Song of Ocarina
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"Song of Ocarina" is the name of a 1991 song recorded by the musician
Musician
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s Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena. It is entirely instrumental and is played on ocarina
Ocarina
The ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. Variations do exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body...

 by Modena and cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

 by Audin. Released as 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 the album Ocarina, it achieved a huge success in France
France
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, topping the chart, and became the country's first instrumental number-one hit.

Song information

This song was composed by Paul de Senneville
Paul de Senneville
Paul de Senneville is a French melody composer and a music producer.-Career:He began his career as a journalist working for big French newspapers such as France Soir...

 who was best known for composing "Ballade pour Adeline" for Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of...

 and had already written several pop songs in the 1980s for the band Pop Concerto Orchestra.

In this instrumental duet, "the cello and the ocarina compete in expressiveness on a swinging rhythmic". The ocarina "gives to the song a thin and air tone which makes us travel in the Andean
Andes
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 heights", while the cello "adds to the music a melancholic touch and the depth of the notes of [the] archer
Archery
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".

In France, the single debuted at #37 on October 5, 1991, on the singles chart, and climbed until reaching the top ten five weeks later. It hit the chart for two not consecutive weeks and remained for 21 weeks in the top ten and 32 weeks in the top 50. It was certified Gold disc by the SNEP and remains to date the 883rd best-selling single of all time in France. In Switzerland
Switzerland
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, "Song of Ocarina" achieved a minor success: it stayed for three weeks on the chart (top 30), peaking at #14 on January 26, 1992.

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Song of Ocarina" — 3:40
  2. "Song of Ocarina" (ocarina solo) — 3:40


CD maxi
  1. "Song of Ocarina" — 3:40
  2. "Song of Ocarina" (ocarina solo) — 3:40
  3. "Song of Ocarina" (extended version)


Cassette
  1. "Song of Ocarina" — 3:40
  2. "Song of Ocarina" (ocarina solo) — 3:40

Peak positions

Chart (1991/92) Peak
position
Dutch Mega Top 100 18
French SNEP Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 14


Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France Gold 1992 250,000 379,000


Chart successions

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