Alane (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Alane


Cover size =
Border =
Caption = French CD single
Artist = Wes
Album = Welenga
A-side =
B-side = Remix
Released = 1997
Format = CD single, CD maxi
Recorded =
Genre = World music
Length = 3:40
Label = Sony Music Saint George / Epic
Writer = Michel Sanchez Wes Madiko
Producer = Michel Sanchez
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Alane" (1997)
Next single = "Awa Awa" (1997)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = Remixes

"Alane" is a 1997 song recorded by Wes. It was his debut single from his album "Welenga", and was released in 1997 in Francophone countries and in 1998 in other European countries. It became a smash hit, topping the charts in France, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands.

In France, the song was sponsored by TF1, [Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 386 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)] Fun Radio, RTL and the Malongo Coffees, while the choreography was created by French-born singer Mia Frye. The single remained for 25 weeks in the top 50, ten of them atop, and is to date the 18th best-selling single of all time. [Best-selling singles of all time in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved September 25, 2008)]

Track listings

; CD single
# "Alane" (radio mix) — 3:40
# "Alane" (club remix - short version) — 3:37

; CD maxi
# "Alane" (radio mix) — 3:40
# "Alane" (club mix - full version) — 8:06
# "Alane" (drop mix - full version) — 8:07
# "Alane" (club remix - short version) — 3:38
# "Alane" (a capella) — 3:36

; 12" maxi
# "Alane" (trouser enthusiasts orgasmic apparition mix) — 10:43
# "Alane" (trouser enthusiasts spectrophiliac mix) — 6:51
# "Alane" (Todd Terry's club remix) — 8:04
# "Alane" (Tony Moran's club mix) — 4:40
# "Alane" (radio mix) — 3:40

; 12" single
# "Alane" (trouser enthusiasts orgasmic apparition mix) — 10:43
# "Alane" (Trouser enthusiasts spectrophiliac dub) — 6:51

Credits

* Written by Wes
* Composed, arranged and produced by Michel Sanchez
* Artwork by Design, Bronx (Paris)
* Photography (photo remix) by Laurent Edeline
* Photography (photo) by Yan Leuvrey
* Trouser enthusiasts orgasmic apparition mix : programmed by Torsten Gascoigne, produced by Trouser Enthusiasts
* Trouser enthusiasts spectrophiliac mix : remixed and produced by Trouser Enthusiasts
* Todd Terry's club remix : remixed by Todd Terry
* Tony Moran's club mix : remixed by Tony Moran

Certifications

References