"Marie" is a 2002 song recorded by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 singer Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

. It was the first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from his album À la vie, à la mort !

À la vie, à la mort !

À la vie, à la mort ! is a 2002 double album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released on November 4, 2002 and achieved huge success in France and Belgium , where it topped the charts, and in Switzerland. It provided four top ten singles in France : "Marie" , "Ne reviens pas" ,...

, and was released in October 2002. Written and produced by Gérald De Palmas

Gérald De Palmas

Gérald De Palmas is a French singer.-Early life:His father was a land surveyor from Britanny, France and his mother was a French teacher from Réunion. At the age of 10, De Palmas' family left Réunion, to live in Aix-en-Provence, France...

, it achieved a huge success in France, topping the singles chart and becoming Hallyday's second number-one hit in France.

The song was performed during Hallyday's 2003 and 2006 tours and was included on his albums Stars France 2003 and Flashback Tour - Palais des Sports 2006.

In France, the single went straight ot #2 on 26 October 2002, being blocked for three weeks at this place by Las Ketchup

Las Ketchup

Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as Tomatito , which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco...

's hit "Aserejé (The Ketchup Song)

The Ketchup Song

"The Ketchup Song" is the English title of the song "Aserejé", performed by the Andalusian-Spanish pop group Las Ketchup, which was an international hit in 2002. The song exists in three versions, Spanish, a version in a mixture of English and Spanish, described as "Spanglish", and a version in...

". It managed to top the chart for three weeks, alterning with Las Ketchup, and totaled 14 weeks in the top ten, 21 weeks in the top 50, and 28 weeks in the top 100. Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP, "Marie" is to date the 79th best-selling single of all time.

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium	Platinum	28 December 2002	40,000
France	Diamond	31 December 2002	750,000	1,045,000

Peak positions

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	2
French SNEP Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	7

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	16
French Singles Chart	4
Swiss Singles Chart	87
Chart (2003)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	71
French Singles Chart	51