L'amour est un soleil

"L'amour est un soleil" is a 2003 song recorded by French artist Hélène Ségara. It was the lead single from her fourth studio album, Humaine, on which it features as third track, and was released on 11 April 2003. It was a hit particularly in France, where it almost topped the chart.

"L'amour est un soleil"
Single by Hélène Ségara
from the album Humaine
B-side"Petites Douleurs"
Released11 April 2003
RecordedFrance, 2003
GenrePop
Length3:54
LabelEast West, Warner Music
Songwriter(s)Romano Musumarra,
Roberto Zanelli,
Luc Plamondon
Producer(s)Pierre Jaconelli
Hélène Ségara singles chronology
"Donner tout"
(2002)		 "L'amour est un soleil"
(2003)		 "Encore une fois"
(2003)

Song information

Romano Musumarra, who had previously worked for many famous artists, such as Jeanne Mas, Elsa Lunghini and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, participated in the writing of the song. French-Canadian lyricist Luc Plamondon, who had already written songs from the musical Notre-Dame de Paris, also composed the song. When it was composed, Ségara had just given birth to her second son, and lyrics were inspired by this event.

The song was included on Ségara's 2004 greatest hits album Le Best of and was also available on many French compilations, such as Stars France 2003, Vol. 2. It was also the b-side of Ségara's 2004 single "On ne dit pas".

Chart performance

"L'Amour est un soleil" went straight to number two on 19 April 2003, and stayed there for three consecutive weeks, but was unable to dislodge Florent Pagny's hit "Ma liberté de penser" which topped the chart then. Afterwards, the single almost always dropped, and remained for six weeks in the top ten, 13 weeks in the top 50 and 19 weeks on the chart,[1] hitting Gold status awarded by the SNEP[2] and featuring at number 36 on the year-end chart.[3]

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song was less successful, peaking only at number 14 in its fifth week, on 31 May, and it dropped quickly, and fell off the chart after eight weeks.[4]

In Switzerland, "L'Amour est un soleil" peaked at number 13 twice, in its first and fourth weeks, then dropped quickly. It remained for five weeks in the top 20 and 13 weeks on the chart (top 100). It was Ségara's second-most-successful single in this country (the first is "On oublie rien, on vit avec").[5]

Track listings
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."L'Amour est un soleil"3:54
2."Petites Douleurs"3:29
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."L'Amour est un soleil" (album version)4:06

Personnel

Charts and sales

Certifications and sales
Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[2] Gold 2003 250,000 260,000[7]
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References
  1. ""L'Amour est un soleil", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  2. "Certifications Singles Or - année 2003" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  3. "2003 French Singles Chart" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  4. ""L'Amour est un soleil", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  5. ""L'Amour est un soleil", Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  6. "2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  7. "Les Certifications depuis 1973, database" (in French). Infodisc. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
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