Alane (song)

"Alane"

French CD single
Single by Wes
from the album Welenga
B-side Remix
Released 1997
Format CD single, CD maxi
Genre World music
Length 3:40
Label Sony Music
Saint George / Epic
Writer(s) Michel Sanchez
Wes Madiko
Producer Michel Sanchez
Wes singles chronology
"Alane"
(1997)		 "Awa Awa"
(1997)
Alternative cover
Remixes

"Alane" is a 1997 song recorded by Wes. It was his debut single from his album Welenga, and was released in 1997 in Francophone countries and in 1998 in other European countries. It became a hit, topping the charts in France, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands.

In France, the song was sponsored by TF1,[1] Fun Radio, RTL and the Malongo Coffees, while the choreography was created by French-born singer Mia Frye. The single remained for 25 weeks in the Top 50, ten of them atop, and is to date the 18th best-selling single of all time.[2] The song is also currently the 84th best-selling single of all time in Germany.[3]

Contents

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Alane" (radio mix) — 3:40
  2. "Alane" (club remix - short version) — 3:37
CD maxi
  1. "Alane" (radio mix) — 3:40
  2. "Alane" (club mix - full version) — 8:06
  3. "Alane" (drop mix - full version) — 8:07
  4. "Alane" (club remix - short version) — 3:38
  5. "Alane" (a capella) — 3:36
12" maxi
  1. "Alane" (trouser enthusiasts orgasmic apparition mix) — 10:43
  2. "Alane" (trouser enthusiasts spectrophiliac mix) — 6:51
  3. "Alane" (Todd Terry's club remix) — 8:04
  4. "Alane" (Tony Moran's club mix) — 4:40
  5. "Alane" (radio mix) — 3:40
12" single
  1. "Alane" (trouser enthusiasts orgasmic apparition mix) — 10:43
  2. "Alane" (Trouser enthusiasts spectrophiliac dub) — 6:51

Credits

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1997/98) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 1
Dutch Top 40[5] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 1
German Singles Chart[6] 2
Irish Singles Chart[7] 9
Norwegian Singles Chart[4] 20
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 19
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 4
UK Singles Chart[8] 11

End of year charts

End of year chart (1997) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[9] 3
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[10] 3
Dutch Top 40[5] 4
French Singles Chart[11] 3
End of year chart (1998) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[12] 3
Dutch Top 40[13] 65
Swiss Singles Chart[14] 20

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
Austria[15] Platinum March 30, 1998 30,000
France[16] Diamond June 26, 1998 750,000 1,418,000[17]
Germany[18] 3× Gold 1998 300,000
Switzerland[19] Gold 1998 15,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"María" by Ricky Martin		 French SNEP number-one single
June 14, 1997 - August 16, 1997 (10 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by
"María" by Ricky Martin		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
July 19, 1997 - September 6, 1997 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Men in Black" by Will Smith
Preceded by
"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112		 Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
September 6, 1997 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
Preceded by
"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John		 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
November 1, 1997 - December 20, 1997 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Tell Him" by Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion
Preceded by
"My Heart Will Go on" by Céline Dion		 Austrian number-one single
March 22, 1998 - May 10, 1998 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Ein Schwein namens Männer" by Die Ärzte

References

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 386 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  3. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in Germany Musicline.de (Retrieved May 17, 2009)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Alane", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  5. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1997" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201997.pdf. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "Wes singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Wes/single. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  8. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  9. ^ 1997 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  10. ^ 1998 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  11. ^ 1997 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  12. ^ 1998 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  13. ^ "Single top 100 over 1998" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201998.pdf. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 
  14. ^ 1998 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  15. ^ Austrian certifications ifpi.at (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  16. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 25, 2008)
  17. ^ French certifications, database Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 20, 2010)
  18. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Alane')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Alane&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved September 25, 2008. 
  19. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved September 25, 2008)