France is the title of an early Libertines track that is credited to Barat, and thought to be written about a former French girlfriend of his. The song was included on The Libertines' second album, The Libertines as a hidden track. Before this, the song existed in demo form, and was recorded in the band's Odessa Studio Recordings, and Babyshambles sessions.
Lula Camus, a music photographer whose vocals appear on the Libertines song Smashing, claimed on Youtube (in a comment that has since been deleted) that the song is about her. However, in a November 2002 forum post, Peter Doherty wrote; "[Carl and I have] always had a thing about this place [Paris] ever since we first met and he played me one of his earliest known compositions which I added a verse to. It was called 'France' and was about a Gallic sort he had met called Solèn. He broke her heart as was usual. I remember he lived above a furniture shop in Mortlake with a different Peter and he['d] sit by the fire watching David Niven films staring at the abundance of lovelorn letters she sent him wondering how he could never write back: scrawling heartbloody replies and casting them into the flames."
| #1 (Up the) Albion Radio (Carl: Accoustic Session Mexico) |  Peter Doherty | Fan mixtape | 2014-02-01 |
| Jazz After Dark | Peter Doherty | Session | 2006 |
| Acoustic session, Mexico |  Carl Barat | Session | 2005-04 |
| Oui FM session | Carl Barat | Session | 2004-11-24 |
| Rolling Stone Session | Carl Barat | Session | 2004 |
| Babyshambles Sessions (3) |  The Libertines | Session | 2003-05 |
| Babyshambles Sessions (2) | The Libertines | Session | 2003-05 |
| Babyshambles Sessions (1) | The Libertines | Session | 2003-05 |
| Monitor Mixes | The Libertines | Session | 2003 |
| Legs 11 | The Libertines | Demo | 2001-09 |
| Odessa Studio Recordings (2) | The Libertines | Session | Unknown |
 St.Petersburg @Kosmonavt (1) |  Carl Barat & The Jackals | 2015-12-04 | |
 Rock en Seine 2015 | The Libertines | Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud | 2015-08-29 |
 100 Club (Acoustic) | Carl Barat & The Jackals | Wesminster, London | 2014-11-21 |
| BST, Hyde Park, London (With another Interruption) | The Libertines | Hyde Park, London | 2014-07-05 |
| La Maroquinerie | Peter Doherty | Paris, France | 2013-02-04 |
 Uebel & Gefährlich | Carl Barat | Hamburg | 2010-11-01 |
| Rescue Rooms (1) | Carl Barat | Nottingham | 2010-10-18 |
| Levi's Regent Street | Carl Barat | Oxford London | 2010-08-26 |
| Cité de la Musique | Peter Doherty | Paris, France | 2010-07-07 |
| The Boogaloo, London | The Libertines | The Boogaloo, London | 2010-03-31 |
| Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline | Carl Barat | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline | 2009-06-09 |
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The Ideal girl in London from France
Came over then left me
She left me entranced
Now I have to get by once again on my own
Nothing but memories
So I remember your eyes that unique shade of brown
While these blue eyes of mine they stay closed
I kissed you goodbye
On the M109 I choked as I watched the bus go
Choking and smoking to your angelic soul
choking and smoking myself into a hole
Where the only way out is to sleep and to dream
And to cry out your name.
NameFrance
BandThe Libertines
CreditsCarl Barat
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