Old music: Les Rita Mitsouko – Marcia Baila

This electrifying piece of French Day-Glo pop caught the imagination of one young BritonLes Rita Mitsouko are a French art-pop duo I've been obsessed with since hearing them on a family summer holiday to France in 1987, and Marcia Baila is their most famous song, their first big hit in their homeland and across Europe in 1984. It's a fantastic slice of Day-Glo 80s synth pop, and the video is still an eye-popper – I'm sure I remember reading it was one of the first music videos to feature in th...

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