"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 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"."Le single posthume de Grégory Lemarchal largement leader des ventes de disques", Charles Decant, 19 June 2007 Ozap.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
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."De temps en temps", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008) It featured at number four on Annual Chart,2007 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008) with 191,650 sales."Disques 2007 : Mika a fait bouger la France", Charles Decant, 12 March 2008 Ozap.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008) It entered the French Digital Chart at number 18 on 9 May, then jumped to a peak of number two the week after.French Digital Chart, from 10 June to 16 June 2007 Ifop.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008) It was ranked #48 on the End of the Year Chart.2007 French Digital Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved 2 May 2008)
The song is also available on Lemarchal's posthumous compilation, Rêves.
Track listings CD single "De temps en temps" — 4:01 "De temps en temps" (instrumental version) — 4:01
Digital download "De temps en temps" — 4:01
Charts and sales
Peak positions Chart (2007)PeakpositionBelgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart"De temps en temps", in various Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2008) 1Eurochart Hot 100 Singles4French Digital Chart 2French Singles Chart 1Swiss Singles Chart10
Year-end charts Chart (2007)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart2007 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2008)9French Airplay Chart2007 French Airplay and Video Charts Yacast.fr (Retrieved 14 May 2008)30French Digital Chart48French Singles Chart4French TV Airplay Chart38
Certifications
References
External links "De temps en temps", lyrics and music video