Le Casse de Brice

"Le Casse de Brice"
Single by Jean Dujardin
B-side "My Lost Paradise"
Released 25 March 2005
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded France
Genre Pop
Length 3:26
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Rod Temperton
Certification Gold France, 2005
Jean Dujardin singles chronology
"C'est aussi pour ça... qu'on s'aime!"
(2002)		 "Le Casse de Brice"
(2005)		 "Yellow, la leçon de casse
(2005)

"Le Casse de Brice" is a 2005 song recorded by the French comedian and actor Jean Dujardin. It is the soundtrack of the James Huth's 2005 film, Brice de Nice, in which Dujardin portrayed Brice Agostini. Released on 25 March 2005 as his first solo single, the song reached the top five in Belgium (Wallonia) and France.

Song information

The song used a sample from George Benson's song "Give Me The Night", which was also sampled in 1994 by the French band IAM for their number-one hit "Je danse le Mia".

The music video was directed by J.G Biggs. It is composed of various images from the film.

"Le Casse de Brice" features on many French compilations, such as Hit Machine 2005 Vol. 20, Now! Hits Référence 2005, Crazy Kids and Hits & Co 3. It was also the B-side of Dujardin's next single, "Yellow, la leçon de casse".

Chart performances

On the French Singles Chart, the song debuted at number 93 on 26 March 2005, before jumping to number 14. Then it entered the top ten and reached number two for three weeks. It totaled 13 weeks in the top ten, 17 weeks in the top 50 and 25 weeks in the top 100.[1] It ranked at number 18 on Annual Chart[2] and achieved Gold status (the song is credited to Bruno Coulais on the SNEP website).[3]

On the Ultratop 40 (Wallonia, Belgium), the single was charted for 21 weeks (14 in the top ten) from 16 April to 3 September. It peaked at number four in its seventh and ninth weeks.[4] It was the 14th best-selling single in this country.[5]

Although the song failed to reach the top ten on the Swiss Singles Chart, it had a long running of 32 weeks, (14 of them in the top 30), hitting number 13 in its seventh week, on 3 July.[6] The single appears at number 56 on the End of the Year Chart.[7]

Track listings

  1. "Le Casse de Brice" (radio mix) — 3:26
  2. "Le Casse de Brice" (version film) — 2:32
  3. "My Lost Paradise" by Michael Robinson — 2:44

+ "Le Casse de Brice" (video)
+ Trailers of the film

  1. "Le Casse de Brice" (radio mix) — 3:26

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 4
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[8] 7
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[6] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5] 14
French Singles Chart[2] 18
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 56

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[3] Gold 22 June 2005 250,000 232,213[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ""Le Casse de Brice", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2005 French Singles Chart" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Certifications Singles Or - année 2005" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 ""Le Casse de Brice", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 ""Le Casse de Brice", Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2005 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  8. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100, week of 11 June 2005". Billboard. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "2005 French physical sales" (in French). Fanofmusic. Retrieved 1 May 2008.

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