"Allô, allô" ("Hello, Hello") is a 2005 song recorded by French singer

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. It was the fifth and last

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from her debut album ''

Un Monde Parfait "Un Monde parfait" ("A Perfect World" in English) is a 2005 song recorded by French young artist Ilona Mitrecey. Based on a traditional Neapolitan song, it was the first single from her debut album ''Un Monde parfait'' and was released in February ...

'' and was released in the first days of April 2006. It had much less success than the previous four singles, but it managed to reach the top ten in France.

Lyrics and music

The lyrics were written and the music composed by Laurent Jeanne, Dan Mitrecey, Philippe Pelet and Olivier Perrot. The song is about the

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opportunities and convenience brought to the singer's life by her

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. In the song, Ilona enumerates eight first names of girls who apparently are her friends. However, in an interview, Ilona said that the song is not autobiographical and that she doesn't know girls with such first names."Le monde parfait d'Ilona en interview vidéo
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Chart performances

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, "Allô, allô" entered the singles chart at #11 on April 8, 2006, then peaked at #10 for two successive weeks. It almost kept on dropping on the chart, totalling 12 weeks in the top 50 and 21 weeks on the chart (top 100)."Allô, allô", French Singles Char
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(Retrieved December 6, 2007) It allowed Ilona to obtain her fifth top ten hit from an album, which was quite rare in France. "Allô, allô" was the 79th best-selling single of 2006 in France.2006 French Singles Char
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), the single was low charted, peaking at #35 for two weeks (on May 6 and June 3, 2006) and staying in the top 40 for four weeks."Allô, allô", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Char
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Track listings

; CD single - France ; Digital download

Credits and personnel

* Composers: Laurent Jeanne, Dan Mitrecey, Philippe Pelet and Olivier Perrot * Editions: Moneypenny, Atello and Universal Music Italia * Production: Ivan Russo, Laurent Jeanne, Philippe Pelet, Dan Mitrecey, Olivier Perrot * Vocals: Ilona * Background vocals: "The Ilonettes": Lena Nester, Rokhya-Lucie Dieng, Sophie Lemoine * Additionnel background vocals: Noémie Brosset, Maïlis Mitrecey * Vocal box: Roxane Perrot * Synths: Philippe Pelet, Ivan Russo * Additionnel production: Ivan Russo & Domydee at Atollorecording Studio (

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) * Executive production: Gilles Caballero and Roxane Perrot * Voices recording: Philippe Vandenhende at Moneypenny Studio (

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) with Franck Benhamou and Benoît Cinquin, and at Ty-Houarn Studio (Préfailles) with Gilles Caballero * Mixing: Ivan Russo at Atollorecording Studio (Naples) * Remixed by Laurent Pautrat (Clap Production / Pool e Music) for Scorpio Music

Charts

References

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