Déjeuner en paix

"Déjeuner en paix" is a 1991 pop rock song recorded by Swiss singer Stephan Eicher.

Written by Philippe Djian and composed by Eicher, it was released in the middle of 1991 as the lead single from his sixth studio album Engelberg, on which it appears as the fourth track.

"Déjeuner en paix" was written by Philippe Djian who submitted the lyrics to Eicher, and the latter decided to put them in a melody from an erratic sample on the synthesizer.

Released during the Gulf War (1990-1991), the song deals with a couple who wants to have breakfast without listening the bad news from the radio.

[1] According to Elia Habib, an expert of the French charts, the text "follows the random and sometimes incoherent thread of a spontaneous story where times collide; the style oscillates between direct and reported dialogues, narration and thoughts".