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Wikipedia article
"'Ces soires-l'" (, ) is a 2000 song recorded by French singer/rapper Yannick. It was the second single from his debut album 'C'est comme a qu'on aime' and was released in March 2000. Based on a Claude Franois' song ('Cette anne-l'), it achieved a smash success in France, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Background and structure
In 1976, the band Four Seasons recorded the hit single "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". The same year, Claude Franois adapted the song in French-language under the title "Cette anne-l" ("That Year"). In 2000, Yannick made a partial cover of Franois' version: it used almost the same music, but changed the verses. The song, a "dancing and joyful rap", is "festive and lively". According to an analysis of an expert of French charts, the song is characterized by "the brass instruments support[ing] then punctuat[ing] the refrain, the rhythmic tune so characteristic (...) and the bass [playing] in the soloist passage".Elia Habib, 'Muz hit. tubes', p. 494 . The lyric "avec bien plus de style que Travolta" pays homage to John Travolta as Tony Manero in 'Saturday Night Fever'.
Chart performance
In France, the song debuted at No. 13 on 25 March 2000, then climbed and reached No. 1 three weeks later. It stayed there for 15 consecutive weeks, then dropped rather slowly. It totalled 24 weeks in the top ten, 36 weeks in the top 50 and 37 weeks on the chart (top 100)"Ces soires-l", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=4306&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 29 September 2008) and was certified Diamond disc by the SNEP.
"Ces soires-l" was also successful in Belgium (Wallonia). It went to number 33 on 6 May 2000 and reached number one three-week later. After 10 weeks atop, it kept on dropping and fell off the chart (top 40) after a total of 24 weeks."Ces soires-l", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/10d2/Yannick-Ces-soirees-la Ultratop.be] (Retrieved 29 September 2008)
The song was No. 4 for two weeks in July 2000 in Switzerland, but remained on the chart for 30 weeks, 14 of them in the top ten."Ces soires-l", Swiss Singles Chart [https://archive.today/20130116031834/http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=4306&cat=s Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved 29 September 2008)
Cover versions
The song was covered by The Song Family on the cover album of the same name.'Ces soires-l', track listing [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=66423&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 29 September 2008)
Pierre Palmade and Patrick Timsit recorded their own version of the song on Les Enfoirs' album '2002: Tous dans le mme bateau', on which it features as second track.'2002: Tous dans le mme bateau', track listings and charts [https://archive.today/20120710060508/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=3986&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 29 September 2008)
It is also the opening number in worldwide smash-hit musical 'Jersey Boys', which features the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Track listings
; CD single
# "Ces soires-l" (edit radio) 3:21
# "Ces soires-l" (extended version) 4:43
# "Qui ne tente rien n'a rien" 4:45
; Sales in private circuit
# "Ces soires-l" (edit radio) 3:21
# "Ces soires-l" (house mix) 5:08
# "Ces soires-l" (version instrumentale) 3:21
# "Ces soires-l" (a capella) 3:25
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
Category:2000 singles
Category:Yannick songs
Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles
Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Songs written by Bob Gaudio
Category:2000 songs
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