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, which appears on her self-titled third album ''

''. The single was released as the second single from the album on June 19 in Switzerland and France, 2006, two weeks after the release of the album. The single became her best-performing single in the French Singles Chart, staying in the top five for eleven weeks and eighteen weeks in the top thirty. It contains a sample taken from ''War'' composed by

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for the soundtrack of ''

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Chart performance

The single entered the French Top 100 Singles chart at number two (#2) in the chart edition of June 24. The

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" topped the chart then. In its following two weeks, the single remained at the number 2 position, unable to get the Crazy Frog from its number one position. In its fourth week, the "Zidane y va marquer" of Cauet jumped from No. 60 to No. 1, again making it unable for "Roc" to top the chart. After being at the number 2 position for four weeks, the single dropped to number 4 in the chart to stay here for another four weeks. In its ninth week, it jumped up one place up to number 3, overmastering Cauet's "Zidane y va marquer", which dropped to number 4. In its tenth and eleventh week, it remained on the number 4 position again. After many weeks at number four, the single finally stepped out of the top 5 and went to number 6. The weeks after, it kept on dropping in the chart. In December 2006, the Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique (SNEP) released a document with the best-selling singles from the first till the third quarter of 2006 (from January 1 till September 30). In this document, "Roc" ranked number twelve (#12), with the preceding single " Tous ces mots" peaking at number thirteen (#13). On the same website, a top 50 has been composed with the best-downloaded songs in 2006, with "Roc" peaking at number twenty-nine (#29).Year-end chart
The single was Nâdiya's longest one running in the French singles chart, up to the point where the next single "

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" broke its record by being a week longer in the chart and still charting (as of April 21).

Track listings

CD single (11:47) # "Roc" (album version) – 3:39 # "Inch'Allah" – 4:31 # "Roc" (instrumental) – 3:37 # "Roc" (video)

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References

{{Nâdiya 2006 singles Nâdiya songs Songs written by Géraldine Delacoux Songs written by Thierry Gronfier