Ta fête

"Ta fête" (French for Your Party) is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. On 3 February 2014 it was released as the fourth single from his second studio album Racine carrée where it appears as the opening track. On 17 March 2014 it was announced that it would become the official song for the Belgian football selection at the 2014 World Cup.[1] An official music video for the song was also released by Stromae official Vevo channel.[2]

"Ta fête"
Single by Stromae
from the album Racine carrée
Released3 February 2014
Genre
Length2:57
Label
Songwriter(s)Stromae
Producer(s)
  • Stromae
  • Shameboy (Luuk Cox)
  • Thomas Azier
Stromae singles chronology
"Tous les mêmes"
(2013)		 "Ta fête"
(2014)		 "Ave Cesaria"
(2014)

Promotion

Music video

The music video was directed by Lieven Van Baelen and released on YouTube on 17 June 2014.[3] Stromae takes on the role of the ring announcer as a man is selected among the spectator crowd to run through and escape a raised obstacle course reminiscent of both The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.[4][5] However, it also has deep rooted connections with the 1987 film The Running Man, which shares a similar story of an audience watching a man run through a game and having to fight new armed competitors as they appear eventually gaining freedom, much like the protagonist of the music video.

Chart positions
Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 6
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] 2
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 1
France (SNEP)[8] 30
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 45
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 22

Year-end charts
Chart (2014) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 18
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 11

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[13] Platinum 30,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone

Other versions
  • Dirty Loops recorded a cover version of this song in 2014
gollark: Any more than I would want to make myself satisfied by staring at beige walls for 129047182947 hours.
gollark: Not really. If I could self-modify for that, I probably wouldn't want to.
gollark: Ish.
gollark: It doesn't. This particular thing is.
gollark: Hmm, so you're suggesting that it's a novel *class* of fun based on extremely poor probabilistic reasoning?

References
  1. "Het officiële Rode Duivels-lied is er!". De Standaard (in Dutch). 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  2. "Stromae - Ta fête (Official music video)". StromaeVEVO, YouTube. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  3. Tierney, Luke (2 July 2014). "Stromae 'Ta Fête' by Lieven Van Baelen". Promonews.tv. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. "Nieuwe videoclip voor 'Ta fête': De Stromae-versie van 'The Hunger Games'". Knack (in Dutch). 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. Maufras, Marine (18 June 2014). "Mondial 2014: Stromae soutient la Belgique avec le clip Ta Fête". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Stromae – Ta fête" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Stromae – Ta fête" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  8. "Lescharts.com – Stromae – Ta fête" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Stromae – Ta fête" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Stromae" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  11. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a
  12. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a
  13. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2014". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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