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The song has been covered dozens of times. 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:{{ill|Marcel Mithois|Marcel Mithois]]fr}}. 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 widely sampled, 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>