Not to be confused with "The Machine", which has a similar name to the placeholder of this song.
"Machine" is a funk/boogie song sung in both French and English. It was made by a Lyon Funk community member and one of his friends.
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The song was posted to YouTube on January 17th, 2023 by user Findi TheFunk 69. He said the song came from a file on a USB labeled FrenchBoogie Machine 1984. The beginning of the song samples the 1979 movie "Les Bronzées font du ski".
As the song was about two men named Raymond and Ludo competing for a girl, it was theorized that Raymond and Ludo were the real names of the vocalists. Multiple users also compared the voice of the female vocalist to the singer of Cloud Nine.
in 2025, Discord user Rayzox discovered a video of a song labeled Raymond Blow - Le Roí d’La Pista (1984) Rare French Boogie 45tr. This “Raymond Blow” sounded identical to the “Raymond” in Machine. Raymond Blow didn’t appear on any official records archives, and the only source of his existence was the YouTube channel DJ Michael François. DJ Michael François had a playlist titled Raymond Blow, that had the original upload of Machine in it, but DJ Michael François appeared to be a fabricated identity.
Rayzox discovered that Findi and people in the Raymond Blow circle were connected. The original upload mentioned Raymond and user Antoine Liquier commented on the original upload and the uploads of Raymond Blow’s songs, and he’s Facebook friends with Findi.
Eventually, direct connection to Findi and the Raymond Blow circle were found. A YouTube user suggested that Raymond Blow sang the song, and Findi ignored it. FL Studio metadata was found in the original upload of Cloud Nine, but Findi said it was to “improve quality”. A song that Findi uploaded as labeled as Raymond Blow in a previous YouTube upload, and the same song was posted to SoundCloud by Findi, who said he made the song himself.
All of this means that Raymond Blow isn’t a real artist, Findi and his friends are directly connected to the persona, this song and Cloud Nine were created by Findi or people he knew, Findi falsely claimed these were unknown songs from the 80s, and that the female singer of Machine and Cloud Nine are definitely the same person. Her identity was eventually revealed to be someone named Moonlace.
Lyrics[]
Dis-moi Popeye, l’atelier ça ferme à 8h hein, pas 8h mount de quart
Machine (hahaha)
Machine
Machine
(Yeah)
Ja prends la BM
Ce soir ça swing
Ce soir on aime like a sex machine
Je me démerde,
J’Trouvé une chemise,
Pas besoin d’aide,
On m’fait la bise,
Il y a deux gars
Qui me renversent,
Je sors les bras
Ça les boulverse
Toutes les nanas devant moi,
Regarde danser des gars
Elles crient de joie
Raymond, you are so sexy
Raymond, you’re gonna [hit] me baby
Tu me fais danser toute la nuit
Il n’y a qu’avec toi que je vis,
Tu veux que je t’embaque… ok…
Tu m’as touché em plein coeur,
Grâce à toi, je connais le bonheur…
J’déballe en 2-2
Allez, monte…
Machine, machine, machine, machine, machine
C’est moi, Ludo
Le grand costaud,
Je fais le gros dos (?)
Oui sale nabot
J’appelle mes lascars
Oui, tú vas voir,
Tu quitteras plus ton plumard
Tu veux la tête au carré
Que je te ??? La bagnole,
Tu verras que même à la casse
On voudra pas de ton taco!
Fallait pas toucher à ma blonde
Ludo, you are so sexy,
Ludo, you’re gonna [hit] me baby,
Tu me fais danser toute la nuit,
Il n’y a qu’avec toi que je vis,
(Toi rest bien sage)
Tu m’as touché dans le coeur,
Grâce à toi, je connais le bonheur…
J’déballe en 2-2
(J’crois pas non)
Machine, machine, machine, machine, machine
De toute façon je me casse,
Je vais danser avec aucun de vous deux…
Tell me Popeye, the workshop closes at 8 a.m. eh, not 8 a.m. shift
Machine (hahaha)
Machine
Machine
(Yeah)
I take the BM
Tonight it's swinging
Tonight we like like a sex machine
I'm getting by,
I found a shirt,
No need for help,
They give me a kiss,
There are two guys
Who overthrow me,
I take my arms out
It upsets them
All the girls in front of me,
Watch some guys dance
They shout with joy
Raymond, you are so sexy
Raymond, you’re gonna [hit] me baby
You make me dance all night
It is only with you that I live,
You want me to take you on... ok...
You touched my heart,
Thanks to you, I know happiness...
I unpack in 2-2
Come on, go up…
Machine, machine, machine, machine, machine
It's me, Ludo
The big guy,
I have a big back (?)
Yes, you dirty mutt
I call my guys
Yes, you will see,
You won't leave your bed anymore
You want your head squared
That I you??? The car,
You will see that even in the scrapyard
We won't want your taco!
Shouldn't touch my girlfriend
Ludo, you are so sexy,
Ludo, you’re gonna [hit] me baby,
You make me dance all night,
It is only with you that I live,
(You stay well behaved)
You touched my heart,
Thanks to you, I know happiness...
I unpack in 2-2
(I don’t think so)
Machine, machine, machine, machine, machine
Either way I'm breaking,
I'm going to dance with neither of you...