L'OFFICIEL looks back on the best moments of the '60s power couple: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.

From writing saucy songs for <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/culture/why-you-must-see-this-exhibition-of-portraits-by-brigitte-bardot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brigitte Bardot</a> to propositioning Whitney Houston on TV, France's pop poet Serge Gainsbourg led a very scandalous life and music career. Since he met British actress and model <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/jane-birkin-leaves-us-at-the-age-of-76" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jane Birkin</a> on the set of the film Slogan, directed by Pierre Grimblat in 1968, they have been one of the most memorable couples of the late <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/fashion/look-outfit-beach-fashion-inspired-by-icons-60s-70s-80s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'60s</a>. Their passionate love, besides dominating the gossip columns of those years, is recounted in the songs, films, and photographs that portray the cheeky duo in their <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jane-birkin-serge-gainsbourg/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13-year romance</a>. Parents to actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, the happy couple spent many summers on the <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/culture/3-new-ephemeral-boutiques-in-saint-tropez-bdc-dior-jacquemus-indie-beach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">French Riviera</a> with their kids (Birkin is also mother to singer Lou Doillon and photographer Kate Barry) and fully embodied the epitome of the '70s bohemia with their great sense of style. To commemorate the late Gainsbourg's birthday, look back on his best moments with Birkin.

Jane Birkin with Serge Gainsbourg in Paris, 1969.

Gainsbourg and Birkin became creative partners  as well as romantic partners.

Their first hit song together was "Je t'aime... moi non plus," a song that Gainsbourg originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot. The version with Birkin rose to the top of the UK charts.

Gainsbourg was 18 years Birkin's senior, and she assumed a Lolita-like character in one of their songs together.

Gainsbourg and Birkin are photographed at the premiere of "Slogan," 1969.

The couple sit on the grass during an exhibition in Tuileries gardens in Paris, 1969.

Gainsbourg and Birkin attend the Gala des Artistes in Paris on April 25, 1969.

Although it was rumored that the pair got married, Gainsbourg and Birkin never tied the knot.

The cheeky couple on a karting racing circuit, 1970.

Gainsbourg tries jewels on Birkin at an exhibition opening at a Paris jeweler.

Gainsbourg with Birkin and daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg in France, 1973.

The power couple attend the Cannes Film Festival in May 1974.

Birkin stars in the 1976 film "Je t'aime, moi non plus," directed by Gainsbourg. Here, the couple are photographed in Munich promoting the movie.

Gainsbourg and Birkin holiday in Saint-Tropez as a family with Birkin's daughter, Kate Barry (middle), and Charlotte (carried by Birkin).

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's Love Affair in Photos

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