"Clair de Lune" is a song released by the Australian DJ duo

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, written by singer-songwriter

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and producers Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. It features a melodic interpretation of a section of " Clair de Lune" by French composer

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. The song was released in October 2012 as the second single from the band's debut studio album, '' Down to Earth'' (2014). The song peaked at number 38 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold in 2013. At the

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, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year. At the

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, the song was nominated for Best Video.ARIA Award previous winners. The song polled at number 17 in the

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. The song polled at number 25 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Decade (2010s) in March 2020. Since 2018, the song has been extensively used by

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for many of its advertising campaigns.

Track listings

Digital download # "Clair de Lune" – 7:43 Digital download # "Clair de Lune" – 7:42 # "Clair de Lune" (instrumental) – 7:42 # "Clair de Lune" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)– 7:42 # "Clair de Lune" (Crazy P remix) – 6:49

Charts

Certifications

Thelma Plum version

In 2018,

Thelma Plum Thelma Amelina Plumbe (born 21 December 1994), known professionally as Thelma Plum, is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her father is renowned lore-man Paul Winanga-li Gii Spear ...

recorded a version of the song for a new

television advert campaign. The ad's theme is "the magic that happens when you combine technology and Telstra's mobile network". The single was released on 1 July 2018. Plum said: "Telstra asked me to be a part of this; I've never been a part of something like this before, so I thought it would be something really cool to do." Plum said that Flight Facilities sent her the song and that she and producer Ross James worked on the song in one day. Plum said: "I'm really happy with it! It's beautiful, it was easy to do because it's a beautiful piece of work."

References

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