Axel Bauer

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Axel Bauer is a French songwriter, singer, and one of the finest guitarists of his generation in France. He rose to fame in 1983 with "Cargo", a groundbreaking track that became a cultural phenomenon. Spending months number one, the song introduced a bold new sound and a revolutionary visual identity through its iconic music video imagined by Axel himself and directed by the legendary Jean-Baptiste Mondino—the first ever broadcast on MTV France. This unique work transcended its time and even inspired Roger Daltrey of The Who to release an English cover, "Take Me Home".

Axel has since crafted a singular musical universe, blending atmospheric and melodic rock with unifying, anthemic songs. Among his timeless hits are "Éteins la lumière" (1990), a rock classic, and the duet "À ma place" with Zazie (2002), which became a massive chart success.
Other key milestones include:
2006: The album Bad Cowboy.
2013: Peaux de Serpent, a dark, intimate, and neo-romantic album that displayed Axel’s artistic evolution.
2015: Participation in Autour de la Guitare, alongside guitar legends such as Robben Ford, Bumblefoot, and Larry Carlton.
2017: Release of Live à Ferber
In 2022, Axel released "Radio Londres", an album praised by critics for its depth and artistry. A major tour across France followed, with standout performances at Le Trianon and the Olympia.
Currently, Axel is working on his next album, set for release in 2025.

Genres

: chanson french pop variete francaise french house

Total plays

41.8 million

Updated on 2025-04-26

Date	Total plays
2025-04-26	41,838,677
2025-04-16	41,632,563
2025-04-09	41,483,129
2025-03-31	41,284,642
2025-03-23	41,128,313
2025-03-14	40,950,723
2025-03-05	40,776,534
2025-02-25	40,613,804
2025-02-15	40,424,174
2025-02-07	40,268,754
2025-01-27	40,051,538
2025-01-19	39,899,028
2025-01-10	39,720,399
2025-01-02	39,578,670
2024-12-24	39,395,916
2024-12-16	39,203,013
2024-12-07	39,079,264
2024-07-03	36,614,118
2024-06-02	36,092,317
2024-05-19	35,852,814
2024-05-02	35,551,096
2024-04-16	35,256,039
2024-04-02	35,027,689
2024-03-18	34,762,179
2024-03-03	34,501,337
2024-02-18	34,251,434
2023-12-03	32,883,210
2023-10-24	32,173,276
2023-10-06	31,859,237
2023-09-20	31,578,708
2023-08-30	30,787,728
2023-08-26	30,688,397
2023-08-22	28,495,973

Social media links

Monthly listeners

260,590

Followers

69,016

Top Cities

Paris

20,376 listeners
Brussels

14,281 listeners
Lyon

13,419 listeners
Toulouse

7,916 listeners
Nantes

8,016 listeners

Related artists

Stephan Eicher

Les Innocents

Zazie

De Palmas

Catherine Ringer

Gaëtan Roussel

Carole Fredericks

Mickey 3d

Dani

Jean-Louis Aubert

Marc Lavoine

Niagara

Téléphone

Michel Berger

Nanette Workman

Alain Souchon

Laurent Voulzy

Hervé Cristiani

Michael Jones

Daniel Balavoine

Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
A ma place	16,215,078	5:30	2000-01-01
Cargo	10,131,289	4:51	1983-01-01
Eteins la lumière	7,237,663	4:18	1990-01-01
A ma place - Extended	1,738,077	5:49	2008-01-01
À ma place - Radio Edit	701,566	4:20	2021-04-30
A Ma Place	701,566	4:20	2013-01-01
Weekend Heroes - Bauer & Lanford Remix	457,643	6:14	2012-01-01
Wildheart	442,654	2:50	2011-01-01
L'homme qui court	362,336	4:03	2022-05-13
Ici Londres - Version Single	352,016	3:37	2022-01-12
C'est malin	221,727	6:29	2021-11-24
Ici Londres - Version Album	196,920	4:42	2022-02-22
Éteins la lumière - Live à Ferber	179,675	5:56	2017-05-12
C'est vraiment trop bête	170,251	2:31	2017-09-08
À ma place - Live au Bataclan / 2003	165,811	5:26	2003-01-01
Cargo (Club Edit)	160,387	6:26	1983-01-01
Personne n'est parfait	118,145	4:18	2000-01-01
Mens-moi	112,196	4:10	2000-01-01
Terre	109,403	4:13	2001-01-01
Laisse venir - Live à Ferber	78,829	8:29	2017-05-12
Cargo - Live à Ferber	71,194	5:52	2017-05-12
Wildheart - Extended	68,672	3:35	2011-01-01
Ce que tu ne sais pas	68,194	3:33	2022-05-13
Cargo (Remix)	64,661	5:59	1983-01-01
Eteins la lumière - Radio Edit	61,231	3:45	1990-01-01
Souviens-toi	60,463	4:30	2013-03-04
Achète-moi une âme	57,275	5:07	2022-05-13
Double Axel	56,605	4:30	2010-01-01
J'aime ça	53,635	4:33	2022-05-13
Est-ce ainsi que les hommes vivent	50,823	4:50	2022-05-13
Laisse venir - Radio Edit	47,909	3:31	2022-12-09
Tout l'or du monde	45,002	4:54	2022-05-13
Tu Seras Bien	44,690	3:57	2000-01-01
Tu Me Tues	38,384	3:19	2006-01-01
Envole-toi	35,557	4:42	2022-05-13
Re-Connaissance	33,674	6:25	2000-01-01
Il nous faut la pierre	32,368	3:52	2003-09-30
Le jour s'enfuit	29,065	3:59	2022-05-13
À qui n'a pas aimé	27,508	6:47	2022-05-13
La chasse à l'instant - Live à Ferber	26,211	4:26	2017-05-12
Celui qui marche devant (feat. Axel Bauer) (2014) - Remasterisé en 2016	26,064	4:35	2014-04-28
Pense à nous - Live à Ferber	26,027	4:57	2017-05-12
Au-dessus des villes	25,914	5:03	1990-01-01
Tout Ca C'Est Rythmique	25,256	4:51	2000-01-01
Souviens-toi - Live à Ferber	25,042	4:17	2017-05-12
00 Zen - Live à Ferber	24,147	6:10	2017-05-12
Red House	24,129	7:01	2003-08-26
Une Priere	24,086	5:10	2000-01-01
Le jour se lève	23,897	4:53	2022-05-13
Aveugle - Live à Ferber	23,447	5:19	2017-05-12
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça	23,431	2:15	2001-01-01
Aveugle Et Sourd	23,167	5:16	2006-01-01
Le petit singe	22,188	2:39	2017-09-08
Qu'On M'Oublie	21,491	5:37	2000-01-01
Soldier	21,478	4:45	2024-06-07
Tous les hommes à la mer	20,010	4:14	2013-03-04
Elle est SM	18,885	3:55	2013-03-04
2000 Raisons	18,664	4:57	2000-01-01
Personne n'est parfait - Live à Ferber	18,101	4:46	2017-05-12
Celle Qui M'Arrive	17,651	4:06	2006-01-01
Alligator - Live à Ferber	17,445	3:51	2017-05-12
Je fais de mon corps	17,093	5:20	2013-03-04
Le grand soleil	17,057	4:34	1990-01-01
Achille	15,670	5:57	2000-01-01
Pense à nous	15,494	4:27	2013-03-04
Maria	15,155	6:42	1990-01-01
Rien ne s'oublie	14,751	4:32	2013-03-04
La chasse à l'instant	14,325	2:54	2013-03-04
Bad Cowboy	14,300	4:09	2006-01-01
Le jour de ça	14,282	3:39	2013-03-04
Marche	14,102	4:44	2000-01-01
L'enfer	13,876	4:10	2013-03-04
Si Je Pouvais	13,686	4:59	2006-01-01
Sentinelle	13,617	4:28	1990-01-01
Révolution	13,397	4:36	1990-01-01
Réveille-toi	12,746	4:27	2003-01-01
Le jardin sauvage	12,744	4:43	1987-01-01
Lève-toi - Live à Ferber	12,641	4:55	2017-05-12
Phantasmes	12,573	4:29	1984-01-01
Orfèvre de l'inutile	11,125	4:32	2013-03-04
Aveugle	11,002	5:08	2013-03-04
Les mots bleus	10,773	9:04	2022-01-01
Orfèvre de l'inutile - Live à Ferber	10,586	4:48	2017-05-12
Bonnie And Clyde	9,827	5:12	1998-01-01
Tout roule	9,750	4:06	2020-03-23
Lève-toi	9,528	3:28	2013-03-04
Ma Liberté	9,320	4:43	2006-01-01
Salam	9,165	4:48	1990-01-01
Jessy	8,960	4:46	1987-01-01
Vaisseau amiral	8,299	5:26	2019-11-15
Métamorphosis	7,795	5:28	1990-01-01
Laisse venir	7,040	4:11	2003-01-01
Fais Comme Si	7,015	3:38	2006-01-01
Alligator	6,639	4:50	2006-01-01
Le voyageur	6,324	4:37	1990-01-01
Rock Me Baby	6,070	4:58	2010-01-01
Métamorphosis - Live	6,008	6:17	2003-01-01
Shine	5,858	4:53	2006-01-01
Une Place Au Soleil	5,732	5:05	2006-01-01
Qui me protège	5,238	3:26	2003-01-01
Vipère danse	5,177	4:54	1987-01-01
Nomade	5,110	7:25	1998-01-01
Dance On	5,031	4:52	1990-01-01
Laisse Venir	5,010	5:24	1998-01-01
Back to Earth	4,962	4:13	2019-12-06
Jam I	4,899	1:04	2006-01-01
Tout Reste Encore A Faire	4,893	3:49	2006-01-01
Révolution	4,179	4:54	2003-01-01
Simple d'esprit	4,159	4:46	2003-01-01
Tout Va Bien	4,081	3:44	2006-01-01
Eternal	3,989	7:25	1998-01-01
Merci	3,917	3:12	2006-01-01
Ma Liberté II	3,711	4:18	2006-01-01
Les nouveaux seigneurs	3,655	5:45	1987-01-01
00 Zen	3,577	6:47	1998-01-01
Jam III	3,486	2:35	2006-01-01
Jam II	3,323	0:38	2006-01-01
Simple Mortel	3,317	4:58	1998-01-01
A Contre Sens	3,078	3:57	1998-01-01
Phantasmes (Remix)	3,023	5:28	1984-01-01
Sex Machine	2,892	4:09	1987-01-01
At the End of the Road	2,783	5:25	2019-12-06
Simple D'Esprit	2,693	3:51	1998-01-01
Angel	2,664	6:15	1998-01-01
Rock Me Baby	2,491	3:33	2010-11-23
00 Zen - Live	2,462	7:26	2003-01-01
Singing Call	2,237	6:39	1998-01-01
Le tunnel	2,152	3:54	1987-01-01
Laura	1,752	3:11	1987-01-01
So Alone	1,736	4:26	1996-01-01
Phantasmes (Club Edit)	1,646	7:43	1984-01-01
L'homme qui rit	1,432	4:09	1987-01-01
Sous le soleil du Texas	1,425	3:46	1987-01-01
Chaque cri chaque pleur	1,299	4:23	1987-01-01
Another Day - feat. Lanford & Stephen Pickup	< 1000	6:17	2012-01-01
Mirza	< 1000	2:30	2008-01-01
COLORFUL FLOWER	< 1000	1:55	2021-06-18
Personne n'est parfait	< 1000	4:13	2003-05-01
Laisse venir	< 1000	5:32	2003-05-01
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)	< 1000	4:34	2003-05-01
Cargo de nuit - Live	< 1000	5:01	2003-05-01
À ma place - Live	< 1000	4:56	2003-05-01
Top Of The Hill	< 1000	4:36	2003-05-01