"La Musique (Angelica)" is a 2001 song recorded by the contestants of the first edition of French TV reality showStar Academy. The song was released as a single in December 2001 from the album L'Album and also recorded in a live version on the album Live. Cover of a 1960s song, this version achieved a huge success in France in terms of chart positions and sales.
The song "Angelica" was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, in English, and first recorded by Gene Pitney in 1966 (titled Angelique) but it wasn't released at the time. The first released version was by Mann in 1966. Versions were then recorded by various other artists, including The Sandpipers, Scott Walker, Roy Hamilton, (his last recording, after Elvis Presley, who was scheduled in late January 1969 to record it, turned it over to him), and, in 1970, the American singer Oliver, whose version scraped into the BillboardHot 100 in the US.[1]
Earlier, in 1967, French singer Nicoletta made her own modified version of the song, under the title "La Musique", but this cover passed unnoticed at the time. Thirty-four years later, this version was covered by Star Academy France which decided to consider this cover as the show's anthem and the lead single from its debut album. Fourteen contestants participated in the recording of the new version which particularly puts foreword the singing.[2]
The song became a smash success in France: it went straight to number-one on December 8, 2001, and stayed there for nine weeks. Then it dropped regularly, totalling 12 weeks in the top ten, 19 weeks in the top 50 and 24 weeks in the top 100. Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP only two weeks after its release, the song became the fifth best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 1,140,000 units sold.[3]
Track listingedit
CD single
"La Musique (Angelica)" (mix radio) — 3:24
"La Musique (Angelica)" (mix mega) — 3:40
"La Musique (Angelica)" (instrumental mix radio) — 3:24
Credits and personneledit
Mix radio
Mixed, produced and arranged by SDO and FB Cool for Herbert Music
Recorded at Studio Heben and at the castle by Yves Jaget
Mix Mega
Produced and arranged by SDO and FB Cool for Herbert Music
Recorded at Studio Heben and at the castle by Yves Jaget
Guitars : Fabrice Ragot
Brass : Christian Martinez, Thierry Farrugia and Denis Leloup
^"Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, le top 10 final!". Chartsinfrance, PureCharts. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
^ abc"La Musique (Angelica)", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 30, 2008)
^Les classements annuels 2001 snepmusique.com 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved July 7, 2013)
^2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 30, 2008)
^2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 30, 2008)
^Les classements annuels 2002 snepmusique.com 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved July 7, 2013)
^2002 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved September 30, 2008)
^Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 30, 2008)
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musique, angelica, 2001, song, recorded, contestants, first, edition, french, reality, show, star, academy, song, released, single, december, 2001, from, album, album, also, recorded, live, version, album, live, cover, 1960s, song, this, version, achieved, hug. La Musique Angelica is a 2001 song recorded by the contestants of the first edition of French TV reality show Star Academy The song was released as a single in December 2001 from the album L Album and also recorded in a live version on the album Live Cover of a 1960s song this version achieved a huge success in France in terms of chart positions and sales La Musique Angelica Single by Star Academy Francefrom the album L AlbumB side Remix ReleasedDecember 2001RecordedFrance 2001GenrePopLength3 24LabelIsland Universal MusicSongwriter s FB Cool Ann Gregory real name Arlette Kotchounian Barry Mann SDO Cynthia WeilProducer s FB Cool SDOStar Academy France singles chronology La Musique Angelica 2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme A Man After Midnight 2002 Contents 1 Song information 2 Track listing 3 Credits and personnel 4 Charts and sales 4 1 Peak positions 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Certifications 5 ReferencesSong information editThe song Angelica was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in English and first recorded by Gene Pitney in 1966 titled Angelique but it wasn t released at the time The first released version was by Mann in 1966 Versions were then recorded by various other artists including The Sandpipers Scott Walker Roy Hamilton his last recording after Elvis Presley who was scheduled in late January 1969 to record it turned it over to him and in 1970 the American singer Oliver whose version scraped into the Billboard Hot 100 in the US 1 Earlier in 1967 French singer Nicoletta made her own modified version of the song under the title La Musique but this cover passed unnoticed at the time Thirty four years later this version was covered by Star Academy France which decided to consider this cover as the show s anthem and the lead single from its debut album Fourteen contestants participated in the recording of the new version which particularly puts foreword the singing 2 The song became a smash success in France it went straight to number one on December 8 2001 and stayed there for nine weeks Then it dropped regularly totalling 12 weeks in the top ten 19 weeks in the top 50 and 24 weeks in the top 100 Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP only two weeks after its release the song became the fifth best selling single of the 21st century in France with 1 140 000 units sold 3 Track listing editCD single La Musique Angelica mix radio 3 24 La Musique Angelica mix mega 3 40 La Musique Angelica instrumental mix radio 3 24Credits and personnel editMix radio Mixed produced and arranged by SDO and FB Cool for Herbert Music Recorded at Studio Heben and at the castle by Yves JagetMix Mega Produced and arranged by SDO and FB Cool for Herbert Music Recorded at Studio Heben and at the castle by Yves Jaget Guitars Fabrice Ragot Brass Christian Martinez Thierry Farrugia and Denis LeloupCharts and sales editPeak positions edit Chart 2001 2002 PeakpositionBelgian Wallonia Singles Chart 4 1French SNEP Singles Chart 4 1Swiss Singles Chart 4 12 Year end charts edit Chart 2001 PositionFrench Singles Chart 5 1Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart 6 3Chart 2002 PositionBelgian Wallonia Singles Chart 7 26French Singles Chart 8 11Swiss Singles Chart 9 100 Certifications edit Country Certification Date Sales certifiedBelgium 10 3 x Platinum January 12 2002 120 000France Diamond December 19 2001 750 000References edit Amgelica SecondhandSongs Retrieved 1 September 2014 Elia Habib Muz hit tubes p 546 ISBN 2 9518832 0 X Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millenaire en France le top 10 final Chartsinfrance PureCharts 13 September 2014 Retrieved 2015 03 17 a b c La Musique Angelica in various singles charts Lescharts com Retrieved September 30 2008 Les classements annuels 2001 snepmusique com Archived 2012 09 15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 7 2013 2001 Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart Ultratop be Retrieved September 30 2008 2002 Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart Ultratop be Retrieved September 30 2008 Les classements annuels 2002 snepmusique com Archived 2012 09 15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 7 2013 2002 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade ch Archived 2013 12 03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 30 2008 Belgian certifications Ultratop be Retrieved September 30 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title La Musique amp oldid 1177785840, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
