''C'est la Vie'' is the third studio album by French DJ and record producer

Martin Solveig Martin Laurent Picandet (; born 22 September 1976), better known by his stage name Martin Solveig (), is a French DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer. He hosts a weekly radio show called ''C'est La Vie'' on radio stations worldwide, incl ...

. It was released on 2 June 2008 by Universal Licensing Music and Mixture Stereophonic. It spawned the singles " C'est la Vie", " I Want You" and "

One 2.3 Four "One 2.3 Four" is a song by French DJ and record producer Martin Solveig. The song was released in France as a digital download on 22 December 2008. It was released as the third single from his third studio album '' C'est la Vie'' (2008). The song ...

". A special edition of the album, titled the Definitive Edition, was released on 28 September 2009, containing the single " Boys & Girls" and a bonus disc of remixes.

Track listing

All songs written, composed and produced by

, except "Beauty False" and "Some Other Time" written and produced by Solveig and Michael Tordjman.

Definitive Edition

Personnel

– lead vocals, backing vocals, instruments, mixing, production,

programming Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program m ...

*Cyril Atef –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Chakib Chambi –

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

*Gail Cochrane – spoken words * Tom Coyne – mastering * Sophie Delila –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

Lee Fields Elmer Lee Fields (born April 26, 1950) is an American soul singer, sometimes nicknamed "Little JB" for his physical and vocal resemblance with James Brown. He has recorded with Kool and the Gang, Hip Huggers, O. V. Wright, Darrell Banks, and ...

– lead vocals *Pascal Garnon –

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*Jean-Baptiste Gaudray – guitar *Quentin Ghomari –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

*Stephy Haïk – lead vocals, backing vocals *Armelle Kergall – front and back cover

photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

*Antoine Le Grand – booklet back photography *Léo & Mona –

artwork A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature ...

*Laurent Meyer –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

*Guy N'Sangué –

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

*Jay Sebag – lead vocals, backing vocals *Loïc Seron –

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

*David Shama – inside photography *Michael Tordjman – instruments, production, programming *Philippe Weiss – mixing *Mixed at

Studio Davout Studio Davout was a recording studio located in Paris, France. It was created in 1965 by Yves Chamberland later joined by Claude Ermelin.Yves Chamberland and Claude Ermelin are defectors from Europa Sonor studios. It was built in the 1,200 m2 of an ...

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**"C'est la vie" and "Poptimistic" mixed at Mixture Studio, France *Mastered at

Sterling Sound George Marino (April 15, 1947June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He attended ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:C'est La Vie (Martin Solveig Album) 2008 albums Martin Solveig albums Universal Music France albums