Best of Vanessa Paradis

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Greatest hits album by
Vanessa Paradis
Released23 November 2009
Genre Pop, Rock
Label Polydor, Barclay Records, Universal Records
Vanessa Paradis chronology
Divinidylle Tour
(2008)		Best of
(2009)		Une nuit à Versailles
(2010)

Best of Vanessa Paradis is the first greatest hits album from French musician and actress Vanessa Paradis. The album is also known as simply Best of.

Contents

The first single from the album is the ballad Il y a, written and produced by Gaëtan Roussel (of Louise Attaque). The video for the song was directed by 'JD' (Johnny Depp). [1]

The album also contains Vanessa's rendition of I Love Paris that was used in advertisements for Aéroports de Paris.

A collector's edition of the album will be available digitally on 16 November 2009. Included in the collector's edition is a 64-page book featuring more than 50 photos and documents tracing Vanessa's career. [2]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Il y a" (Gaëtan Roussel)
  2. "Pourtant" (Matthieu Chedid, Franck Monnet)
  3. "Marilyn & John" (Franck Langolff, Étienne Roda-Gil)
  4. "Dis lui toi que je t'aime (Serge Gainsbourg, Langolff)
  5. "Joe le Taxi" (Langolff, Roda-Gil)
  6. "Maxou" (Langolff, Roda-Gil)
  7. "Sunday Mondays" (Henry Hirsch, Lenny Kravitz)
  8. "Tandem" (Gainsbourg, Langolff)
  9. "Natural High" (Kravitz)
  10. "Commando" (Didier Golemanas, Langolff)
  11. "Be My Baby" (Gerry DeVeaux, Kravitz)
  12. "Divine idylle" (Chedid, Marcel Kanche)
  13. "Dès que j'te vois" (Chedid)
  14. "Just As Long As You Are There" (Hirsch, Kravitz)
  15. "Que fait la vie" (Golemanas, Vanessa Paradis)
  16. "L'incendie" (Chedid, Golemanas, Paradis, Serge Ubrette)

Disc two

  1. "Marilyn & John" (Acoustic version)
  2. "Dans mon café" (Golemanas, Langolff)
  3. "La déclaration d'amour" (Live - duet with Matthieu Chedid) (Michel Berger)
  4. "Jackadi" (Paradis)
  5. "I Love Paris" (Cole Porter)
  6. "Emmenez-moi" (Live) (Charles Aznavour)
  7. "La ballade de Johnny Jane" (Live – duet with Jane Birkin) (Gainsbourg, Jean-Pierre Sabar)
  8. "When I Say" (Chedid, Paradis)
  9. "Concia chachacha" (The Little Rabbits)
  10. "St Germain" (Johnny Depp, Paradis)
  11. "This Will Be Our Year" (Live) (Chris White)
  12. "Les filles electriques" (Live – duet with Alain Souchon) (Alain Souchon)
  13. "Made in Asia" (Pierre-Dominique Burgaud, Louis Chedid)
  14. "Abracadabra" (Chedid, Monnet)
  15. "I Wouldn't Dare" (Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth)
  16. "Scarabée" (Acoustic version) (Langolff, Roda-Gil)
  17. "Varvara Pavlovna" (Bertrand Châtenet, Langolff)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [7] Gold15,000*
France (SNEP) [8] 2× Platinum200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Belgium23 November 2009CD
France23 November 2009Barclay MusicCD
Switzerland23 November 2009CD
Canada8 December 2009CD

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References

  1. ↑ "Musique .evous".
  2. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SF2UVM
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Vanessa Paradis – Best of" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Vanessa Paradis – Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rapports Annuels 2009". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rapports Annuels 2010". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2009". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "French album certifications – Vanessa Paradis – Best of" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.


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