Pile ou face

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"Pile ou face"
Single by Corynne Charby
from the album Toi
B-side "Elle part (dans ses rêves)"
Released1987 (1987)
Genre Pop
Length3:58
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Corynne Charby singles chronology
"Boule de flipper"
(1986)
"Pile ou face"
(1987)
"Pas vu pas pris"
(1987)
Music video
"Pile ou face" (audio only) on YouTube

"Pile ou face" ( [pilufas] , "heads or tails") is a song by French model, actress and singer Corynne Charby. She released it in 1987 as a single and on the album Toi .

Contents

The song debuted at number 47 in France during the week of 30 May 1987, climbing all the way to number five for one week in July. [1]

Composition

The song was written and produced by Franck Yvy and Jean-Louis D'Onorio. [1]

Track listing

7" single (Polydor 885 730-7)

  1. "Pile ou face" (3:58)
  2. "Elle part (dans ses rêves)" (3:55) [1]

Covers

Emmanuelle Béart sang this song [2] in François Ozon's 2002 movie 8 Women .

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [1] 5

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Corynne Charby – Pile ou face" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. "ultratop.be - Emmanuelle Béart - Pile ou face" . Retrieved 2019-10-30.