L'Amour est un soleil

Infobox Single
Name = L'Amour est un soleil


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Artist = Hélène Ségara
Album = Humaine
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B-side = "Petites Douleurs"
Released = April 11, 2003
Format = CD single
Digital download (since 2005)
Recorded = France, 2003
Genre = Pop, Ballad
Length = 3:54
Label = East West
Warner Music
Writer = Romano Musumarra
Roberto Zanelli
Luc Plamondon
Producer = Pierre Jaconelli
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Certification = Gold France, 2003
Chronology = Hélène Ségara singles
Last single = "Donner tout" (2002)
This single = "L'Amour est un soleil" (2003)
Next single = "Encore une fois" (2003)
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"L'Amour est un soleil" is the name of a 2003 song recorded by the French artist Hélène Ségara. It was the lead single from her fourth studio album, "Humaine", on which it features as third track, and was released on April 11, 2003. It was a hit particularly in France, where it almost topped the chart.

ong information

Romano Musumarra, who had previously worked for many famous artists, such as Jeanne Mas, Elsa Lunghini and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, participated in the writing of the song. French-Canadian lyricist Luc Plamondon, who had already wrote songs from the musical "Notre-Dame de Paris", also composed the song. When it was composed, Ségara had just given birth to her second son, and lyrics were inspired by this event.

The song was included on Ségara's 2004 greatest hits album "Le Best of" and was also available on many French compilations, such as "Stars France 2003, Vol. 2". It was also the b-side of Ségara's 2004 single "On ne dit pas".

Chart performances

"L'Amour est un soleil" went straight to #2 on April 19, 2003, and stayed there for three consecutive weeks, but was unable to disloge Florent Pagny's hit "Ma Liberté de penser" which topped the chart then. Afterwards, the single almost kept on dropping, but managed to remain for six weeks in the top ten, 13 weeks in the top 50 and 19 weeks on the chart,"L'Amour est un soleil", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5578&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved June 10, 2008)] hitting Gold status awarded by the SNEPSégara's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-632.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved June 10, 2008)] and featuring at #36 on the Annual Chart.2003 French Singles Chart [http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/single03.STM Ifop.com] (Retrieved June 10, 2008)]

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song was a less successful hit, peaking only at #14 in its fifth week, on May 31, and it dropped quiclky, desappearing from the chart after eight weeks."L'Amour est un soleil", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?key=5578&cat=s Ultratop.be] (Retrieved June 10, 2008)]

In Switzerland, "L'Amour est un soleil" peaked at #13 twice : in its first and fourth weeks, but dropped quickly after this second peak. It remained for five weeks in the top 20 and 13 weeks on the chart (top 100). It was Ségara's second most successful single in this country (the first is "On oublie rien, on vit avec")."L'Amour est un soleil", Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=5578&cat=s Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved June 10, 2008)]

Track listings

; CD single
# "L'Amour est un soleil" — 3:54
# "Petites Douleurs" — 3:29

; Digital download
# "L'Amour est un soleil" — 4:06

Certifications and sales

References

External links

* [http://www.paroles.net/chanson/25577.1 "L'Amour est un soleil", lyrics + music video]