"Fan" | ||||
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Single by Pascal Obispo | ||||
from the album Fan | ||||
B-side | "L'Amour avec toi" | |||
Released | 14 March 2003 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:30 | |||
Label | Epic, Sony Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lionel Florence, Pascal Obispo | |||
Producer(s) | Pascal Obispo, Pierre Jaconelli, Volodia | |||
Pascal Obispo singles chronology | ||||
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"Fan" is a 2003 song recorded by French singer and composer Pascal Obispo. Written by Lionel Florence who had previously worked for many notable artists, the song is a tribute to great artists, particularly Michel Polnareff. Released on March 14, 2003, as the lead single of the album of the same name, "Fan" achieved great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), becoming to date Obispo's first number-one hit and his most successful single in terms of chart peak positions. The song was also performed during the singer's next tours and was thus included on the albums Studio Fan / Live Fan (2004) and Les Fleurs de Forest (2007).
The CD single was released in many editions with various art cover showing Obispo portraying many artists such as Robert De Niro, Freddie Mercury and Marilyn Monroe. In France, the single went straight to number-one on 1 June 2003, and almost didn't stop to drop the weeks after, totalling eight weeks in the top ten, 18 weeks in the top 50 and 27 weeks in the top 100. [1]
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Peak positions
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Belgium (BEA) [7] | Gold | 25,000* |
France (SNEP) [8] | Gold | 250,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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