Jour de neige

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“Jour de neige”
“Jour de neige” cover
Single by Elsa Lunghini
from the album Elsa
B-side Instrumental
Released November 1988
Format 7" single
12" maxi
Genre Pop
Length 4:00
Label Ariola
Writer(s) Georges Lunghini
Pierre Grosz
V.M. Bouvot
Certification Gold France, 1989
Elsa Lunghini singles chronology
"Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason"
(1988)		 "Jour de neige"
(1988)		 "À la même heure dans deux ans"
(1989)

"Jour de neige" is a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Elsa Lunghini. Released on November 1988, this song was the third single from her debut album Elsa. As for the previous three singles, it had a great success in France, reaching #2.

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[edit] Background

As for the other songs of Elsa's debut album, the text was written by Georges Lunghini, the singer's father. The music was composed by Pierre Grosz and V.M. Bouvot.[1]

The song was also recorded in Italian-language ("Gli anni miei", 3:58) and Spanish-language ("Solo era un sueno", 4:02). All these versions are available on 1997 Elsa's best of Elsa, l'essentiel 1986-1993. Two remixed and extended versions, as well as two instrumental versions, feature on the various formats.

As the title lets it guess, the text is about the snow and the enjoyments that it brings. The music video was shot in the snow an the deprived secondary school "Les Chassagnes", in Oullins, France.

[edit] Chart performances

In France, the single was very successful, but didn't managed to disloged David Hallyday's "High" which topped the French Singles Chart then. The single went straight to #12 on November 26, 1988, and entered the top ten two weeks later, in which it stayed for 14 consecutive weeks. It peaked at #2 first on December 31, 1988, then on January 14, 1989. It left the chart after its 20th week of attendance, which was then the shortest single trajectory of the singer. Therefore, her first four singles reached number one or number two on the chart.[2]

In 1989, the single achieved Gold disc status by the SNEP for more than 500,000 sales.[3]

[edit] Track listings

7" single
  1. "Jour de neige" (4:00)
  2. "Jour de neige" (instrumental) (4:00)
12" single
  1. "Jour de neige" (megamix Club) (8:02)
  2. "Jour de neige" (remix version longue) (4:49)
  3. "Jour de neige" (remix version instrumental) (4:32)

[edit] Chart and certification

Chart (1988-1989) Peak
position
French Singles Chart[2] 2
Country Certification Sales
France Gold[3] 500,000+

[edit] References

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 146 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ a b "Jour de neige", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 6, 2008)
  3. ^ a b Elsa's certifications, by the SNEP Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved April 6, 2008)
v • d • e
Elsa Lunghini
Studio albums
Elsa (1988) · Rien que pour ça (1990) · Douce Violence (1992) · Elsa, l'essentiel 1986-1993 (1997) · De Lave et de Sève (2004)
Live albums
Connexions Live (2006)
Hit singles
"T'en va pas" (1986) · "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" (1987) · "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend Give Me a Reason)" (1988) · "Jour de neige" (1988)
Associated artists