Foule sentimentale

Infobox Single
Name = Foule sentimentale


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Artist = Alain Souchon
Album = C'est déjà ça
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Released = October 1993
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Pop
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Label = Virgin
Writer = Alain Souchon
Producer = Michel Coeuriot
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Certification = Silver France, 1994
Last single = "Quand j'serai K.O
(1989)
This single = "Foule sentimentale"
(1993)
Next single = "L'Amour à la machine"
(1994)
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"Foule sentimentale" is a 1993 popular song written, composed and performed by the French artist Alain Souchon. The song was released as single in October 1993 and was the first one from his 1993 album "C'est déjà ça".

According to the magazine "Platine", this song was "clean and efficient" ["Platine", December 1993 - January 1994] .

Lyrics and music

In this song, Alain Souchon criticizes "the superfluity of the materialistic society". In the lyrics, he also cites Paul-Loup Sulitzer and Claudia Schiffer as examples of people highlighted in the media for their success in their respective fields, saying thus all that causes great harm to the TV viewers [Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 285 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)] .

Awards and chart performances

The song won the award of the song of the year at the 1994 Victoires de la Musique and the Victory of Victories of the original song of the last twenty years in 2005.

The song appeared on the French SNEP Singles Chart from October 30, 1993 to April 9, then from April 23 to 30, 1994. Thus it stayed for 26 weeks on the chart and jumped from #14 to #1 on February 12, 1994. The song has become one of the most emblematic songs of the singer"Foule sentimentale", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=206133&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)] .

Covers and tributes

In 1997, the song was covered by Les Enfoirés and features on their album "Sol en Si" (track 15, 5:09), released on October 6. It was performed by Francis Cabrel, Michel Jonasz, Catherine Lara, Maxime Le Forestier, Maurane, Zazie and Alain Souchon himself [Various artists, "Sol en Si" [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=37351&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)] .

In 2006, the song was also covered in Spanish language by the female singer Bia under the name "Tão Sentimental" (3:14), that features on her album "Coeur Vagabond".

In tribute to this title, the French singer and songwriter Renaud wrote the song "Sentimentale mon cul" in 2006 on his album "Rouge Sang".

Charts and certifications

{| class="wikitable"!align="left"|Country!align="left"|Certification!align="left"|Date!align="left"|Sales certified!align="left"|Physical sales
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align="left"|FranceAlain Souchon's certifications in France [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-593.html Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)]
align="center"|Silver
align="center"|1994
align="center"|200,000
align="center"|218,000 [Alain Souchon's certifications ands sales See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "SOUCHON Alain" [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_Certif.php Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved February 18, 2008)]
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