L'Amour est un soleil
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| Single by Hélène Ségara from the album Humaine |
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| B-side | "Petites Douleurs" | ||||
| Released | April 11, 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD single Digital download (since 2005) |
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| Recorded | France, 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Ballad | ||||
| Length | 3:54 | ||||
| Label | East West Warner Music |
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| Writer(s) | Romano Musumarra Roberto Zanelli Luc Plamondon |
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| Producer | Pierre Jaconelli | ||||
| Certification | Gold France, 2003 | ||||
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"L'Amour est un soleil" is the name of a 2003 song recorded by the French artist Hélène Ségara. It was the lead single from her fourth studio album, Humaine, on which it features as third track, and was released on April 11, 2003. It was a hit particularly in France, where it almost topped the chart.
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[edit] Song information
Romano Musumarra, who had previously worked for many famous artists, such as Jeanne Mas, Elsa Lunghini and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, participated in the writing of the song. French-Canadian lyricist Luc Plamondon, who had already wrote songs from the musical Notre-Dame de Paris, also composed the song. When it was composed, Ségara had just given birth to her second son, and lyrics were inspired by this event.
The song was included on Ségara's 2004 greatest hits album Le Best of and was also available on many French compilations, such as Stars France 2003, Vol. 2. It was also the b-side of Ségara's 2004 single "On ne dit pas".
[edit] Chart performances
"L'Amour est un soleil" went straight to #2 on April 19, 2003, and stayed there for three consecutive weeks, but was unable to disloge Florent Pagny's hit "Ma Liberté de penser" which topped the chart then. Afterwards, the single almost kept on dropping, but managed to remain for six weeks in the top ten, 13 weeks in the top 50 and 19 weeks on the chart,[1] hitting Gold status awarded by the SNEP[2] and featuring at #36 on the Annual Chart.[3]
In Belgium (Wallonia), the song was a less successful hit, peaking only at #14 in its fifth week, on May 31, and it dropped quiclky, desappearing from the chart after eight weeks.[4]
In Switzerland, "L'Amour est un soleil" peaked at #13 twice : in its first and fourth weeks, but dropped quickly after this second peak. It remained for five weeks in the top 20 and 13 weeks on the chart (top 100). It was Ségara's second most successful single in this country (the first is "On oublie rien, on vit avec").[5]
[edit] Track listings
- CD single
- "L'Amour est un soleil" — 3:54
- "Petites Douleurs" — 3:29
- Digital download
- "L'Amour est un soleil" — 4:06
[edit] Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
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| France[2] | Gold | 2003 | 250,000 | 260,000[6] |
[edit] Charts
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[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b "L'Amour est un soleil", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 10, 2008)
- ^ a b Ségara's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 10, 2008)
- ^ a b 2003 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved June 10, 2008)
- ^ a b "L'Amour est un soleil", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 10, 2008)
- ^ a b "L'Amour est un soleil", Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved June 10, 2008)
- ^ Ségara's certifications and sales in France See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "SEGARA Hélène" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved June 9, 2008)
- ^ Euro 200 Apcchart.com (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
- ^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 10, 2008)
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