"La fête" is a song performed by French-Israeli singer

Amir Haddad Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad ( he, לורן עמיר חליפה חדידר חדד, born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad ( he, עמיר חדד), or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter. He took part in 2006 ...

. The song was released as a digital download on 10 June 2020 by

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as the lead single from his fourth studio album '' Ressources''. The song was written by

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Background

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'', Amir said that he had written this song well before the

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, and said "I want it to become the song where at each party with friends, in your house or in a bar or on vacation, you will put it on and that's when everyone will lose it, throw towels in the air, raise their glasses and dance like crazy."

Critical reception

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said, "Starting with an electric guitar riff, the song utilises a mixture of percussion instrumentation. While not a full-on party feel as the title might suggest, the melody is still relatively danceable. Lyrically, Amir sings about forgetting your troubles and enjoying life to its fullest: 'You're tired from yesterday again / It's nothing / We'll think about it tomorrow … We were all born to party / As if we'd never done it before'."

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "La fête" was first released onto YouTube on 17 June 2020.

Track listing

Personnel

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. * Assaf Tzrouya – producer, composer, choir vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming, recorded by *

– composer, A&R direction, choir vocals, vocals, writer * Nazim Khaled – composer, A&R direction, choir vocals, executive producer, writer * Benjamin Marciano – A&R direction * David Boukhobza – A&R direction, executive producer * Silvio Lisbonne – A&R direction, choir vocals, executive producer * Guy Dan – bass * Itzik Kedem – choir, percussion * 7 Jaws – choir vocals * Eddy Paradelles – choir vocals * Idan Bakshi – choir vocals, guitar * Lital Haddad – choir vocals * Matan Dror – choir vocals, keyboards, programming * Mor Uzan – choir vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming * Pierre-Laurent Faure – choir vocals * Rubens Hazon – choir vocals * Tiborg – masterer * Jérémie Tuil – mixer * Cynthia Chavan-Letsher – production coordinator

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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