"Mon Plus Beau Noël" is a 2005 song recorded by French

France

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 singer Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

. It was the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 on his album Ma Vérité

Ma Vérité

Ma Vérité is a 2005 album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released on 6 November 2005, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium , where it topped the charts. It provided three top ten singles in France : "Ma religion dans son regard" , "Mon Plus Beau Noël" and "Le temps...

on which it features as eighth track, and was released on December 2005 as a Christmas song. It was successful in Belgium (Wallonia), and particularly in France where it was Hallyday's third number-one single.

Song information

The B-side, "Je prendrai soin de vous", was at the time a new song never published. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" was performed in 2006 at the Palais des Sports

Palais des Sports

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of Paris and was also included in a live version on the album Flashback Tour - Palais des Sports 2006, as fifth track of the second CD. The song is also available as B-side on the singer's 2006 single "La Quête" and on his compilation Triple Best Of, released in 2008.

"Mon Plus Beau Noël" is a tribute to Hallyday's daughter named Jade whom he just adopted and who features on the single cover. A choir of children can be heard in the second refrain, as well as Jade who babbles during the last seconds of the song.

In France, the single debuted at #6 on December 10, 2005, then climbed to #2, then topped the chart for one week. It kept on dropping the weeks after and totaled seven weeks in the top ten, 11 weeks in the top 50 and 16 weeks on the chart (top 100).

Track listings

CD single

1. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" — 4:18
2. "Je prendrai soin de vous" — 4:59

Digital download

1. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" — 4:18
2. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" (live) — 4:30

CD single - Promo

1. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" — 4:18

Credits

• Made in the European Union

"Mon Plus Beau Noël"

• Written by Fred Blondin
• Editions : Pimento Music / Zoé Production

"Je prendrai soin de vous"

• Written by Pierre Jaconelli
• Editions : WCMF / Daime Editions / Pimento Music

Peak positions

Chart (2005/06)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	2
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles	3
French SNEP Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	14

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	84
French Singles Chart	26
Chart (2006)	Position
French Singles Chart	81

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France	Should be Gold	—	—	227,632 (165,353 in 2005 + 62,279 in 2006)