Soirée disco
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"Soirée disco" is a 1996 song recorded by the DJ Philippe Dhondt under the pseudonym of Boris. It was released as the first single from his eponymous debut album in the first weeks of January 1996. It achieved a great success in France
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 and Belgium
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, topping their charts.

Background

The song's lyrics and music were composed by Bruno van Garsse, M. de San Antonio, Benoît Marissal and Philippe Dhondt (the latter was actually a former member of the band Pleasure Game, whom hit "Le Dormeur" peaked at #9 in 1991 in France). The song was produced by Bruno van Garsse and Benoît Marissal who had previously worked with the 1993 band GO Culture.

"Soirée disco" is a funny song in which the singer explains the disco party that he is organizing in his house.

Charts performances

In France
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, the single debuted at the bottom of the French SNEP Singles Chart, at number 43, but gained quickly a few places every week and managed to top the chart on March 16, in its eighth week. However, it was replaced at #1 the following week by the huge hit "Children
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", by Robert Miles
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, but stayed for six consecutive weeks at number 2, then for four weeks at number 3. After that, it kept on dropping and disappeared from the chart after its 25th week. The same year, the single was certified Gold disc
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 by the SNEP, the French certificator, for a minimum of 250,000 sales, and was ranked at #11 on the End of the Year Chart.

In Belgium
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 (Wallonia), the single debuted at number 26 on March 16, 1996 and reached number 2 three weeks later. There it remained for two weeks and eventually peaked at #1 for seven consecutive weeks. It was then number 2 for four weeks and fell very quickly until it left the chart, after 24 weeks of attendance. It was the fourth best-selling single that year in the country.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Soirée disco" (fais le beau mix)
  2. "Soirée disco" (la gentille radio mix)
  3. "Soirée disco" (fais le beau mix)


CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "Soirée disco" (l'étoile mix) (4:52)
  2. "Boris et la fée" (6:41)
  3. "Soirée disco" (la fureur mix) (5:19)


12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Soirée disco" (l'étoile mix) (4:52)
  2. "Boris et la fée" (6:41)
  3. "Soirée disco" (la fureur mix) (5:19)


12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Soirée disco" (top délire méga groove) (5:18)
  2. "Soirée disco" (crazy mix) (5:18)
  3. "Boris et la Fée" (domme mix) (6:54)
  4. "La Danse des gros" (fat mix) (4:50)


12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Soirée disco" (fais le beau mix) (6:00)
  2. "Soirée disco" (Boris l'genre de mec qui parle tout seul) (2:23)
  3. "Soirée disco" (fais le beau radio mix) (3:47)
  4. "Soirée disco" (top délire méga groove) (5:21)


Personnel

  • Music :
    • "Soirée disco" : Bruno van Garsse, M. de San Antonio, Philippe Dhondt, Benoît Marissal
    • "Boris et la Fée" : Bruno van Garsse, M. de San Antonio, Philippe Dhondt, J. Meurisse
  • Mixed by Sébastien Darras and Jacky Meurisse at studios Black Out
  • Produced by Bruno van Garsse and Philippe Dhondt
  • Executive producer : Michel Nachtergaele for Black Out Records
  • Editions : Nowdi Music / Sony Music Publishing

Certification

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France Gold 1996 250,000 376,000

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart
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1
French SNEP Singles Chart 1

End of year chart (1996) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 4
French Singles Chart 11
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