"La Berceuse du petit diable'" is a 1990 pop-

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song recorded by Canadian

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Roch Voisine Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal and Paris. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male V ...

. It was released in November 1990 as the lead

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from his second studio album ''

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'', on which it appears as the tenth track. It became a top ten hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia).

Versions

"La Berceuse du petit diable" was performed during Voisine's 1992 tour and thus included on the live albums ''

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'' and '' Roch Voisine Live'', as well as on the compilation ''

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''. Voisine recorded a new version of "La Berceuse du petit diable" first in 2003 on his album '' Je te serai fidèle'', then in 2013 as a duet with

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, on his album ''

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''. Jonathan Hamard of Charts in France considered this cover version as one of the two duets from Voisine's album that one would gladly listen again, as both singers' voices go very well together.

Chart performance

In France, "La Berceuse du petit diable" debuted at number 49 on the chart edition of 17 November 1990, then performed the biggest jump of the week, gaining 29 positions to reach number 20, entered the top ten in its fourth week and reached its highest position, number three, in its ninth week, then dropped and fell off the top 50 straight from number 30, after spending nine weeks in the top ten and 18 on the chart. It achieved

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status, awarded by the

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. In Belgium (Wallonia), it featured for four weeks in the top ten, with a peak at number six on 19 and 26 January 1991. On the

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, it debuted at number 82 on 8 December 1990, reached a peak of number 13 in the seventh week, and fell off the top 100 after 15 weeks of presence.

Track listings

* CD maxi, CD maxi (Roch Voisine – "La Berceuse du petit diable") (accessdate: 22 September 2021). # "La Berceuse du petit diable" — 4:04 # "La Berceuse du petit diable" (instrumental) — 4:04 # " Hélène" — 3:45 * 12" maxi, 12" maxi (Roch Voisine – "La Berceuse du petit diable") (accessdate: 22 September 2021). # "La Berceuse du petit diable" — 4:04 # "La Berceuse du petit diable" (instrumental) — 4:04 # "Hélène" — 3:45 * 7" single - Europe, 7" single (Roch Voisine – "La Berceuse du petit diable") (accessdate: 22 September 2021). # "La Berceuse du petit diable" — 4:04 # "La Berceuse du petit diable" (instrumental) — 4:04 * 7" single - Canada, 7" single Canada (Roch Voisine – "La Berceuse du petit diable") (accessdate: 22 September 2021). # "La Berceuse du petit diable" — 4:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berceuse du Petit Diable) 1990 singles Roch Voisine songs 1990 songs Black-and-white music videos