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"Alors on danse" is a 2009

2009 in music

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song by Belgian

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singer Stromae

Stromae

Paul Van Haver, better known as Stromae [stromaj] is a singer-songwriter of Belgian-Rwandan origin. He has distinguished himself in both hip hop and electronic music...

, released in September 2009 in Belgium and in February 2010 in the rest of Europe. The song reached number one in Belgium

Belgium

, Austria

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, Bulgaria

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, the Czech Republic

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, Denmark

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, Finland

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, France

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, Germany

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, Greece

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, Italy

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, Luxembourg

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, the Netherlands

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, Poland

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, Romania

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, Russia

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, Slovakia

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, Switzerland

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and Turkey

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, and also reached number one on the European Hot 100 Singles. On April 1, 2010, "Alors on danse" was released in Canada, receiving airplay in Québec from NRJ Radio

NRJ Radio

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stations throughout the province, as well as CKOI-FM

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. Four months after the European release, almost 1 million copies worldwide were sold.
The song spent 55 weeks on the German Singles Chart making it the 40th song to spend 1 year or longer on that chart and the song with the 31st longest run.

Music video

At the beginning of the video Stromae is sitting in his office. After a hard day's work, he apparently wants to visit his child, but as he arrives at his wife's house he is told to leave. He proceeds to walk down the street, and as he does this a homeless man steals his coat. He then enters a pub. At first he does not appear to enjoy himself, but as he becomes more inebriated he begins to sing on a small stage. After his performance he passes out, and is brought back by an unknown man from the pub to his office desk in the first scene, where the video started.

Covers and remixes

Also, American singer Lumidee

Lumidee

Lumidee Cedeño is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. Cedeño was born in Spanish Harlem where she was raised by her grandparents...

released a cover version of the song along with rapper Chase Manhattan in March 2010. Kanye West

Kanye West

Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...

and Gilbere Forte

Gilbere Forte

Gilbere Forte is an American rapper/producer born in Flint, Michigan on July 14, 1987. Following his parents separation at an early age, Gilbere headed to Chicago with his mother for several years before making Philadelphia his home in 1999.-Biography:...

released a remix together in August 2010.

Track listings

CD single

"Alors on danse" (radio edit) — 3:29
"Alors on danse" (extended mix) — 4:18

CD single - Promo 1 (Were)

"Alors on danse" — 3:28

CD single - Promo 2 (Mercury)

"Alors on danse" (remix) — 2:51

UK iTunes - EP

"Alors on danse" (feat. Kanye West) — 3:34
"Alors on danse" (feat. Erik Hassle) — 3:28
"Alors on danse" (Solo Remix) — 4:10
"Alors on danse" (Solo Dub Remix) — 4:09
"Alors on danse" (Mowgli Remix) — 6:25

Charts

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Chart (2009/10)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... ) Remix featuring Kanye West	79
Poland (Dance Top 50)	1
Poland (ZPAV)	3
Romania (Romanian Top 100 Romanian Top 100 The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media.... )	1
Russia (Download Chart)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	6
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	2
Denmark (Tracklisten Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... )	4
Dutch Singles Chart	2
European Hot 100 Singles	5
German Singles Chart	7
Italian Singles Chart	7
Romanian Top 100	7
Spanish Singles Chart	40
Swiss Singles Chart	5

Music video

Covers and remixes

Track listings

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

See also