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. It was his debut single off his album of the same name and was released in October 2008. It achieved huge success in francophone countries.

Background and release

As the song was produced by 347 Internet users, Grégoire allowed forty of them to appear elsewhere in the music video performing the song in playback. This 3:02 video is available on the DVD of the collector edition. As sign of popularity, the song and the music video were included on the famous double compilation ''

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''. The song was quickly aired by the radio NRJ and RTL. With this song, Grégoire was nominated at the 2008

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in the category 'French revelation of the year' and performed it on the show in a new version with

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. "Toi + Moi" was thus included on the ''NRJ Music Awards 2009'' compilation. In 2009, the song was covered by

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and

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for

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' album ''Les Enfoirés font leur cinéma''. This cover version was ranked number 16 on the Belgian

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Singles Chart on 28 March 2009. ''Toi + Moi'' was also used as the theme song for the 2012 edition of the Québécois musical reality series, ''

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'', sung by the contestants.

Chart performances

"Toi + Moi" was a smash hit, peaking at number-one on the French Digital chart for six non-consecutive weeks from 27 September 2008, and eventually became the most downloaded single of the year in France. It was also much aired on radio, peaking at number two on 24 October 2008. The song was also a number-one hit single and on the Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart, debuting at number one on 8 November and staying atop for twelve consecutive weeks. It totaled 35 weeks in the top 40 (

). The song was also a top ten hit in Switzerland and remained for 26 weeks in the top 100.

Credits

* Written by Grégoire * Vocals by Grégoire * Arranged by Franck Authié and Grégoire * Guitar by Franck Authié * Mastered by Greg Calbi * Piano by Cyril Taïeb * Recorded by Franck Authié and Ken Ploquin * Produced by Franck Authié

Charts

Peak positions

Year-end charts

References

External links

"Toi + Moi", official music video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toi plus Moi (Song) Grégoire (musician) songs 2008 debut singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles Songs written by Grégoire (musician) 2008 songs