L'Orange (song)

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"L'Orange / Wot"
Universal Music
Songwriter(s)Pierre Delanoë
Gilbert Bécaud
Star Academy 3 singles chronology
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
(2003) 		"L'Orange / Wot"
(2003)
Alternative cover
Original version by Gilbert Bécaud

"L'Orange" is a 1964 song recorded by

reality show Star Academy, and achieved a great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it topped the chart for several weeks. As of August 2014, the song was the 20th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 560,000 units sold.[1] In January 2004, thanks to the cover version, the original one by Gilbert Bécaud was charted for five weeks on the French Singles Chart, but peaked only at #89.[2]

The B-side of the CD single is "Wot!", a cover version of Captain Sensible's 1980s hit.

In the video, the participants of the Star Academy 3 perform the song in a market, and Michal, the finalist, is accused of having robbed an orange.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "L'Orange" — 2:51
  2. "Wot" — 3:07

Charts

Chart (2003–2004) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 6
End of year chart (2003) Position
French Singles Chart[4] 17
End of year chart (2004) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5] 26
French Singles Chart[6] 24
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 51

References

  1. PureCharts
    . 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  2. ^ "L'Orange" (original version), French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 30, 2008)
  3. ^ a b c "L'Orange", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 30 September 2008)
  4. ^ 2003 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 30 September 2008)
  5. ^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 30 September 2008)
  6. ^ 2004 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 30 September 2008)
  7. ^ 2004 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 30 September 2008)
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