Cassé

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“Cassé”
“Cassé” cover
Single by Nolwenn Leroy
from the album Nolwenn
Released March 23, 2003
Format CD single
Recorded France, 2003
Genre Pop, World
Length 4:32
Label Universal International
Mercury France
Writer(s) Lionel Florence
Francis Maggiulli
Producer Pascal Obispo
David Gategno
Certification Gold Belgium, 2003
Nolwenn Leroy singles chronology
"Cassé"
(2003)		 "Une Femme cachée"
(2003)

"Cassé" is Nolwenn Leroy's debut single from her eponymous album, Nolwenn. It was released in 2003 in France, Belgium and Switzerland and achieved a great success in these countries, topping the French and Belgian charts.

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[edit] Lyrics, music and video

"Cassé" was written and composed by Lionel Florence and Francis Maggiulli, and produced by Pascal Obispo and David Gategno. It is the first track on the album, Nolwenn.

The music video of "Cassé" begins with Nolwenn walking towards a studio. While singing, she gets prepared for a photoshoot and then poses in front of a camera with different outfits. During the last part of the video, she is seen playing various musical instruments such as cello, piano and violin. [1]

[edit] Chart performances

"Cassé" was number 1 on the French Singles Charts in its first week of release and stayed at this position for two successive weeks. The single managed to stay in the top 5 for another 4 weeks before dropping very quickly until leaving the chart on July 6, after 17 weeks of attendance[2]. It was ranked #25 on Annual Chart.[3]
The song may be considered as Nolwenn Leroy's most successful single to date. It was also her first and only single to reach #1 on the French SNEP Singles Charts until "Nolwenn Ohwo!" in 2006.

In Belgium Wallonia, the single went straight to #2 on March 29, 2003, then topped the chart for two weeks. It was then #2 for two weeks and #3 for four weeks. After that, it kept on droppnig on the chart and totaled ten weeks in the top ten, and 13 weeks in the top 40.[4] It achieved Gold status[5] and was the ninth best-selling single of the year in this country.[6]

[edit] Track listing

CD single
  1. "Cassé" (4:30)
  2. "Ce qu'il nous faudrait" (3:34)

[edit] Certification

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Belgium[5] Gold 2003 25,000

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 1
European Singles Chart[7] 28
French Singles Chart[2] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 4
World Airplay Chart[7] 37
World Singles Chart[7] 43
End of the year chart (2003) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[6] 9
French Singles Chart[3] 25
Swiss Singles Chart[9] 65
Preceded by
"Le Frunkp" by Alphone Brown		 French (SNEP) number one single
March 22, 2003 - March 29, 2003		 Succeeded by
"Entre nous" by Chimène Badi
Preceded by
"Le Frunkp" by Alphone Brown		 Belgian (Wallonia) number one single
April 5, 2003 - April 12, 2003		 Succeeded by
"Plantation" by Kana

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Youtube.com - Music Video of Cassé" (Retrieved May 4, 2008)
  2. ^ a b "Cassé", French SNEP Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 23, 2007)
  3. ^ a b 2003 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  4. ^ a b Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Singles Chart Skynet.be (Retrieved December 22, 2007)
  5. ^ a b Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 12, 2008)
  6. ^ a b 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
  7. ^ a b c "Cassé", European and World Charts Top40-charts.com (Retrieved May 12, 2008)
  8. ^ "Cassé", Swiss Top 100 Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 23, 2007)
  9. ^ 2003 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved May 12, 2008)