San Tropez (song) San Tropez (song) "San Tropez" is the fourth track from the album "Meddle" by the band Pink Floyd. This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, "". Unlike the other tracks on "Meddle", "San Tropez" was not written collaboratively; instead, Roger Waters wrote the piece himself and brought it into the studio already finished. It is the only track on "Meddle" not co-written by David Gilmour. This song is about a place called Saint-Tropez, a commune of the Var département in southern France located on the French Riviera. The song reflects an idealised
Saint-Tropez landed in Saint-Tropez in 1615; a hero of the American Revolutionary War, Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez; the icon of modern Saint-Tropez, Brigitte Bardot, who started the clothes-optional revolution and still lives in the Saint-Tropez area; Louis de Funès, who played the character of the gendarme (police officer) in the French comedy film series "Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez" and also helped establish the international image of Saint-Tropez as both a quiet town and a modern jet-set holiday target. Non-exhaustive filmography Television series Literature Painting Music Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez (; "" in Provençal dialect) is a town on the French