas (band)|Texas]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/les-tubes-de-texas-et-des-inedits-28-10-2000-2001723879.php|title=Les tubes de Texas et des inédits|last=Catroux|first=Sébastien|date=28 October 2000|newspaper=[[Le Parisien]]|access-date=5 August 2010}}</ref> and a version of "[[Breathe (Kylie Minogue song)|Breathe]]" in [[Kylie Minogue]]'s 2003 [[Money Can't Buy]] concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3606754/A-real-tour-de-force.html|title=A real tour de force|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=17 November 2003|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=5 August 2010|___location=London}}</ref>
 
''Je t'aime'' has been widely sampled in many other songs, including: on "[[A Fair Affair (Je T'Aime)]]" by [[Misty Oldland]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/misty-oldland-et-brand-new-heavies_598343.html|title=Misty Oldland et Brand New Heavies|date=16 June 1994|work=L'Express|language=fr|access-date=31 July 2011}}</ref> "[[Guitar Song]]" by [[Texas (band)|Texas]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/les-tubes-de-texas-et-des-inedits-28-10-2000-2001723879.php|title=Les tubes de Texas et des inédits|last=Catroux|first=Sébastien|date=28 October 2000|newspaper=[[Le Parisien]]|access-date=5 August 2010}}</ref> and a version of "[[Breathe (Kylie Minogue song)|Breathe]]" in [[Kylie Minogue]]'s 2003 [[Money Can't Buy]] concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3606754/A-real-tour-de-force.html|title=A real tour de force|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=17 November 2003|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=5 August 2010|___location=London}}</ref>
The song's title was used, partly in French and partly in Russian, as the title of Russian singer [[Eva Polna]]'s ''Je T'aime (Я тебя тоже нет)'', "Я тебя тоже нет" (ya tebya tozhe nyet) meaning "I (don’t love) you either".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/news/view/show/20615|title = Eva Polna to present new concert program All About Me (TopHit News)| website=[[Tophit]] }}</ref>
 
Zvonimir Levačić 'Ševa' and Ivica Lako 'Laky', members of the Croatian antitelevision late night talk show [[Nightmare Stage]], performed a live version of the song as part of a [[Parody|spoof]] singing competition during the show's airing. This version was later named the weirdest cover of the song ever.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_worst_best_cover_of_serge_gainsbourgs_infamous_je_taime_that_yo|title=THE WORST/BEST COVER VERSION OF SERGE GAINSBOURG'S INFAMOUS 'JE T'AIME…' THAT YOU'LL EVER HEAR (Dangerous Minds)|date=21 April 2017 }}</ref>