Si loin de vous

Infobox Single
Name = Si loin de vous


Artist = Nâdiya
from Album = 16/9
Released = November 19, 2004 (FR/SWI)
December 27, 2004 (EU)
Format = CD single
CD maxi
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Dance-pop, R&B
Length = 3:55
Label = Columbia
Writer = Thierry Gronfier,
Nâdiya,
Mehdy Boussaïd
Producer = Thierry Gronfier
Certification = France: Silver (191,000)
Last single = "Et c'est parti..."
(2004)
This single = "Si loin de vous"
(2004)
Next single = "Signes"
(2005)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = Maxi single cover"Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" is a pop song recorded by the France-born pop/R&B singer Nâdiya and written by Thierry Gronfier, Nâdiya and Mehdy Boussaïd. It was released as the third single released from her second best-selling studio album to date, "16/9". The single was released during the fourth quarter of 2004, being released in November in France and Switzerland and in December in some several other European countries.

Chart performances

On December 22, 2004, the song was certified gold (meaning over 100,000 copies were sold) 1 month after its release by SNEP, the French certificator, becoming her fastest certified single. In total, over 191,000 copies were sold of "Si loin de vous" in France, close to receiving a platinum certification. The song peaked at number forty-six in the 2004 French singles year-end chart (with former singles "Parle-moi" (#22) and "Et c'est parti..." (#30) appearing in the year-end chart too) and #72 in the 2005 edition.

Inspiration

The main whistle in the melody is inspired from Pulstar's Vangelis, an electronic music from the 1976 album Albedo 0.39

Track listings

CD single (11:45)
# "Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" (radio edit) — 3:55
# "Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" (karaoke version) — 3:55
# "Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" (video)

Maxi single (18:14)
# "Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" (radio edit) — 3:55
# "Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" (6Mondini remix) — 5:33
# "Si loin de vous (Hey oh... par la radio)" (instrumental) — 3:51
# "Et c'est parti..." (6mondini remix) — 4:59

Versions and remixes

* Album version
* Radio edit
* Instrumental
* 6Mondini Remix
* Karaoke version

Certifications

References