The producer of the album Je m'appelle Barbra, Ettore Stratta, recalled, “I was producing recordings by American artists singing in foreign language for the foreign markets. And it came the idea that we would do an EP— four songs— with Barbra in French. And then the project developed to such a point that she was so pleased, and of course she had just met Michel [Legrand] and fell in love with him — with his music, with his arranging and everything — that we extended the project and we made a whole LP.” 

En Français was the Streisand 45 RPM, 7-inch EP that was released in Europe by CBS Records — CBS Records was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS) that was formed in 1961 and launched in 1962. Previously Columbia Records used other record companies to distribute Columbia recordings outside North America.

En Français contained four songs—some which were not included on Barbra's 1966 French album Je m'appelle Barbra.

“Non ... c'est rien” appeared on the 1966 album Color Me Barbra.

“Les enfants qui pleurent” is the French version of “Martina” from Je m'appelle Barbra, but is not on that album.

“Et la mer” is the French version of “Look.” (The English version of “Look” was not included on Je m'appelle Barbra, but did appear on Columbia single #4-44225 as the B-side of “Stout-Hearted Men.”)

And, finally, the last track on En francais—“Le mur”—appeared on Je m'appelle Barbra along with its English version, “I've Been Here.”

Cover Photo ...

Philippe Halsman photographed Streisand in her Manhattan apartment in 1965. One of the photos from this session was used as the cover for Barbra's French EP.