| "Alors on danse" | ||||
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| Single by Stromae | ||||
| from the album Cheese | ||||
| Language | Belgian French | |||
| Released | 26 September 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
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| Length | 3:29 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Paul Van Haver | |||
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| "Alors On Danse (Official Music Video)" on YouTube | ||||
"Alors on danse" (pronounced [alɔʁ ɔ̃ dɑ̃s], French for "And so we dance") is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. It was released in September 2009 in Belgium and in February 2010 in the rest of Europe. The song reached number one in Belgium, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey, and also reached number one on the European Hot 100 Singles chart.
The song also became a success in North America after its release on 1 April 2010 in Canada, receiving airplay in Québec from NRJ Radio stations throughout the province, as well as CKOI-FM. Four months after the European release, almost one million copies worldwide were sold. The song spent 57 weeks on the German Singles Chart, making it the 40th song to spend one year or longer on that chart and the song with the 31st longest run.[2] According to Francophonie Diffusion, "Alors on danse" was the most-played Francophone single worldwide of 2010.[3] As of July 2014, it was the 83rd best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 334,000 units sold.[4]
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| Digital Spy | [6] |
- ^ "Is this the most depressing Europop anthem of all time?". TheGuardian.com. 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Dauerbrenner Top 100 Auswertung (ab Monat 06/1959)". Chartsurfer.de. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "The Yearly Airplay Charts: 2010". Francophonie Diffusion. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ "Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, épisode 2 (90-81)". Chartsinfrance. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Fraser McAlpine (8 September 2010). "Stromae - 'Alors on Danse'". BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Robert Copsey (5 September 2010). "Stromae: 'Alors on Danse'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2018.