Le Manège Explained

Cover:Le_manège.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Stanislas
B-Side:À d'autres
Released:25 February 2008
Recorded:2007
Genre:Pop
Length:4:42
Label:Polydor
Producer:Stanislas
Next Title:La Belle de Mai
Next Year:2008

"" is a 2007 song recorded by French singer and composer Stanislas. It was the first single from his debut album on which it appears as first track and was released on 25 February 2008. It was written by Amaury Salmon and composed by Stanislas. It was successful in France where it hit number two.

Background and chart performances

Although the song was available digitally since November 2007 and aired on radio since September 2007, the song was only released as a CD single on 25 February 2008. "", a duet with Calogero, was also sent to radio stations on 24 October 2007, but "" was eventually chosen as the first single.[1] The song was notably performed twice on television : on the show Star Academy France and at the 2009 NRJ Music Awards.

In France, the single went straight to number two, on 1 March 2008, with 7,100 units sold.[2] It remained for three consecutives weeks at this position, being unable to dislodge Sheryfa Luna's hit single "Il avait les mots", then dropped on the chart. It totalled 17 weeks in the top 50 and 27 weeks on the chart (top 100).[3] In Belgium (Wallonia), the single entered the Ultratop 40 at No. 18 on 2 February thanks to the digital downloads, reached a peak of No. 15 the next week and remained for a total of 13 weeks in the top 40.

Track listings

CD single
Digital doawload

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart15
Eurochart Hot 1007
French SNEP Digital Chart[4] 10
French SNEP Singles Chart2

Year-end charts

End of year chart (2008)Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5] 58
French Singles Chart[6] 35

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stanislas : "Le Manège" le 25 février . Musique Radio . 25 July 2009. fr.
  2. Web site: Disques : beau démarrage pour Stanislas et Sinik . Ozap, Charles Decant, 5 March 2008 . 25 July 2009 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20081226151524/http://www.ozap.com/actu/disques-beau-demarrage-stanislas-sinik/132822 . 26 December 2008 . dead .
  3. Web site: "Le Manège", France and Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Charts . Lescharts . 25 July 2009.
  4. Web site: French Digital Chart, 10 January 2008 . Disqueenfrance . 25 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101224185937/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-260585.xml?cid=261469 . 24 December 2010 . dead .
  5. Web site: 2008 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart . Ultratop . 25 July 2009.
  6. Web site: 2008 French Singles Chart . Disqueenfrance . 25 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404175938/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2008 . 4 April 2012 .