Whose the lady speaking in French toward in of song?

[Translation in brackets]
Vous etiez de l'autre cote de la salle
[U were on the other end of the room/hall]
Vous dansiez si fort
[U were dancing so hard/strong]
Je sentais votre parfum
[I could smell your perfume]
Votre sourire me dit que nous devrions nous parler
[Your smile told me we should talk]
Sexe et repos
[Sex and rest]
Baby
Je sais que vous aimerez ca
[I know U'll like that]
Vous n'y resisterez pas
[U won't resist it/to it]
Baby
Je vous enlacerai avec mes jambes
[I'll wrap my legs around U]
Baby
Pendant des heures je vais vous etonner
[During hours I'll astound U (?)]
Baby
Faire l'amour Faire l'amour
[Make love make love]
Nous nous rencontrerons
[We'll meet]

I'm just going by memory here so I may have the name slightly wrong, or be totally wrong about this but I think it was Prince's clothes designer or costumer at the time, Marie France. I think I read he liked her voice and asked her to do that part and she was like "OK".

Astasheiks said:

Whose the lady speaking in French toward in of song?

[Translation in brackets]
Vous etiez de l'autre cote de la salle
[U were on the other end of the room/hall]
Vous dansiez si fort
[U were dancing so hard/strong]
Je sentais votre parfum
[I could smell your perfume]
Votre sourire me dit que nous devrions nous parler
[Your smile told me we should talk]
Sexe et repos
[Sex and rest]
Baby
Je sais que vous aimerez ca
[I know U'll like that]
Vous n'y resisterez pas
[U won't resist it/to it]
Baby
Je vous enlacerai avec mes jambes
[I'll wrap my legs around U]
Baby
Pendant des heures je vais vous etonner
[During hours I'll astound U (?)]
Baby
Faire l'amour Faire l'amour
[Make love make love]
Nous nous rencontrerons
[We'll meet]

Yes it is & Marie France was paid so she could afford a Mercedes (interview from her).

122884 said:

I'm just going by memory here so I may have the name slightly wrong, or be totally wrong about this but I think it was Prince's clothes designer or costumer at the time, Marie France. I think I read he liked her voice and asked her to do that part and she was like "OK".

You remembered correctly. It was Marie France, Prince's clothing designer at the time.

NorthC said:

But... Who is Marie France? Doesn't sound like a real name to me...

http://www.imdb.com/name/...fc_fc_cr13

And today also seems an appropriate day to refer back to these articles about her collaborative work too:

http://www.billboard.com/...-interview

http://fashionfilmstudies...egler.html

leadline said: