Cassé

For other uses, see Casse.
"Cassé"
Single by Nolwenn Leroy
from the album Nolwenn
Released 23 March 2003
Format CD single
Recorded France, 2003
Genre Pop, World
Length 4:32
Label Universal International
Mercury France
Writer(s) Lionel Florence
Francis Maggiulli
Producer(s) Pascal Obispo
David Gategno
Certification Gold Belgium, 2003
Nolwenn Leroy singles chronology
"Cassé"
(2003)
"Une Femme cachée"
(2003)

"Cassé" is Nolwenn Leroy's debut single from her album Nolwenn. It was released in 2003 in France, Belgium and Switzerland and achieved a great success in these countries, topping the French and Belgian charts.

Lyrics, music and video

"Cassé" was written and composed by Lionel Florence and Francis Maggiulli, and produced by Pascal Obispo and David Gategno. It is the first track on the album, Nolwenn.

The music video of "Cassé" begins with Nolwenn walking towards a studio. While singing, she gets prepared for a photoshoot and then poses in front of a camera with different outfits. During the last part of the video, she is seen playing various musical instruments such as cello, piano and violin.[1]

Chart performances

"Cassé" was number 1 on the French Singles Charts in its first week of release and stayed at this position for two successive weeks. The single managed to stay in the top 5 for another 4 weeks before dropping very quickly until leaving the chart on 6 July, after 17 weeks of attendance.[2] It was ranked #25 on Annual Chart.[3]
The song may be considered as Nolwenn Leroy's most successful single to date. It was also her first and only single to reach #1 on the French SNEP Singles Charts until "Nolwenn Ohwo!" in 2006.

In Belgium Wallonia, the single went straight to #2 on 29 March 2003, then topped the chart for two weeks. It was then #2 for two weeks and #3 for four weeks. After that, it kept on dropping on the chart and totaled ten weeks in the top ten, and 13 weeks in the top 40.[4] It achieved Gold status[5] and was the ninth best-selling single of the year in this country.[6]

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Cassé" (4:30)
  2. "Ce qu'il nous faudrait" (3:34)

Certification

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Belgium[5] Gold 2003 25,000

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 4

End of year chart (2003) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[6] 9
French Singles Chart[3] 25
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 65

Preceded by
"Le Frunkp" by Alphone Brown
French SNEP number one single
22 March 2003 – 29 March 2003 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Entre nous" by Chimène Badi
Belgian (Wallonia) number one single
5 April 2003 – 12 April 2003 (2 weeks)
Succeeded by
"Plantation" by Kana

References

  1. "Youtube.com - Music Video of Cassé" (Retrieved 4 May 2008)
  2. 1 2 "Cassé", French SNEP Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 23 December 2007)
  3. 1 2 2003 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
  4. 1 2 Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Singles Chart Skynet.be (Retrieved 22 December 2007)
  5. 1 2 Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved 12 May 2008)
  6. 1 2 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 20 April 2008)
  7. "Cassé", Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 23 December 2007)
  8. 2003 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 12 May 2008)
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