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'''Yé-yé''' ({{IPA-fr|je.je}}) ('''''yeyé''''' in Spanish)<ref name="DRAE">{{cite book |title=yeyé at Diccionario de la lengua española {{!}} Edición del Tricentenario |date=2019 |publisher=Real Academia Española – ASALE |edition=23rd electronic |url=https://dle.rae.es/yey%C3%A9?m=form |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=es}}</ref> was a style of pop music that emerged from [[Southern Europe]] in the early 1960s. The term "yé-yé" was derived from the English term "yeah! yeah!", popularized by British [[beat music]] bands such as [[the Beatles]].<ref>(2003) ''Roomba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two guns'', {{ISBN|1-85984-368-9}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85984-368-0}}, p. 154: "Ye-ye IBP – French for pop musician, a term inspired by the 'yeah! yeah!' exclamations of rock and roll."</ref> The style expanded worldwide as the result of the success of figures such as French singer-songwriters [[Sylvie Vartan]], [[Serge Gainsbourg]] and [[Françoise Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crushable.com/other-stuff/the-best-of-ye-ye-pop/ |title=The Best Of ...Ye-Ye Pop |publisher=Crushable |date=2010-03-02 |accessdate=2014-06-04}}</ref> Yé-yé was a particular form of counterculture that derived most of its inspiration from British and American [[rock and roll]]. Additional stylistic elements of yé-yé song composition include baroque, exotica, pop, jazz and the French ''[[chanson]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2014/02/ye-ye-introduction|title=Red Bull Music Academy Daily|website=Daily.redbullmusicacademy.com|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>