In one breath:

Elliott Smith met a French girl and spent a couple of weeks with her and then they 'broke up' even though she had a boyfriend at the time and he misunderstood what she'd said so it ended without having ended.

This is an unreleased song. Place Pigalle was the working title for the album Figure 8.

Place Pigalle is a public square in Paris, France.

The girl and the boy met in New York City and went around town.

For more details on the story and the song, I urge you to get a hold of Jamie Fisher's coming book about Elliott Smith, Nobody Broke Your Heart. The book will be released on 25 August 2026.

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