De temps en temps (song)

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“De temps en temps”
“De temps en temps” cover
Single by Grégory Lemarchal
from the album La Voix d'un ange
B-side Instrumental
Released June 11, 2007
Format CD single
Digital download
Recorded France
Genre Pop
Length 4:01
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Davide Esposito
Grégory Lemarchal
Producer Rémi Lacroix
Certification Gold Belgium, 2007
Grégory Lemarchal singles chronology
"SOS d'un terrien en détresse"
(2007)
"De temps en temps"
(2007)
"Le Lien"
(2007)

"De temps en temps" is a 2007 song recorded by the French singer Grégory Lemarchal. It was released as the first single from his posthumous album, La Voix d'un ange, on June 11, 2007. The song was very successful in France and Belgium (Wallonia), topping the singles charts.

Lyrics and music were composed by Grégory Lemarchal and Davide Esposito (who had also composed the original version in Italian-language of Lemarchal's debut single "Écris l'histoire").

With this song, Grégory Lemarchal carried out the best weekly sale of 2007 for a number-one single on the French Singles Chart : indeed, the single was sold more than 76,000 copies during its first week of release. These sales were qualified as "excellent" considering the collapse of the singles market in France, and "express[ed] the lively emotion which surround[ed] the singer's death".[1]

In France, the single was straight number-one on the singles chart on June 16, then dropped slowly, totaling 11 weeks in top ten, 21 weeks in the top 50 and 33 weeks in the top 100.[2] It was not certified by the SNEP (it should be Silver disc), but features at #4 on Annual Chart,[3] with 191,650 sales.[4]
It entered the French Digital Chart at #18 on May 9, before jumping to #2, its best position, the week after.[5] It was ranked #48 on the End of the Year Chart,[6] with about 16,190 sales.[7]

Contents

[edit] Track listings

CD single
  1. "De temps en temps" — 4:01
  2. "De temps en temps" (instrumental version) — 4:01
Digital download
  1. "De temps en temps" — 4:01

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales Digital downloads
Belgium[8] Gold August 11, 2007 25,000
France[9] 191,650[10] 16,190[7]

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 1
Euro 200[12] 28
French Digital Chart[5] 2
French Singles Chart[2] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 10
World Singles Chart[13] 33
End of the year chart (2007) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[14] 9
French Airplay Chart[15] 30
French Digital Chart[6] 48
French Singles Chart[3] 4
French TV Airplay Chart[15] 38
Preceded by
"Double Je" by Christophe Willem
French (SNEP) number-one single
June 16, 2007 (1 week)
Succeeded by
"Double Je" by Christophe Willem
Preceded by
"Grace Kelly" by Mika
Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
June 30, 2007 (1 week)

[edit] External link

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Le single posthume de Grégory Lemarchal largement leader des ventes de disques", Charles Decant, June 19, 2007 Ozap.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  2. ^ a b "De temps en temps", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  3. ^ a b 2007 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  4. ^ "Disques 2007 : Mika a fait bouger la France", Charles Decant, March 12, 2008 Ozap.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  5. ^ a b French Digital Chart, from 10.06.07 to 16.06.07 Ifop.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  6. ^ a b 2007 French Digital Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  7. ^ a b 2007 Digital downloads Infodisc.fr (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  8. ^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  9. ^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  10. ^ "Disques 2007 : Mika a fait bouger la France", Charles Decant, March 12, 2008 Ozap.com (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  11. ^ a b "De temps en temps", in various Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  12. ^ Euro 200 Apcchart.com (Retrieved May 17, 2008)
  13. ^ "De temps en temps", World Singles Chart Acharts.us (Retrieved May 14, 2008)
  14. ^ 2007 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 2, 2008)
  15. ^ a b 2007 French Airplay and Video Charts Yacast.fr (Retrieved May 14, 2008)