"J'ai tout oublié" is a 2001 song recorded as a duet by the French artist Marc Lavoine and the Italian singer Cristina Marocco. The song was released on 19 November 2001 as the second single from Lavoine's eighth album, just entitled Marc Lavoine. It reached number one on the French Singles Chart, thus becoming to date the most successful single of the singer in France.
Background and cover versions The song was written by Marc Lavoine and the music composed by Georges Lunghini, the father of Elsa Lunghini. This song allowed Lavoine to take up with the success, because its previous single failed to reach Top 50. "J'ai tout oublié" was much aired on many radios such as NRJ.
In 2004, the song was covered by Jean-Louis Aubert, Calogero and Lorie on Les Enfoirés' album Les Enfoirés dans l'espace. This 4:57 version is the tenth track.Les Enfoirés dans l'espace, track listing and charts (Retrieved November 20, 2008)
Chart performance In France, "J'ai tout oublié" went straight to number eight on 27 November 2001 and gained a few places almost every week, until reaching number one in the 14th week, and stayed there for two weeks. Then, the single almost did not stop to drop on the chart and totaled 18 weeks in the top ten, 27 weeks in the top 50 and 30 weeks in the top 100. It achieved Gold status and was ranked number 69 and number 20 on the 2001 and 2002 year-end charts, respectively.2001 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 29, 2008)2002 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 29, 2008) As of August 2014, it is the 63rd best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 359,000 units sold. In the region Wallonia of Belgium, "J'ai tout oublié" charted for 21 weeks on the Ultratop 40, from 8 December 2001, spending eleven weeks in the top ten and peaking at number four in the 13th week. It was certified Gold disc, and was the 50th best-selling single of 2002 in this territory.2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 29, 2008)
Track listings CD single "J'ai tout oublié" — 4:05 "Ma Jonque est jaune" by Marc Lavoine (Jean Fauque/Marc Lavoine) — 3:30
Personnel Programmations : Jean-François Berger and Mathew Vaughan Keyboards : Jean-François Berger Background vocals : Claire Keim First violin : Gavyn Wright
Charts and sales
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "J'ai tout oublié"Chart (2001–02)Peakpositionscope="row"Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)3scope="row"
Year-end charts + 2001 year-end chart performance for "J'ai tout oublié"Chart (2001)PositionFrance (SNEP)69 + 2002 year-end chart performance for "J'ai tout oublié"Chart (2002)PositionBelgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)50Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)23France (Airplay Chart)2002 French Airplay and Video Charts Yacast.fr (Retrieved May 17, 2008)10France (TV Music Videos Chart)53France (SNEP)20
Certifications and sales
References
External links "J'ai tout oublié", lyrics "J'ai tout oublié", music video