Avant de partir

"Avant de partir"
Single by Ève Angeli
from the album Aime-moi
B-side"Remix, instrumental"
Released8 September 2000
Recorded2000
GenreSynthpop
Length3:37
LabelSony
Songwriter(s)Michel Rostaing,
Ėve Angeli
Producer(s)Yvan Tarley
Ève Angeli singles chronology
"Avant de partir"
(2000)
"Elle"
(2001)

"Avant de partir" is a song recorded by French singer Ève Angeli. Written by Angeli's then fiancé, now husband, Michel Rostaing, it was her debut single from her album Aime-moi (2001), and was released on 8 September 2000.[1] It became the singer's most successful single in terms of peak positions on the charts, hitting success. In France, the single debuted at number 59 on the chart edition of 16 September 2000 and climbed regularly until reaching a peak of number four for three consecutive weeks. It remained for 15 weeks in the top ten and fell out of the top 100 after 33 weeks. On 16 May 2001, it earned a Platinum disc for selling over 500,000 units.[2] In Belgium (Wallonia), it entered the Ultratop 50 on 30 December 2000 at number 40 and reached number two in its eighth week, being unable to dislodge Garou's hit single "Seul" which topped the chart then. The single totaled ten weeks in the top ten and 17 weeks in the top 40. In Switzerland, entered at a peak of number 20 on 21 January 2001, then dropped and remained for six weeks in the top 100.

The song was included in Angeli's best of Le Meilleur d'Eve Angeli, released on 8 November 2004.

In 2011, Angeli released an electro remix of the song, made in Los Angeles by the DJ who remixed some of Rihanna and Britney Spears' songs. It was accompanied by a sexy music video.[3]

Track listings

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CD single
  1. "Avant de partir" (radio edit) — 3:37
  2. "Avant de partir" (pitch mix) — 3:53
  3. "Avant de partir" (instrumental) — 3:37

Charts and sales

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References

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  1. ^ ""Avant De Partir" (CD single, Import) — Eve Angeli (Artiste), Michel Rostaing (Artiste) — Format : CD" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b "French single certifications – Ève Angeli – Avant de partir" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ Hamard, Jonathan (26 October 2011). "Ėve Angeli : un come-back électro" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Eve Angeli – Avant de partir" (in French). Les classement single.
  5. ^ "Eve Angeli – Avant de partir" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "Eve Angeli – Avant de partir". Swiss Singles Chart.
  7. ^ "Classement Singles - année 2000" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Rapports annuels 2001 — Singles" (in French). Ultratop. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Classement Singles - année 2001" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 March 2013.