Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux

"Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux"
Single by Lââm
from the album Persévérance
B-side	"Laissez-moi aller au bout de mes rêves"
Released	September 1998
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop, soul
Length	4:20
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Michel Berger
Producer	SDO
Lââm singles chronology
"Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" (1998) "Assez!" (1999)

"Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" is a 1985 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Michel Berger on his album Différences. It was released as a single one year later.

In 1998, the song was covered by French singer Lââm and was released in September 1998 as her debut single and the lead single from her album Persévérance. The song was in fact released two years before, in 1996, but passed unnoticed at the time. Lââm promoted the song singing it lively in many French TV shows. In Tapis rouge, she cried a lot after her performance.^[1] The single became a number-one hit for five weeks in Belgium (Wallonia) and peaked at #2 for ten weeks in France, being unable to disloge the hit "Belle" by Garou, Patrick Fiori and Daniel Lavoie. However, it managed to stayed on the chart (top 100) for 42 weeks, becoming to date Lââm's most successful single and the 105th best-selling singles of all time in France.^[2]

Other notable cover versions include Montserrat Caballé and Johnny Hallyday in 1997 on the album Friends for Life^[3], and Lââm accompanied by 500 Choristes in a live version in 2006 on the album 500 Choristes Vol. 2.^[4]

Track listings

CD single

1. "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" (radio edit) – 4:20
2. "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" (R&B mix) – 4:21
3. "Laissez-moi aller au bout de mes rêves" – 4:33

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France[5]	Diamond	January 20, 1990	750,000	963,000[6]

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[7] 1 French SNEP Singles Chart[8] 2

End of year chart (1998) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[9] 8 French Singles Chart[10] 13 End of year chart (1999) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 59 French Singles Chart[12] 17

Preceded by "Şımarık" by Tarkan

Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single November 28, 1998 - December 26, 1998 (5 weeks)

Succeeded by "Believe" by Cher

References

1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 442,443 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
2. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
3. ^ Friends for Life, track listings and charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
4. ^ 500 Choristes Vol. 2, track listings and charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
5. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
6. ^ French certifications See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "LAAM" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
7. ^ "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
8. ^ "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
9. ^ 1998 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
10. ^ 1998 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
11. ^ 1999 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 4, 2009)
12. ^ 1999 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 4, 2009)

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