Marie (Johnny Hallyday song)

"Marie"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album À la vie, à la mort !
B-side"Dis-le moi"
ReleasedOctober 2002
RecordedFrance, 2002
GenrePop
Length3:58
LabelMercury
Universal Music
Songwriter(s)Gérald De Palmas
Producer(s)Gérald De Palmas
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Tous ensemble"
(2002) 		"Marie"
(2002) 		"Ne reviens pas"
(2003)
Music video
"Marie" on YouTube

"Marie" is a 2002 song recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was the first single from his album À la vie, à la mort !, and was released in October 2002. Written and produced by Gérald De Palmas, it achieved a huge success in France, topping the singles chart and thus becoming Hallyday's second number-one hit on the modern French SNEP Singles Chart since its establishment in 1984.

The song was performed during Hallyday's 2003 and 2006 tours and was included on his albums Stars France 2003 and Flashback Tour - Palais des Sports 2006.

In France, the single went straight to #2 on 26 October 2002, being blocked for three weeks at this place by Las Ketchup's hit "Aserejé (The Ketchup Song)". It managed to top the chart for three weeks, alterning with Las Ketchup, and totaled 14 weeks in the top ten, 21 weeks in the top 50, and 28 weeks in the top 100.[1] Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP,[2] "Marie" became the ninth best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 729,000 units sold.[3]

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Marie" — 3:58
  2. "Dis-le moi" — 4:28

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[4] Platinum 50,000*
France (SNEP)[5] Diamond 750,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Charts

References

  1. ^ a b "Marie", in French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  2. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  3. ^ "Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, le top 10 final!". Chartsinfrance, PureCharts. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  4. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2002". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ "French single certifications – Johnny Hallyday – Marie" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Marie", in Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  7. ^ "Marie", in Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  8. ^ 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  9. ^ "Year in Review – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2002" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 2–3. 11 January 2003. p. 14. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  10. ^ 2002 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  11. ^ 2002 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  12. ^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 1 September 2008)
  13. ^ 2003 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 1 September 2008)