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== Cover versions ==

The song has been frequently covered in the years since its release. 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=httphttps://wwwjulianweaver.hypo.ionet/index.php?aid=6je-2taime-moi-non-plus-a-maintes-reprises.html|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=414 AugustFebruary 20102025}}</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" 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 {{ill|Marcel Mithois|fr}}. Titled "Ça", it was recorded by [[Bourvil]] and [[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/>