"La Ritournelle" is a song by

Sébastien Tellier Sébastien Tellier (; born 22 February 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with his song "Divine". He has also produced songs for Dita Von Teese and composed m ...

from his 2004 album ''

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''. It was released as a single on 26 September 2005; along with the original, this included remixes by Mr. Dan, Jim Noir and Jake Bullit. The track received much critical acclaim. On www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk, Kev writes: "Tellier has created one of the most beautiful, symphonic dance tracks you’ll ever hear in your lives". The song features drumming by Tony Allen. In October 2011, ''

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'' placed "La Ritournelle" at number 110 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Promotional uses

In 2009, the track was used in

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's 'scroller' ident, which features bird's eye views of New York at night. The song was also used in the eleventh episode of the third season of ABCs hit show ''

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'', in advertisements for Australian sports channel One HD, and in a European L'Oreal commercial starring

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Cricket used the track during live coverage to promote upcoming games. It was also featured in

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'' and appears on the show's soundtrack. It was also used as a backing track for the credits in a ''Come Dine with Me'' episode and features on the soundtrack of award-winning film '' Oslo, August 31st'' by

Joachim Trier Joachim Trier () (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015), ''Thelma'' (2017), and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). For the latter film, he ...

References

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Promotional uses

See also

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