La Tribu de Dana

Infobox Single
Name = La Tribu de Dana


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Artist = Manau
Album = Panique celtique
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B-side = "L'Avenir est un long passé"
Released = 1998
Format = CD single
Recorded = France
Genre = Hip hop, Pop
Length = 4:47
Label = Polydor
Writer = Martial Tricoche
Cédric Soubiron
Hervé Lardic
Producer = Manau
Audio sample? = Diamond France, 1998
Gold Switzerland, 1998
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Last single =
This single = "La Tribu de Dana" (1998)
Next single = "Panique celtique" (1998)
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"La Tribu de Dana" is a 1998 song recorded by the French hip hop band Manau, available on their debut album, "Panique celtique", on which it features as second track. Released as first single in July 1998, it hit a huge success, particularly in France, topping the singles chart for many months and becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time in that country.

Lyrics and music

In France, this song created a new style of music, combining French rap and Breton melodies. Verses have hip hop sonorities, while the refrain, very catchy, uses the Breton traditional melody line from Alan Stivell's famous 1970s folk hit "Tri martolod".Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 424 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)] Stivell sued the group, but Manau maintained that the song was simply a baseline, and was modified enough to not be considered plagiarism.

Distributed by Polydor, the song was composed by the members of the band : Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron and Hervé Lardic. Lyrics is about an Irish tribe named Dana — which refers to the name of the Dagna god's daughter — narrating an epic war carried out by this tribe. The story is told by the only survivor of this war, who becomes thus the tribe's king. The tribe of Dana is a group of figures in Irish mythology, also described in "L'épopée Celte".

In 2006, the song was covered by Catherine Lara, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Natasha St-Pier, Francis Cabrel and Zazie. This version features as 13th track on the album "2006: Le Village des Enfoirés", released on April 7, 2006 by Les Enfoirés. ["2006: Le Village des Enfoirés", track listing [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Les+Enfoir%E9s&titel=2006%3A+Le+village+des+Enfoir%E9s&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved April 27, 2008)]

Chart performances

On the French Singles Chart, the song has the characteristic of having remained for 23 weeks in the top three, while it featured on the chart (Top 100) for 27 weeks. It went straight to #3 on May 9, 1998, reached #1 in its seventh week and stayed there for 12 consecutive weeks. Then it was #2 for five weeks, then dropped very quickly."La Tribu de Dana", in French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Manau&titel=La+tribu+de+Dana&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)] It was certified Diamond disc by the SNEP, the French certificator,French certifications [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-108.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)] and was ranked #2 on the End of the Year Chart of 1998.1998 French Singles Chart [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/classements/singles/classement_annuel.asp?date=13 Disqueenfrance.com] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)] According to Infodisc website, the song was sold about 1,415,000 copies in France, being thus the 19th best-selling single of all time in that country. [Best-selling singles of all time in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved April 27, 2008)]

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song was charted for 39 weeks on the Ultratop 40, which is a very long chart trajectory. It debuted at the bottom of the chart (#38), and managed to top it from its 9th to its 16th week, before dropping slowly. It totaled 25 weeks in the top ten"La Tribu de Dana", in Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Manau&titel=La+tribu+de+Dana&cat=s Ultratop.be] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)] and featured at #3 on the Annual Chart.1998 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1998 Ultratop.be] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)] To date, it is the fourth biggest hit since 1995 in Belgium (Wallonia). [Best hits since 1995 in Belgium (Wallonia) [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/bestall.asp Ultratop.be] (Retrieved April 27, 2008)]

In Belgium (Flanders), "La Tribu de Dana" entered the chart on September 26, then gained a few places almost every week, and reached its peak position, #4, for four weeks, from November 7 to November 28. After that, it almost didn't stop to drop and fell off the chart (Top 50) after 18 weeks."La Tribu de Dana", in Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Manau&titel=La+tribu+de+Dana&cat=s Ultratop.be] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)] The song was the 26th best-selling single of the year.1998 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998 Ultratop.be] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)]

The song also featured for 21 weeks on the Dutch Singles Chart (Top 100), from September 12, 1998, to February 6, 1999. It started at #70 and steadily climbed on the chart until hitting #3, from its 6th to its 9th week. Then it kept on dropping."La Tribu de Dana", in Dutch Singles Chart [http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Manau&titel=La+tribu+de+Dana&cat=s Dutchcharts.nl] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)]

"La Tribu de Dana" was charted in December 1999 in Germany, but achieved a very small success, peaking at #89.German Singles Chart [http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Charts-surfer.de] (Retrieved April 26, 2008)]

Track listings

; CD single
# "La Tribu de Dana" — 4:47
# "L'Avenir est un long passé" — 4:40

Certifications

References

External links

* [http://www.allparoles.com/paroles/manau/La%20tribu%20de%20Dana.htm "La Tribu de Dana", lyrics]
* [http://www.jukebo.fr/manau.html?mdtk=168710 "La Tribu de Dana", music video]