"Les Valses de Vienne" | ||||
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Single by François Feldman | ||||
from the album Une Présence | ||||
B-side | Instrumental (vinyl) "Longue Nuit", "Pour faire tourner le monde" (CD maxi) |
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Released | November, 1989 | |||
Format | CD maxi 7" single 7" maxi |
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Recorded | France, 1989 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | Phonogram | |||
Writer(s) | François Feldman Jean-Marie Moreau |
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Producer | Jean Fredenucci | |||
Certification | Gold France, 1990 | |||
François Feldman singles chronology | ||||
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"Les Valses de Vienne" is a 1989 song recorded by the French artist François Feldman. It was the second single from his 1989 album, Une Présence, and was released in November 1989. It achieved a huge success in France, topping the chart for two months, and remains Feldman's signature song and a classic of 1980s French music.
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The lyrics were written and the music composed by Feldman himself and the famous songwriter Jean-Marie Moreau. According to the expert of French chart Elia Habib, the song is a "romantic ballad, whose identity remains a salve savour in the subject as well as in the musical coloration".[1] The song is based on a pun and all the text is declined as well, juggling with the likeness and the consonance of terms between them (e.g. "dans la Rome antique, errent les romantiques"). The part played by the violins was written by Thierry Durbet.[2]
The song was also included on the singer's best of, Two Feldman.
The music video features Feldman with a young girl who portrayed his daughter and who tries to comfort her father because he is separated from her mother. The cover on the CD maxi and vinyls is a screenshot from the video.
In France, the single started at #38 on 2 December 1989, then climbed quickly and entered the top ten three weeks later. It was blocked for four weeks at #2 by Roch Voisine's huge hit "Hélène". Then it reached #1 for four weeks, was disloged by "Hélène" for two weeks, then hit again the top for two other weeks. After that, it alsmost kept on dropping rather quickly and left the chart (Top 50) after 23 weeks.[3] It achieved Gold status awarded by the SNEP[4] and is currently the 548th best-selling single of all time in France.[5]
In 2003, the French program Top 50: 50 numéros 1 de légende revealed that the song was the 26th best number-one hit of the Top 50 (SNEP Singles Chart) thanks to the votings of the TV viewers.
Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
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France[4] | Gold | 1990 | 500,000 | 506,000[6] |
Chart (1989-1990) | Peak position |
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French SNEP Singles Chart[3] | 1 |
Preceded by "Hélène" by Roch Voisine |
French SNEP number-one single (first run) 27 January 1990 – 17 February 1990 (4 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Hélène" by Roch Voisine |
French SNEP number-one single (second run) 10 March 1990 – 17 March 1990 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Le Temps des yéyés" by Les Vagabonds |
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