This chart is in commemoration of the National Day of France : Bastille Day (14th July). The holiday marks the beginning of the First Republic following the fall of the French Monarchy in 1789.

The chart lists all French artists to have spent 10 or more weeks in the UK Top 40. It includes three of the four French chart-toppers. A few explanatory notes follow, along with Retrocharts for previous Bastille Days.

• The fourth French chart-topper is Mr Oizo whose hit "Flat Beat" spent two of its seven Top 40 weeks at no. 1 in 1999.
• Other French acts bubbling under this chart include A.D.A.M., Bimbo Jet, Deep Forest, Patrick Hernandez (born in Paris but relocated to Guadeloupe), Peppers, Severine, Supermen Lovers/Mani Hoffman, Benny Benassi, Desireless, Madhouse (Franco-Dutch), Air, David Christie, Cassius, Alizee, Mireille Mathieu, Sweet People, Thunderbugs (one quarter of the band - bass player Stef Maillard - was French), Black Machine, Hot Blood, Bob Sinclar, Wes, Les Compagnons De La Chanson, Jacqueline Boyer, Encore, Claude Francois, David Guetta, MC Solaar, Cherie Amor, Bel Amour, Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, Electrique Boutique, Galleon, Laurent Garnier, Hal (Anglo-French), Tony Rallo & The Midnight Band, System 7 (Anglo-French duo).
• Honeyz are included as one of the two founder members (and the only permanent member of the group), Naima Belkhaiti was born and raised in Avignon (the other two 'part-time' members being British).
• Milli Vanilli are included as 50% of the duo (Fabrice Morvan) was born in France. His counterpart Rob Pilatus was German. It is now well-known that, though Fab and Rob provided a powerful visual image for Milli Vanilli, their vocals were not included on their hits.
• BBE are Franco-Italian.
• Voyage were a Franco-British group.
• There is some ambiguity over the birthplace of Louise Cordet. Some sources give it as Britain whilst others refer to France. Her French descendency is, however, beyond any doubt. Her real name is Louise Boisot. She is the daughter of actress and major French TV personality Hélène Cordet (born in Marseilles; Louise took her mother's stage name). It is true that she attended convent school in Britain (and is god-daughter of Prince Philip!) but, as well as success in the UK, Louise has always been considered by the French to be a homegrown star. She steadfastly built her career around her image of a cheeky, very sexy young French lady. She receives credit on some Marianne Faithfull records as "overseeing French pronunciation."
• Space is not the same group which had a string of hits in the late 1990s (they were from Liverpool!)
• Patrick Juvet has not been included. He was born in Switzerland and grew up there, representing that country in Eurovision, though it is true to say that he became an integral part of the French music scene when he relocated in his late teens (2 hits: 12 weeks in 1978).
• We have not included CCS in the above chart. Though the group was fronted by Alexis Korner (who was born in Paris), his family quickly left France and over the next 10 years they lived in Switzerland and Africa, eventually settling in Britain when Alexis was his late teens. Both of the other key members of the group, Peter Throup and John Cameron, were British. Had we included CCS in the above chart, they would have been no. 1 (clocking up 46 weeks over 5 hits from 1970-1973).