Belle (song)
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| Single by Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou from the album Notre-Dame de Paris |
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| B-side | "Déchiré" | ||||
| Released | 1998 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | France, 1997 | ||||
| Genre | Ballad | ||||
| Length | 4:36 | ||||
| Label | Sony Music | ||||
| Writer(s) | Luc Plamondon (text) Richard Cocciante (music) |
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| Producer | Richard Cocciante Jannick Top Serge Perathoner |
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| Certification | Diamond France, 1998 | ||||
| Notre-Dame de Paris singles chronology | |||||
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"Belle" is a 1997 song performed by the French singers Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou, from the musical Notre Dame de Paris. Released as a single in 1998, it was a smash hit in France and Belgium, topping the charts for many months. To date, the song is the one of the best-selling singles of all time in these countries.
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[edit] Background and writing
As for the songs from the musical, the text was written by Luc Plamondon, who had also written the musical Starmania in 1987, and the music composed by Richard Cocciante. The musical arrangements were made by Richard Cocciante, Jannick Top and Serge Perathoner who also worked on the musical direction.
"Belle" is a romantic song in which the three singers, who respectively portrayed Quasimodo (Garou), Frollo (Daniel Lavoie) and Phœbus (Patrick Fiori), reveal in turn their love for the gipsy Esmeralda, before singing together the last verse.[1]
[edit] Chart performances and records
The song was charted on the French Singles Chart for 60 weeks, which is to date the second single with most total weeks in the Top 100 (the number one is "U-Turn (Lili)", by AaRON, with 61 weeks), and the first one in the top 50, with 49 weeks. It entered the chart at #96 on May 9, 1998, and climbed slowly, reaching number one in its 18th week, which is the one of the slowest climb to the first place. It was also the first trio to reach #1 on this chart. It had huge weekly sales when the musical was performed, from September 12, 1998.[1] It stayed at the top for 18 consecutive weeks, which was at the time the record of the most weeks at #1 (this record was beaten in 2000 by Lou Bega's "Mambo n°5 (a Little Bit of...)", with 20 weeks). After that, the song managed to drop slowly, totaling 31 weeks in the top ten.[2]
Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP,[3] it was the best-selling single of 1998,[4] of the 1990s, and the third one of all time in France (behind Tino Rossi's "Petit Papa Noël" and JJ Lionel's "La Danse des Canards"),[5] with about 2,221,000 copies sold.[6]
In Belgium (Wallonia), the single debuted at #24 on the Ultratop 40 Singles Chart, on June 6, 1998. It topped the chart for only six weeks, from September 19 to October 24, but remained in the top ten for 30 consecutive weeks. It fell off the chart (Top 40) after 44 weeks.[7] It is the best-selling single of the year[8] and the most successful song from 1995 in that country.[9]
[edit] Track listings
- CD single
- "Belle" — 4:36
- "Déchiré" by Patrick Fiori — 3:18
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales |
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| France[3] | Diamond | October 27, 1998 | 750,000+ |
[edit] Charts
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| Preceded by "La Tribu de Dana" by Manau |
French (SNEP) number-one single September 12, 1998 - January 9, 1999 (18 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Mais qui est la bellette?" by Manau |
| Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single September 19, 1998 - October 24, 1998 (6 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Şımarık" by Tarkan |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 434,435 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
- ^ a b "Belle", in French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
- ^ a b French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 24, 2008)
- ^ a b 1998 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
- ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
- ^ Sales of "Belle" in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
- ^ a b "Belle", in Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
- ^ a b 1998 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
- ^ Best-selling singles in Belgium from 1995 Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
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