C'est la Vie (Robbie Nevil song)

"C'est la Vie"
Single by Robbie Nevil
from the album Robbie Nevil
A-side
  • "Cest la Vie (Extended Version) Remix by Arthur Baker"
  • "C'est la Vie (Single Version)"
B-side
  • "Cest la Vie (Dub Version) Remix by Arthur Baker "
  • "Time Waits for No One"
ReleasedOctober 1986
GenrePop, R&B
Length4:29
LabelManhattan
Songwriter(s)Robbie Nevil, Duncan Pain, Mark Holding
Producer(s)Alex Sadkin, Philip Thornalley
Robbie Nevil singles chronology
"C'est la Vie"
(1986)
"Dominoes"
(1986)
Music video
"C'est la vie" by Robbie Nevil on YouTube

"C'est la Vie" is a song by American singer-songwriter Robbie Nevil, from his self-titled debut album in 1986. The song was first recorded by gospel singer Beau Williams for his album Bodacious! (1984).

Written by Nevil, with Duncan Pain and Mark Holding, Nevil recorded the song for his self-titled debut album, and it was released as the first single. Nevil's single spent two weeks at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1987 and remained in the top 40 for 16 weeks, becoming his highest-charting US hit.[1] (It was kept from number one by two songs, "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott and "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and the Beaters.) Additionally, the song went to number one on the Hot Dance Club Play American dance chart for one week in February 1987 with an Arthur Baker remix. .[2] Internationally, the song reached number three on the UK singles charts and number one in Canada and Switzerland. The song featured in the Black Mirror episode, "San Junipero" and the Snowfall episode, The Sit Down.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 451.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 187.