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Piaf dedicated her recording of the song to the (1956–1962), and the Legion—who had backed a temporary Putsch by the French military against the civilian leadership of Algeria—adopted the song when their resistance was broken in April 1961, singing it as they were ordered at gunpoint aboard evacuation vehicles.Porch, Douglas (1991). ''The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History''. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-43427-7 The song remains popular with the Legion and is sung when they are on parade. Ironically, the song was adopted as "a personal anthem" by a person on the diametrically opposite political pole - the former Dutch Colonial soldier Johan Cornelis Princen (better known as Poncke Princen ) who in 1948 deserted, joined the pro-independence Indonesia n rebels fighting against the Dutch, lived out the rest of his life as an Indonesian political and human rights activist, and spent more than eight years in the prisons of his adopted country, under various dicatorships. From his own point of view, he too cited the sentiments expressed in Piaf's song as reflecting his own.Ed McWilliams, former US Foreign Service Officer, in The Jakarta Post, February 28, 2002 {Link without Title} RECORDINGS AND PERFORMANCES The song has been recorded or performed live by many artists aside from Piaf, including Kay Starr . Lesley Garrett , Elaine Paige , Tina Arena , Isabelle Boulay , Mireille Mathieu , Garou , Patricia Kaas , Karen Akers , Marc Lavoine and Grace Jones . POPULAR CULTURE In the United Kingdom, the song was at one time associated with the former Conservative Party Chancellor Of The Exchequer , Norman Lamont , who is said to have sung it in the bath on the night of the country's withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992. Lamont later quoted the song's title to sum up his political career.Johnston, Philip (16 Mar. 2004). " It ain't over till the Home Secretary sings ". ''The Daily Telegraph''. It was also featured in the movie Bull Durham (although the character Nuke LaLoosh refers to Piaf as a "crazy Mexican singer").
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