Formidable (song)

"Formidable" is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. The song was released as a Digital download in Belgium on June 4, 2013 as the second single from his second studio album Racine Carrée (2013). The song entered at the number 1 spot the week of its release in Belgium and reached number 1 in France. Stromae, while being the original author, appeared to be inspired by "L'Ivrogne", a similarly themed song by Jacques Brel. It was his most successful single since Alors on Danse in 2009.

Music video

On May 22, 2013, amateur videos appeared on YouTube showing Stromae, apparently drunk and wandering at the Louise/Louiza tram and metro station in Brussels during the daybreak. The images went viral. Some days later it was revealed that that was the taping of a music video. This was confirmed during the French TV show Ce soir ou jamais in which Stromae discussed and also performed his new single "Formidable", which is about the story of a drunk man just separated from his girlfriend. The clip was fully composed by extracts of hidden cameras taken on May 22. It also shows people taking pictures with their cellphones and three policemen talking to the artist.

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Formidable"	3:34

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^{[ 1]}	36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^{[ 1]}	1
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders Urban)^[1]	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^{[ 1]}	1
France (SNEP)^{[ 1]}	1
Germany (Media Control AG)^{[ 1]}	39
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^{[ 1]}	4
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)^{[ 1]}	2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^{[ 1]}	13

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Dutch Singles Chart^[2]	55

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Belgium	June 1, 2013^[3]	Digital download	Mosaert

Cheyenne Toney cover

"Formidable"

Single by Cheyenne Toney
Released	6 December 2013
Format	Digital download
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Length	3:34
Label	8ball
Writer(s)	Stromae, Toney

On 6 December 2013, during the fourth live show of the fourth season of the Dutch television programme The Voice of Holland, Dutch singer Cheyenne Toney performed a cover of "Formidable". She sang her own written cover, with lyrics translated from French to Dutch. Her version of the song reached the peak position in the Mega Single Top 100 (charting higher than the original) and the eighteenth position in the Dutch Top 40.

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^{[ 1]}	18
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)^{[ 1]}	1

References

External links

(French) Official website

v t e Stromae

Discography

Studio albums	Cheese (2010) Racine Carrée (2013)

Extended plays	Juste un cerveau, un flow, un fond et un mic… (2007) Mixture Elecstro (2010)

Singles	"Faut qu't'arretes le rap" "Up Saw Liz" "Alors on danse" "Bienvenue chez moi" "Te Quiero" "House'llelujah" "Rail de musique" "Peace or Violence" "Silence" "Je cours" "Papaoutai" "Formidable"

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