C'est la Vie (B*Witched song)

"C'est la Vie"
Single by B*Witched
from the album B*Witched
B-side Get Happy
Released May 19, 1998 (1998-05-19) (UK)
June 12, 1998 (Europe)
December 15, 1998 (US)
Format CD, Cassette
Genre Pop
Length 2:52
Label Epic / Glow Worm
Writer(s) B*Witched / Hedges / Brannigan / Ackerman
Producer Ray 'Madman' Hedges
B*Witched singles chronology
"C'est la Vie"
(1998)		 "Rollercoaster"
(1998)

"C'est La Vie" is the debut single by Irish girl group B*Witched, from their first album B*Witched. The single reached number one in Ireland and the United Kingdom in May 1998, as well as the top ten in numerous other countries including the United States, where it reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song remains by far and above the biggest single of their career in the UK and Ireland - in the UK it spent a fortnight at the top, with a further 7 weeks in the top 10, and was the 5th biggest selling single of 1998, and in Ireland the song spent six weeks at the summit.

Some of the lyrics in the song are suggestive double entendres (e.g. "I'll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours") although some meanings mean "showing a house". The song is an upbeat bubblegum pop track infused with a pop version of Irish traditional music. The video features the girls dancing in a field covered in psychedelic flowers with a puppy and playfully teasing a hapless teenage boy. The song was nominated in 1999 for the "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" Ivor Novello songwriting award.[1]

A number of television programs have featured the song, including Disney Channel Original Movies Smart House and Life-Size, Dawson's Creek (as background music) and Hollyoaks Later. The song also featured in the film 'What Women Want'. The Brazilian pop group Rouge did a cover in Portuguese.

Contents

U.S. EP

There was an U.S. EP released in 1998 as a sneak peek of the self titled album by the group. It contained "C'est la Vie" as well as two bonus unreleased tracks (The B-side Get Happy and B*Witched Quiz Show) and "snippets" of Rollercoaster, To You I Belong and We Four Girls.

Charts

Chart (1998/1999) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 6
Austrian Singles Chart 23
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 2
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 13
French Singles Chart 48
Irish Singles Chart 1
Netherlands Singles Chart 11
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 9
Swedish Singles Chart 11
UK Singles Chart 1
US Billboard Hot 100 9

End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
UK Singles Chart 5

Releases

  • UK CD 1 [666053 2]
  1. C'est La Vie 2:52
  2. We Four Girls 1:52
  3. B*Witched Quiz Show 2:26
  • UK CD 2 [666053 5]
  1. C'est La Vie 2:52
  2. C'est La Vie (K-Klass Epic Klub Remix) 7:25
  3. C'est La Vie (Skynet Glass Palace Vocal Mix) 8:02
  4. C'est La Vie (Dog In The River Mix) 6:45
  • UK Promo CD [XPCD2240]
  1. C'est La Vie 2:52
  • Australia CD [666078 2]
  1. C'est La Vie 2:52
  2. C'est La Vie (K-Klass Epic Klub Remix) 7:25
  3. C'est La Vie (Skynet Glass Palace Vocal Mix) 8:02
  4. C'est La Vie (Dog In The River Mix) 6:45
  • US Single [34K 79084]
  1. C'est La Vie 2:52
  2. Get Happy 3:04
  3. B*Witched Quiz Show 2:26
  4. Snippets
We Four Girls
Rollercoaster
To You I Belong
  • US Maxi-Single [49K 79085]
  1. C'est La Vie 2:52
  2. Get Happy 3:04
  3. C'est La Vie (K-Klass Epic Klub Remix) 7:25
  4. C'est La Vie (Skynet Glass Palace Vocal Mix) 8:02
  5. C'est La Vie (Dog In The River Mix) 6:45
  6. B*Witched Quiz Show 2:26
  7. Snippets
We Four Girls
Rollercoaster
To You I Belong

See also

References

  1. ^ "Entertainment | Cher up for Novello prize". BBC News. 1999-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/329111.stm. Retrieved 2012-01-05. 

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