Un homme heureux

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"Un homme heureux"
Single by William Sheller
from the album Sheller en solitaire
B-side "Une chanson qui te ressemblerait"
ReleasedJune 1991 (1991-06)
Recorded19 March 1991
Studio Davout
Genre Chanson française
Length3:40
Label Philips
Songwriter(s) William Sheller
Producer(s) Mick Lanaro, William Sheller

"Un homme heureux" is a song by William Sheller from the album Sheller en solitaire released in 1991. Recorded in Studio Davout in Paris in front of a live audience, like the whole album of which "Un homme heureux" was the only new song, it was performed by Sheller alone on piano and won him the Song of the Year award at the 1992 Victoires de la Musique. The song found success as a single, charting for sixteen weeks on the Top 50 in France. It is Sheller's only title to chart on the Top 50.

Chart performance

ChartTop
position
France (SNEP) [1] 19

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