"Ta fête" (
French
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for ''Your Party'') is a song by
Belgian singer
Stromae. On 3 February 2014 it was released as the fourth single from his second
studio album
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''
Racine carrée'' where it appears as the opening track. On 17 March 2014 it was announced that it would become the official song for the
Belgian football selection at the
2014 World Cup
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. An official music video for the song was also released by Stromae official
Vevo channel.
Promotion
Music video
The music video was directed by Lieven Van Baelen and released on YouTube on 17 June 2014. Stromae takes on the role of the ring announcer as a man is selected among the spectator crowd to run through and escape a raised obstacle course reminiscent of both ''
The Hunger Games'' and ''
The Maze Runner''.
However, it also has deep rooted connections with the 1987 film ''
The Running Man
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* ''The Running Man'', a 1963 novel by Joan Carol Holly under the pseudonym J. Hunter Holly
* ''The Running Man'' (novel), a 1982 novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman
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'', which shares a similar story of an audience watching a man run through a game and having to fight new armed competitors as they appear eventually gaining freedom, much like the protagonist of the music video.
Chart positions
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Other versions
*
Dirty Loops recorded a cover version of this song in 2014
References
External links
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2014 songs
Stromae songs
Songs written by Stromae
Mercury Records singles
2014 singles