Dalida's experimenting with exotica resulted with "Gondolier", released over Christmas in 1957. For the exotica song with accentuated vocals, Dalida delivered a TV appearance where, while sailing the imaginary gondola, her dress' shoulder strap fell down. The reappearances of the video in the 1970s made the moment famous, and public started considering it iconic as Dalida dared to do such thing on television during conventional times of society. Nevertheless, "Gondolier" debuted at number one on both French and Canadian charts where it spent four months, remained in top twenty for almost a year and became her biggest hit since "Bambino". Its B side Pardon also proved popular, reaching number one in Canada. Then Dalida also started to perform more frequently in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.