De temps en temps

"De temps en temps"
Single by Grégory Lemarchal
from the album La Voix d'un ange
B-side"Instrumental"
Released11 June 2007
RecordedFrance
GenrePop
Length4:01
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Davide Esposito, Grégory Lemarchal
Producer(s)Rémi Lacroix
Grégory Lemarchal singles chronology
"SOS d'un terrien en détresse"
(2007)
"De temps en temps"
(2007)
"Le Lien"
(2007)

"De temps en temps" (meaning "From Time to Time") is a 2007 song recorded by the French singer Grégory Lemarchal. It was released as the first single from his posthumous album, La Voix d'un ange, on 11 June 2007. The song was very successful in France and Belgium (Wallonia), topping the singles charts.

Song information

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Lyrics and music were composed by Grégory Lemarchal and Davide Esposito (who had also composed the original version in Italian-language of Lemarchal's debut single "Écris l'histoire").

With this song, Grégory Lemarchal carried out the best weekly sale of 2007 for a number-one single on the French Singles Chart : indeed, the single was sold more than 76,000 copies during its first week of release. These sales were qualified as "excellent" considering the collapse of the singles market in France, and "express[ed] the lively emotion which surround[ed] the singer's death".[1]

In France, the single was straight number-one on the singles chart on 16 June, then dropped slowly, totaling 11 weeks in top ten, 21 weeks in the top 50 and 33 weeks in the top 100.[2] It featured at number four on Annual Chart,[3] with 191,650 sales.[4] It entered the French Digital Chart at number 18 on 9 May, then jumped to a peak of number two the week after.[5] It was ranked #48 on the End of the Year Chart.[6]

The song is also available on Lemarchal's posthumous compilation, Rêves.

Track listings

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CD single
  1. "De temps en temps" — 4:01
  2. "De temps en temps" (instrumental version) — 4:01
Digital download
  1. "De temps en temps" — 4:01

Charts and sales

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Certifications

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Certifications for "De temps en temps"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[11] Gold 25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Le single posthume de Grégory Lemarchal largement leader des ventes de disques", Charles Decant, 19 June 2007 Ozap.com Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  2. ^ a b "De temps en temps", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  3. ^ a b 2007 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived April 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  4. ^ "Disques 2007 : Mika a fait bouger la France", Charles Decant, 12 March 2008 Ozap.com Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  5. ^ a b French Digital Chart, from 10 June to 16 June 2007 Ifop.com Archived 2007-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  6. ^ a b 2007 French Digital Chart Ifop.com Archived November 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  7. ^ a b "De temps en temps", in various Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  8. ^ "Grégory Lemarchal — Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  9. ^ 2007 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
  10. ^ a b 2007 French Airplay and Video Charts Yacast.fr (Retrieved 14 May 2008)
  11. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2007". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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