Les Rois du monde
| "Les Rois du Monde" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Philippe D'Avilla, Damien Sargue & Grégori Baquet | ||||
| from the album Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour | ||||
| B-side | "Un Jour" | |||
| Released |
July 2000 July 2001 (Netherlands) | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | France | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Writer(s) | Gérard Presgurvic | |||
| Producer(s) | Daniel Moyne | |||
| Certification | Diamond France, 2000 | |||
| Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour singles chronology | ||||
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"Les Rois du monde" is a 2000 song performed by Philippe d'Avilla, Damien Sargue and Grégori Baquet. It was the second single from the 2000 French musical Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour, featuring as the fourth track on the album of the same name. Released on July 2000, the single achieved a huge success in France and Belgium, topping the charts for many months.
Lyrics and music
The song was written and the music composed by Gérard Presgurvic.
According to Elia Habib, a specialist of the French charts, the major asset of this song is "its refrain, bewitching choirs chiselled in its words as much as in its melody", compensating for "the tasteless of the performance" and "the clumsiness of some of its verses".[1]
In 2001, "Les Rois du monde" won a NRJ Music Awards in the category 'Francophone song of the year'.
In 2003, the song was covered by Marc Lavoine, MC Solaar, Pierre Palmade and Dany Brillant. It features as sixth track on the album La Foire aux Enfoirés, released on 24 February 2003.[2]
Chart performances
In France, the single debuted at #30 on the French Singles Chart on 29 July 2000, before jumping to #12, then entering the top ten. It climbed to #1 in its fifth week, and there it stayed for 17 not consecutive weeks. The high sales of the single blocked Alizée's most successful single "Moi... Lolita" from the top position for thirteen weeks, which would be later ranked as the third best-selling single of the year. After that, the single of the trio dropped but quite slowly and managed to total 22 weeks in the top ten, 36 weeks in the top 50 and 40 weeks on the chart (Top 100).[3] Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP, the song was sold about 1,410,000 copies and was the 21st best-selling single of all time in France, according to Infodisc website.[4] To date, it is the song with the third most weeks at number one (behind "Mambo n°5 (a Little Bit of...)" and "Belle").
In Belgium (Wallonia), the single went to #27 on the Ultratop 40 Singles Chart, on 12 August 2000. It reached the top ten the week after and became number one two weeks later. It remained at the top for 14 consecutive weeks, and then almost kept on dropping (22 weeks in the top ten and 32 on the chart (Top 40)).[5] As in France,[6] the single was the second best-selling single of the year, behind "Ces Soirées-là", by Yannick, although this song spent less weeks at number-one.[7]
In Switzerland, the single was charted for 23 weeks, from 24 September 2000 to 25 March 2001, peaking at #9 in its fourth week. It appeared for 11 weeks in the top 20.[8]
The song was also released in the Netherlands, but in July 2001. It was briefly ranked on the Dutch Top 40, for four weeks, but remained in the bottom of the chart.[9]
Track listings
- CD single
- "Les Rois du monde" — 3:26
- "Un Jour" by Damien Sargue and Cécilia Cara — 3:44
Charts and sales
Peak positions
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End of year charts
Certifications
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Chart successions
| Preceded by "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B |
French SNEP number-one single (first run) 26 August 2000 - 11 November 2000 (12 weeks) |
Succeeded by "One More Time" by Daft Punk |
| Preceded by "I'm Outta Love" by Anastacia |
Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single 2 September 2000 - 2 December 2000 (14 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Parle-moi" by Isabelle Boulay |
| Preceded by "One More Time" by Daft Punk |
French SNEP number-one single (second run) 25 November 2000 - 23 December 2000 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "L'Alizé" by Alizée |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by "Tomber la chemise" by Zebda |
NRJ Music Awards Francophone song of the year 2001 |
Succeeded by "À ma place" by Zazie and Axel Bauer |
References
- ↑ Habib, Elia (2002). Muz hit.tubes (in French). Alinéa Bis. p. 505. ISBN 2-9518832-0-X.
- ↑ La Foire aux Enfoirés, track listing Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 25, 2008)
- 1 2 "Les Rois du monde", in French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 25, 2008)
- ↑ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr Archived 2012-03-26 at WebCite (Retrieved April 25, 2008)
- 1 2 "Les Rois du monde", in Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 25, 2008)
- 1 2 2000 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- 1 2 2000 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be Archived April 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- 1 2 "Les Rois du monde", in Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 25, 2008)
- 1 2 "Les Rois du monde", in Dutch Singles Chart Dutchcharts.nl (Retrieved April 25, 2008)
- ↑ 2000 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Archived October 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 20, 2008)
- ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved July 19, 2008)