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"City of Love" is a song from "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!". It is performed by Isabella as she tries to persuade Phineas to relax with her and enjoy their stay in Paris, despite his efforts to fix the plane. The number starts out with a sense of optimism, but as it becomes apparent that Isabella's efforts to share a romantic moment with Phineas are in vain, sinks into a dull and gloomy tone. This song was voted #6 on "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne".

Lyrics[]

Isabella: So, Phineas, what do you think of the City of Love?
Phineas: I wish it was the City of Airplane Parts...
Isabella: Oh, you're just too stressed! You should take a moment to relax and enjoy it.

We could share a crêpe sucrée
At this Parisian café
Phineas: Huh. That awning could be used as a sail! Or, you know, a parachute, depending on how things go.
Isabella: Take a break and smell these flowers
Underneath the Eiffel Tower
Phineas: I wonder if they still have pieces of that hanging around? The rivets would come in handy.
Isabella: Oh, Phineas...

Won't you share a crème brûlée with me?
Phineas: Hey, look at that nifty little blow torch.
Isabella: How perfect could this be
In the City of Love?
Couples: (In the City of Love)
Isabella: In the City of Love
Ferb: (In the City of Love)

Isabella: We could try some fancy cheese
Or peruse the galleries
Phineas: I wonder if oil-based paint is combustible...as a rocket fuel.
Isabella: Isn't this a perfect day?
How do I look in this beret?
Phineas: Oh, that reminds me! We might need helmets.

Isabella: Oh, how can he not feel the same way
When we're strolling down the Champs-Élysées
In the City of Love?
Lady: (In the City of Love)
Couples: (In the City of Love)

Isabella: I wish that he would whisper "ma chérie, je t'aime"
But all he wants to do is try to fix that plane

In the City of Love
Artist: (In the City of Love)
Isabella: In the City of Love (in the City of Love)
In the City of Love.... (in the City of Lo-o-ove...)

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Background information[]

  • A crêpe sucrée is a sweetened dessert similar to a pancake.
  • A crème brûlée is a dessert made of custard and caramelized sugar. The sugar is often caramelized with a small torch shortly before serving.
  • Differences between the broadcast version and the soundtrack version:
    • The opening dialogue between Phineas and Isabella has been rerecorded.
    • Neither Ferb nor the painter sing in the soundtrack and were replaced by the usual chorus voices.
  • Champs-Élysées is a famous street in Paris. The Arc de Triomphe can be seen in the background, a famous landmark on this street.
  • "Ma chérie, je t'aime" translates to English as "My darling, I love you".
  • "We could try some fancy cheese" is a reference to France being famous for its cheeses.
  • A Beret is a traditional hat associated with France. It is also the type of hat Isabella and the Fireside Girls (except Melissa) wear as part of their uniform.
  • The background colors go from bright to muted as well as hearts and broken hearts throughout the song, perhaps to reflect how Isabella feels as the song goes on.
  • A mime can be seen in two scenes releasing a red balloon into the air, possibly paying homage to the popular French short film, Le Ballon Rouge (English: The Red Balloon). Another mime is seen just before "Follow the Sun" is sung. It is unknown if they are the same mime.
  • The scene where Vanessa drives Ferb on a motorcycle is similar to a scene in Ratatouille, when Colette and Linguini drive romantically through the streets of Paris.
  • Ferb's line, "In The City of Love", was sung in a low voice. It is similar to Ferb's line in "Gitchee Gitchee Goo", "Baby, baby, baby", because it was also a low note.
  • After the painter shows his painting to Isabella, Phineas stares at the famous Parisian cabaret, "Le Moulin Rouge".
  • Phineas mentions a blowtorch, like he also did in "Rollercoaster" and "No More Bunny Business".
  • This is the 6th song Isabella has at least one solo singing line. The others are "In the Mall", "S'Winter", "Ballad of Badbeard", "Where Did We Go Wrong?", and "Danville for Niceness".
  • Fifth time a mime shows up ("Comet Kermillian", "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown", "Cheer Up Candace", "Picture This"). Also, just before this song is sung, a mime can be seen at Jeremy's hotel.
  • First time Isabella has sung about Phineas. The second time is in "What'cha Doin'?".
  • The painter is seen again in "Give Up" in the Season 3 episode "Last Train to Bustville".
  • An instrumental of this song is heard in "Buford Confidential" while Buford is walking with Brigitte in Paris, France.
  • "Oh, how can he not feel the same way / When we're strolling down the Champs-Élysées" is one of Dan Povenmire's favorite lyrics.[1]

Errors[]

  • At the beginning of the last verse when Phineas and Isabella approach the fountain, Isabella is suddenly smiling despite being upset and sad. She is frowning again in the next shot.
  • When Isabella is finishing singing the lines "...underneath the Eiffel Tower" and "...or peruse the galleries" her mouth isn't open.
  • Fromagerie is incorrectly spelled as Fromageria on a shop window.
  • Je t'aime is mispronounced by Isabella as "sha-tame", it should be pronounced "sha-tem".

Songwriters[]

BMI Work #11885887

References[]

See also[]

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"Phineas and Ferb Theme" | "If Summer Only Lasted One Day" | "Backyard Beach" | "Our Song"
"Perry the Platypus" | "Audition Medley" | "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" | "Evil Jingle"
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"Perry the Teenage Girl" | "Dirge" | "Flying Fishmonger" | "It's Candace" | "One Good Scare"
"He's Eviler" | "Impress My Professor" | "Busted Conga" | "Pinhead Pierre" | "Hail Doofania!"
"Let's Take A Rocketship To Space" | "Shooting Star Milkshake Bar" | "The Good Life" | "Little Brothers"
"Chains on Me" | "Corndog Jingle" | "Sleepy Ending" | "Baliwood" | "Queen of Mars"
Season 2
"Phineas and Ferb Theme"| "Evil Jingle" | "Mission Song" | "Save You Save Me" | "My Wettest Friend"
"Quirky Worky Song" | "Perfect Day" | "A-G-L-E-T" | "Flawless Girl" | "When Will He Call Me?"
"Come On, Kids!" | "It's Elementary" | "Watchin' and Waitin'" | "Do Nothing Day"
"Happy Evil Love Song" | "Technology vs. Nature" | "Let's Go Digital" | "My Ride From Outer Space"
"Bango Ru" | "Kick My Way Into Her Heart" | "Loser Let's Boogie" | "So Peanutty"
"Big Ginormous Airplane" | "Let's Take a Quiz" | "Flip Flop Jingle" | "Phintastic Ferbulous Car Wash"
"Come Home Perry" | "Carl, the Intern" | "When You're Small" | "Boat of Romance"
"Gotta Make Summer Last" | "Gimme a Grade" | "I'm Me" | "X-Ray Eyes" | "Spa Day" | "Dr. Coconut"
"Today is Gonna Be a Great Day" | "Also Sprach Zarathustra" | "Charmed Life" | "Ready for the Bettys"
"Queen of Mars" | "Ain't Got Rhythm" | "I Love You Mom" | "E.V.I.L. B.O.Y.S."
"S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)" | "Little Brothers" | "Busted" | "Backyard Beach"
"My Name is Doof" | "His Name is Doof" | "Gitchee Gitchee Goo" | "Yodel Odel Obey Me"
"Important to Look Your Best" | "Fireside Girls Anthem" | "Stiff Beauty" | "Mix and Mingle Machine"
"Go Candace" | "He'll Do Anything But Go Away" | "Not So Bad A Dad"
"Mexican-Jewish Cultural Festival" | "There is No Candy in Me" | "Let's All Dance Until We're Sick"
"Evil Hand Rap" | "That's Wings, You Turkey" | "What Do It Do?" | "Bust Em Beat Em Frenzy"
"Funky Robot Romance" | "Atlantis" |"Bobblehead Perry the Platypus" | "Winter Vacation"
"Twelve Days of Christmas" | "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" | "That Christmas Feeling"
"That Christmas Feeling (Reprise)" | "We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Carolers' Version)"
"Where Did We Go Wrong?" | "Danville for Niceness"
"Christmas Cannot Be Destroyed Not Even by a Naughty-Inator" | "Christmas is Starting Now"
"Thank You Santa" | "What Does He Want?" | "Just Passing Through" | "Wedding Adventure"
"Bubble Gum" | "Tuff Gum" | "Alabama Bound" | "Carl, Incognito" | "When You Levitate"
"Tri-State Area Unification Day" | "You're Not Ferb" | "So Busted" | "Ain't No Kiddie Ride"
"Space Adventure" | "Busted Dance" | "Bust Your Brothers" | "Robot Rodeo" | "Izzy's Got the Frizzies"
"Yippy Ki Yi Yay!" | "The Beak" | "Pioneer Quirky" | "Ordinary Day" | "You're My Better Best Friend"
"Prime Calypso" | "Bad Luck" | "Agent W Theme" | "Doof 'N' Puss" | "Ducky Momo is My Friend"
"Glorf" | "To War" | "Ducky Momo Theme Song" | "Yellow Sidewalk" | "I Wish I Was Cool"
"Tree Related Wish" | "Want Nothing" | "Guard Song" | "Red Rubber Boots" | "Rusted"
"Not Knowing Where You're Going" | "I'm Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun" | "Alien Heart"
"All Terrain Vehicle" | "Gimme Your Money" | "Keep on Building" | "I'm Through with Me"
"I Want to Sing" | "There's a Platypus Controlling Me" | "Hey Ferb" | "You're Going Down"
"What'cha Doin'?" | "Monogram Box Song" | "Mom Look" | "Aren't You a Little Young?"
"Back in Gimmelshtump" | "Rollercoaster" | "Carpe Diem" | "Breath" | "Candace Party"
Season 3
"Phineas and Ferb Theme" | "Evil Jingle" | "Rain-Inator" | "Set the Record Straight" | "Do the Moan"
"Brahms's Lullaby" | "Just the Two of Us" | "Run, Candace, Run" | "Give Up"
"Doofenshmirtz Vacation Condo" | "Ferb" | "Mission Song" | "Ballad of Badbeard"
"Also Sprach Zarathustra" | "Quirky Worky Song" | "F-Games" | "Fireside Howl"
"A-G-L-E-T" | "Gotta Make Summer Last" | "Yippy Ki Yi Yay!" | "Shark of Danville Harbor"
"The Mermaid Brought My Boots" | "Moon Farm" | "Super Computer" | "Shangri-La" | "Funhouse"
"Dance Baby" | "Pinhead Pierre" | "Aerial Area Rug" | "Shot in the Butt with a Dart" | "Meatloaf"
"Blueprints" | "Snacks" | "Sunshine and Bubble Gum" | "Real Boy"
"The Truckers Saved Christmas" | "Alabama Bound" | "Little Bit of Home on the Road"
"Bust is in the Bag" | "Tour de Ferb" | "Skiddley Whiffers" | "Poison Sumac" | "Not as Much"
"Lady Song" | "Football X-7" | "Victory Dance" | "Nostrils on the Bus" | "Evil Tonight"
"Were-Cow" | "Vampire Song" | "Breakin' Out" | "Frenemies" | "Ferb Latin"
"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" | "Oh, Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated"
"Good King Wenceslas" | "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" | "Zubada" | "The Way of the Platypus"
"Mid Summer Harvest" | "Questing Song" | "Epic Monster Battle" | "Don't Look Down"
"Perry in a Fez" | "Cereal Tune" | "Deep Into Your Mind‎‎" | "Ants" | "Cheesetopia"
"Perry's Hat" | "Perry Tronic" | "Let's Spend Half a Day" | "Lies" | "Free"
"Big Honkin' Hole in My Heart" | "I'm Handsome" | "Drusselstein DMV" | "Looking for Books"
"Drusselstein Driving Test Waltz" | "Big Mitch" | "Peter and Perry" | "Wee Wee Wee"
"Sucker for Mass Transit" | "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart" | "He's Driving Safe"
"He's on His Way" | "Sci Fi Speculative" | "Going to City Hall" | "Kitty in a Box"
"He's Not Sure" | "We Wanna Eat" | "Sliding Down a Tube" | "Paul's Revelation Operetta"
"Alouette" | "Home on the Range" | "Runnin' from Love (In a Bear Suit)" | "Awesome"
"Mallet Song" | "We Are the Moms" | "Big Brain" | "Here's Why It is Great to Be a Baby"
"S'Fall" | "Horse in a Bookcase" | "Subterranean Crocodile Apprehension Expedition"
"I'm Unconsciously Creating Truly Evil Inators" | "Jetpack Volleyball"
"Monogram Rap This Old Man" | "Non-Reaction Song" | "Won't Keep Us Apart" | "Swap Meet"
"Carl, the Intern" | "He's Major Monogram" | "When Platypi Fight" | "Weaponry"
"On the Savannah" | "Highly Unconventional Vehicle" | "Evil for Extra Credit" | "Livin' with Monkeys"
"That's the Norm" | "Ducky Momo Theme Song" | "Bicentennial Crab" | "Whalemingo"
"Double Dutch Song" | "Be a Squirrel" | "Heck of a Day" | "Kick My Way Into Her Heart"
"Not So Bad A Dad" | "That's Wings, You Turkey" | "What Do It Do?"
"Happy Evil Love Song" | "My Nemesis" | "What Is This Thing?"
Season 4
"Phineas and Ferb Theme"| "Evil Jingle" | "Phineas and Ferb Winter Vacation" | "Hockey Z-9"
"Quirky Worky Song" | "Happy New Year" | "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)" | "Fly On the Wall"
"Van Stomm's Rule One" | "If We Don't Succeed" | "My Cruisin' Sweet Ride (Opening Version)"
"My Cruisin' Sweet Ride" | "Kinderlumper" | "Handcar" | "New Greenland Anthem" | "Helicopter Fight"
"Improbably Knot" | "Buford is in Trouble" | "Square Dance" | "Shake Your Body"
"Animal Agents' Birthday Song" | "Backyard Hodge Podge" | "Pi" | "Bee Song" | "Waggle Dance"
"Extraordinary" | "History of the Tri-State Area" | "Candace Party" | "Come Home Perry"
"I'm Me" | "A-G-L-E-T" | "City of Love" | "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)"
"Brand New Best Friend" | "There's a Platypus Controlling Me" | "Summer Belongs to You"
"Everything's Better with Perry" | "Gordian Knot" | "Rock Climbing Wall" | "Get Back Hair"
"Chupacabra Ho" | "Isabella's Birthday Song" | "Robot Love Song"
"I am the Very Model of a Modern Major Monogram" | "Humiliating Stumblegimp Dance of Contrition"
"Dance of Contrition" | "The K-I-S-S-I-N-G Song" | "Pyramid Sports" | "Troy" | "Foot Stomp Mash Up"
"Vampire Queens Love Pimpernels" | "No Mo Mo" | "Rusty Britches Song 1" | "Rusty Britches Song 2"
"Rusty Britches Song 3" | "Foam Town" | "Irish Rover" | "Giant 3D Scrapbook"
"Regular Sized Scrapbook" | "Professor Elemental Future Past" | "Trudgin' to Get Some Water"
"Dancing in the Sunshine" | "Extremely Extreme" | "Gonna Get My Bust On"
"Doof's Evil Hideout Vacation Swap" | "Fletcher Family Flying Circus" | "Du Bois Jingle"
"Straight Up Bust" | "Babyface Trucking" | "Giant Puppet Show" | "Pic-A-Nic Bust"
"Ducky Momo Theme Song" | "Punky Momo" | "Trees are Made of Wood"
"Flashing Back To Fashion Forward" | "The Ballad of Klimpaloon" | "I Need My Letter Back"
"Leave the Busting to Us!" | "Cool Song"| "Talk to Him" | "Inator Method" | "Awesome"
"Playing a Game of Sports"|"ABC Song" | "All the Convoluted Reasons We Pretend to be Divorced"
"Doof 101" | "Scary Teenage Monster" | "Mid-Life Crisis" | "What Might Have Been"
Specials
"I Believe We Can" | "J-Pop (Welcome to Tokyo)" | "Rubber Bands, Rubber Balls"
"Bouncin' Around the World" | "Sad French Song" | "City of Love" | "Follow the Sun"
"Summer Belongs to You" | "Surfin' Asteroids" | "My Streets" | "My Evil Buddies and Me"
"Only Trying to Help" | "Feelin' Super" | "Feeling Froggy" | "Summer All Over the World"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" | "Irving's Camp Fire Song" | "O.W.C.A.'s Goin' Down"
"Tatooine" | "Sith Roast" | "Socks" | "Sith Roast Decaf" | "Fully Operational Death Star"
"In the Empire" | "Imperial March" | "Cantina Band" | "I'm Feelin' So Low" | "Sith-Inator"
"Rebel, Let's Go!" | "Jump Right to It" | "Army of Me" | "Triangulation" | "Lots of Me"
"Serious Fun" | "To Do Today" | "There's No One I'd Rather Go Nowhere With"
"When Tomorrow is This Morning Again" | "The Muffin Man" | "Platypus Walk"
"Gotta Get Back in Time" | "Curtain Call/Time Spent Together" | "O.W.C.A. Files"
"Beautiful Lunchtime" | "They Left Me Standing Outside" | "Friend Like Mine" | "Bits of All of Us"
"Chop Away at My Heart" | "Lot of Pressure" | "How Do I Do It?"
Across the 2nd Dimension
"Everything's Better with Perry" | "Quirky Worky Song" | "He's Doof" | "Brand New Best Friend"
"Victory Gum" | "Summer (Where Do We Begin?)" | "I Walk Away" | "Baljeet Explanation"
"Brand New Reality" | "Robot Riot" | "Takin' Care of Things" | "Kick It Up A Notch"
Candace Against the Universe
"Such a Beautiful Day" | "The Universe is Against Me" | "Meet Our Leader" | "Unsung Hero" | "Adulting"
"Girls Day Out" | "This Is Our Battle Song" | "Us Against the Universe" | "Silhouettes" | "We're Back"
Others
"We Wish You a Perry Christmas" | "Dodger Etiquette Song" | "Phineas and Ferb's Song"
"Vanessa's Song" | "Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Agent P's Song" | "Isabella's Song"
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" | "Frosty the Snowman (Recorded as "Perry Saves Christmas")"
"Run Rudolph Run" | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" | "Take Two with Phineas and Ferb"
"I'm Bringin' My Muffin Through a Dimensional Portal" | "Gotta Get Gone"
"Animatin' Rap" | "Gonna Put On A Show!" | "Doofenshmirtz's Broadway Medley"
"My Secret Agent" | "Just Wanna See You Smile" | "Y.M.C.A. (Phineas and Ferb Remix)"
Doofenshmirtz's Daily Dirt
"I'm Done Really" | "Open Quantum Style" | "The Doof Raps On Rap" | "What Does the Fox Say?"
"Greenland Song" | "Answer This"
Unused
"Limbo" | "Sir Phineas and Ferb" | "Walking Through an Alien Landscape" | "How We Make Phineas and Ferb"
"You're Wrong" | "This is Our Inspirational Song" | "The Elf Police" | "Where the Heck Were We?"
"Farmer's Wife Song" | "Princess" | "Mysterious Force" | "This Is Your Backstory"
"Step into the Great Unknown"
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