- Jour de neige
Infobox Single
Name = Jour de neige
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Artist =Elsa Lunghini
Album = Elsa
A-side =
B-side = Instrumental
Released = November 1988
Format =7" single
12" maxi
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:00
Label = Ariola
Writer = Georges Lunghini
Pierre Grosz
V.M. Bouvot
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Certification = Gold France, 1989
Chronology =Elsa Lunghini singles
Last single = "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason"
(1988)
This single = "Jour de neige"
(1988)
Next single = "À la même heure dans deux ans"
(1989)
Misc ="Jour de neige" is a 1988 song recorded by the French artist
Elsa Lunghini . Released on November 1988, this song was the third single from her debut album "Elsa". As for the previous three singles, it had a great success in France, reaching #2.Background
As for the other songs of Elsa's debut album, the text was written by Georges Lunghini, the singer's father. The music was composed by Pierre Grosz and V.M. Bouvot. [Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 146 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)]
The song was also recorded in
Italian-language ("Gli anni miei", 3:58) andSpanish-language ("Solo era un sueno", 4:02). All these versions are available on 1997 Elsa'sbest of "Elsa, l'essentiel 1986-1993". Two remixed and extended versions, as well as two instrumental versions, feature on the various formats.As the title lets it guess, the text is about the snow and the enjoyments that it brings. The music video was shot in the snow an the deprived secondary school "Les Chassagnes", in
Oullins ,France .Chart performances
In France, the single was very successful, but didn't managed to disloged
David Hallyday 's "High" which topped the French Singles Chart then. The single went straight to #12 onNovember 26 ,1988 , and entered the top ten two weeks later, in which it stayed for 14 consecutive weeks. It peaked at #2 first onDecember 31 ,1988 , then onJanuary 14 ,1989 . It left the chart after its 20th week of attendance, which was then the shortest single trajectory of the singer. Therefore, her first four singles reached number one or number two on the chart."Jour de neige", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=168203&cat=s Lescharts.com] (RetrievedApril 6 ,2008 )]In 1989, the single achieved Gold disc status by the
SNEP for more than 500,000 sales.Elsa's certifications, by the SNEP [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-837.html Chartsinfrance.net] (RetrievedApril 6 ,2008 )]Track listings
; 7" single
# "Jour de neige" — 4:00
# "Jour de neige" (instrumental) — 4:00; 12" single
# "Jour de neige" (megamix club) — 8:02
# "Jour de neige" (remix version longue) — 4:49
# "Jour de neige" (remix version instrumental) — 4:32Certifications
Charts
References
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