La Plage de Saint Tropez

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"La Plage de Saint Tropez"
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Single by Army of Lovers
from the album The Gods of Earth and Heaven
B-side "Heterosexuality"
Released1993
Studio Europa Studios
Genre
Length3:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Army of Loverssingles chronology
"Israelism"
(1993)
"La Plage de Saint Tropez"
(1993)
"I Am"
(1993)
Music video
"La Plage de Saint Tropez" on YouTube

"La Plage de Saint Tropez" is a song recorded by Swedish group Army of Lovers. It was released in 1993 as the second single from their third album, The Gods of Earth and Heaven (1993), and peaked at number 15 in Finland, number 17 in Flanders and number 83 in Germany. The song's music video was directed by Swedish director Fredrik Boklund, who also directed the other videos for the band.

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Critical reception

Swedish Göteborgsposten stated in their review of The Gods of Earth and Heaven that the song is "another hit", adding it as a "schlager-built song with a fast rhythm". [1] A reviewer from Music & Media described it as "a souped-up version of 'fat' Elvis' 'My Boy'" [2] that "will definitely find the sun on its side. Beaches will not be the same anymore, and the charts will go topless..." [3]

Track listing

  1. "La Plage de Saint Tropez" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
  2. "Heterosexuality" (Album Version) – 4:10
  1. "La Plage de Saint Tropez" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
  2. "La Plage de Saint Tropez" (Cancanpourbonbondepapa Mix) – 6:53
  3. "Heterosexuality" (Album Version) – 4:10
  4. "Heterosexuality" (Garden of Sweden Mix) – 4:59
  1. "La Plage de Saint Tropez" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
  2. "Heterosexuality" (Album Version) – 4:10
  1. "La Plage de Saint Tropez" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
  2. "La Plage de Saint Tropez" (Cancanpourbonbondepapa Mix) – 6:53
  3. "Heterosexuality" (Album Version) – 4:10
  4. "Heterosexuality" (Garden of Sweden Mix) – 4:59

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 17
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 15
Germany (GfK) [6] 83

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References

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  2. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 12 June 1993. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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