"Les Cactus" (French pronunciation: [le kaktys], lit.
'The Cactus') is the third single by French singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc, released in 1967.
It reached number 4 in the French singles chart in March 1967, selling over 400,000 copies.
[1][2] The song was referenced by French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou in the Assemblée Nationale to indicate his feelings towards his former Finance Minister, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was a harsh critic of his successor Michel Debré: "As Jacques Dutronc says, there is a cactus here".
[2] A live cover of the song was released as a single by Vanessa Paradis in 1994.