Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison

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“Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison”
“Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison” cover
Single by Licence IV
B-side Instrumental
Released March, 1987
Format 7" single
Recorded France
Genre Pop
Length 3:27
Label Charles Talar
Writer(s) Olivier Guillot
Jean-Jacques Lafon
Francis Vacher
Producer Alain Mouyseet
Certification Platinum France, 1987
Licence IV singles chronology
- "Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison"
(1987)
-

"Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison" is a 1987 song recorded by the French band Licence IV. Realesed as a single in March 1987, the song achieved a huge success in France, becoming the best-selling single of the 1980s in France.

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[edit] Music and lyrics

The song was composed notably by Jean-Jacques Lafont under the pseudonym of J.Falon. This French singer has had a smash hit in 1986 with "Le Géant de papier". Very popular, the song deals with the tasting of the wine and the sausage, in company with some friends, in a festive atmosphere.

Licence IV was a male duet composed of Olivier Guillot and Francis Vacher, who were respectively the secretary and the artistic director of Patrick Sébastien. Gillou - Pierre Perret's accordionist -, who is mentioned in the lyrics, also participated in the composition of the song.[1]

[edit] Chart performance

The single was charted for 32 weeks on the French Singles Chart, from March 7 to October 10, 1987. It debuted at #27, reached the top top two weeks later and became #1 in its sixth week. It stayed there for 13 consecutive weeks, which was at the time the record of the most weeks at the top for a single (this record was also carried out the previous year by the band Images with their hit "Les Démons de minuit"). The single totaled 23 weeks in the top ten[2] and was certified Platinum disc by the SNEP.[3] According to Infodisc website, this song is the 38th best-selling single of all time in France with 1,220,000 sales.[4]

The band didn't released another song, nor any album.

[edit] Track listing

7" single
  1. "Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison" — 3:27
  2. "Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison" (instrumental) — 4:12

[edit] Certification

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[3] Platinum 1987 1,000,000+

[edit] Charts

Chart (1987)[2] Peak
position
French Singles Chart 1
End of the year chart (1987) Position
French Singles Chart 1
Preceded by
"On se retrouvera" by Francis Lalanne
French (SNEP) number-one single
April 11, 1987 - July 4, 1987
Succeeded by
"La Isla Bonita" by Madonna

[edit] References

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 100 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ a b "Viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison", in French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 6, 2008)
  3. ^ a b French certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved May 6, 2008)
  4. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved May 6, 2008)