"Tu trouveras" (
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translation: "You Will Find") is the name of a
2002
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song recorded by the
Canadian
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singer
Natasha St-Pier
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Natasha St-Pier r ...
, composed by
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo (; born 8 January 1965) is a French singer-songwriter.
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Pascal Obispo, son of Max Obispo (a former Bordeaux Girondins football player of Basque origin) and Nicole Guérin (originally from Angers), was born on 8 J ...
and written by
Lionel Florence __TOC__
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It was released as the first
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from her third album, ''
De l'amour le mieux'', on which it features as first track. The song became a top three hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia) and was much aired on radio, remaining to date St-Pier's most successful single in terms of sales.
Song information
The music was written by famous composer Lionel Florence, and composed by
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singer
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo (; born 8 January 1965) is a French singer-songwriter.
Biography
Pascal Obispo, son of Max Obispo (a former Bordeaux Girondins football player of Basque origin) and Nicole Guérin (originally from Angers), was born on 8 J ...
who also participated in the production of the song. It deals with a love relationship in which St-Pier admits her mistakes and her weaknesses. The words "Tu trouveras", which are sung in the refrain, are performed by Pascal Obispo, and therefore the song is generally considered as a duet, even though almost all of the lyrics are sung by Natasha St.-Pier. They performed the song in many French TV programs.
The song features on many French compilations, such as ''Les Plus Belles Ballades'', ''Les Plus Beaux Duos'', ''Non Stop Hits 4'', ''Les Plus Belles Voix, vol. 1'', ''Hitbox 2002 Best of, vol. 4'' and ''Hit de diamant''.
Christophe Maé
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Maé learned to play the violin at age five, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he wa ...
covered the song included in a medley named "Mister Restos 2008" on
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' 2008 album ''Le Secret des Enfoirés''.
Chart performances
In France, the single started at number four on 30 March 2002 and peaked at number three in its third week. It was blocked from topping the chart by
Shakira
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's "
Whenever, Wherever
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" and Jean-Pascal Lacoste's "L'Agitateur". It remaining for 18 consecutive weeks in the top ten and 25 weeks in the top 50. Then it dropped quickly and fell off the chart after 27 weeks.
[French Singles Char]
Lescharts.com
(Retrieved May 24, 2008) It was awarded Platinum disc by the
SNEP, the French certifier
and was sixth on the Annual Chart.
[2002 French Singles Char]
Disqueenfrance.com
(Retrieved April 5, 2008) As of August 2014, it was the 42nd best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 441,000 units sold.
It was the more aired song of 2002 in France, with 14,957 broadcastings and 1.2 billion contacts. Yacast, which established the official airplay charts in France, revealed that the song was the more aired on five radio stations: Alouette, Champagne MF, Hit West, Kiss FM and Scoop.
[2002 French Airplay Chart]
(Retrieved May 17, 2008)
In Belgium (Wallonia), "Tu trouveras" entered the chart at number 14 on 30 March, jumped to a peak of number three where it stayed for four consecutive weeks. It remained for 12 weeks in the top five, dropped slowly on the chart and totaled 20 weeks in the top 20 and 31 weeks on the chart.
[Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Char]
Ultratop.be
(Retrieved May 25, 2008) It was the seventh best-selling single of the year
[2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Char]
Ultratop.be
(Retrieved April 5, 2008) and achieved Platinum status.
In Switzerland, the single achieved moderate success, peaking at number 20 in the third week, on 5 May 2002. It remained for seven weeks in the top 50 and nine weeks in the top 100.
[Swiss Singles Char]
Hitparade.ch
(Retrieved May 24, 2008)
In 2003, St-Pier did a version in
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, "Encontrarás" with the Spanish singer
Miguel Bosé
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, and reached number one on the Spanish Singles Chart and number two in
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Chart.
Track listing
* CD single
# "Tu trouveras" — 3:26
# "Les Diamants sont solitaires" — 4:27
Charts and sales
Peak positions
Year-end charts
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References
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2002 singles
Natasha St-Pier songs
Pop ballads
Songs with music by Pascal Obispo
Songs written by Lionel Florence