"Tomber la chemise" (literally "Taking Off Shirt" but the meaning is "Get ready to play hard")[1] is a 1998 song by the Toulousian collective Zebda.

This summer 1999 hit song "Tomber la chemise" was part of a sudden popularity trend by rappers of immigrant origins in France at that time.

[2] Although "Tomber la chemise" appeared to be an outsider in the race to the top of the charts that summer, this highly political song became the hit that finally brought Zebda national recognition after eleven years of existence.

In 1999, the song was parodied by Le Festival Roblès under the title "Solder la Chemise" ("Sell Off Your Shirt").

[10] In 2002, the song was covered by Yannick Noah, Michèle Laroque and Francis Cabrel on the album Tous dans le même bateau (All in the Same Boat),[11] also available on Les Enfoirés's the best of La compil' (vol.