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. It was covered in 2003 by the contestants of the French third version of the TV

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, and achieved a great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it topped the chart for several weeks. As of August 2014, the song was the 20th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 560,000 units sold. In January 2004, thanks to the cover version, the original one by Gilbert Bécaud was charted for five weeks on the French Singles Chart, but peaked only at #89."L'Orange" (original version), French Singles Char
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(Retrieved September 30, 2008) The B-side of the CD single is "Wot!", a cover version of

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's 1980s hit. In the video, the participants of the Star Academy 3 perform the song in a market, and

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, the finalist, is accused of having robbed an orange.

Track listing

; CD single # "L'Orange" — 2:51 # "Wot" — 3:07

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orange 1964 songs 2003 singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles SNEP Top Singles number-one singles Star Academy France songs Songs with music by Gilbert Bécaud Songs written by Pierre Delanoë