J'aimerais tellement

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"J'aimerais tellement"
Jena lee j'aimerais tellement cover.jpg
Single by Jena Lee
from the album Vous Remercier
Released6 July 2009
Genre
Length3:54
Label Mercury, Universal
Songwriter(s) Jena Lee
Producer(s) Bustafunk
Jena Lee singles chronology
"J'aimerais tellement"
(2009)
"Je me perds"
(2010)
Audio sample

"J'aimerais tellement" is a 2009 pop and emo R&B song recorded by French singer-songwriter Jena Lee. It is her debut single from her 2009 album Vous Remercier. It managed the feat of becoming number one on French Physical Singles Chart, although it was poorly aired on radio. [1]

Contents

Composition and music video

There would be ten versions of the song before it was recorded for the album and released as a single. The music video consisted of an anime by Benjamin, a Chinese artist who produces manga which resemble photographic watercolors. [2]

Reception

Before the physical release of the single, the music video had been viewed on YouTube about four million times [1] and on her official music blog, Jena Lee had more than 50,000 fans. [1] [3] The song was first a success on the physical chart before being most aired on many French music stations. Indeed, it started at number 98 on French Airplay Chart on 9 October 2009, [4] although already released as single, and peaked at number three on 4 December 2009. [5]

About the success of the song, Lee said that she was surprised because there was not much support by radios and that she was pleased to see that the public like her song. [6] As sign of popularity, the song and the music video were both included on the famous compilation NRJ Music Awards 2010 . [7]

On the chart edition of 11 October 2009, "J'aimerais tellement" debuted directly atop of the French Physical Singles Chart with 5,361 units [8] and hit a peak of 7,303 units in its ninth week atop. [9] It spent a total of eleven weeks at number one. The song also became number-one on the French Digital Singles Chart on the chart edition of 1 November 2009 with 10,315 downloads [10] and reached its highest weekly sales −13,637 sales- in the chart edition of 15 November 2009. [11] It remained atop for three weeks.

The song achieved mixed success in Belgium (Wallonia), where it appeared in the top 40 for eight weeks and peaked at number 25.

Cover versions

The song was covered by Les Enfoirés on their album 2011: Dans l'œil des Enfoirés, and included in the medley "Troisième Sexe". The song was performed by Grégoire & Kad Merad. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."J'aimerais tellement"3:54
2."J'aimerais tellement" (instrumental)3:54
No.TitleLength
1."J'aimerais tellement"3:54

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) [15] 25
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles [16] 5
French Digital Singles Chart [17] 1
French Physical Singles Chart [15] 1
Swiss Singles Chart [15] 50

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Position
Eurochart Hot 100 [18] 57
French Digital Singles Chart [19] 7
French Physical Singles Chart [20] 6
Chart (2010)Position
European Hot 100 [21] 26
French SNEP Singles Chart [22] 24

Sales and certifications

CountryProviderCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Sales
France SNEP Platinum [23] 250,000

Release history

RegionDateFormat
France6 July 2009 [14] Digital download
5 October 2009 [13] CD single

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