"Noël, que du bonheur" is a 2005 song recorded by the French singer Ilona

Ilona Mitrecey

Ilona Mitrecey is a teenage French singer.-Biography:She became famous in France after the release of her hit single, "Un Monde parfait" , a high-energy eurodance song which had already been released in Italy in March 2004 under the name 'Très Bien featuring Ilona', on 28 February 2005...

. It was the fourth single from her first album Un Monde parfait

Un Monde Parfait (album)

Un Monde Parfait was the debut album from the French singer Ilona , and was released on August 10, 2005, by Sony BMG. It was basically the mini-album Ilona released in August 2005, except it had an additional 7 tracks .Part of the album was released in Germany on August 19,...

and was released in the first days of December 2005. As the title suggests it, it is a Christmas song and it hit the top ten in France and Belgium (Wallonia).

Lyrics and music

"Noël, que du bonheur" was composed by Laurent Jeanne, Philippe Pelet, Olivier Perrot and Dan Mitrecey. Unlike the three previous singles, it was not released as a CD maxi.

An acoustic version is available on the second album of Ilona, Laissez-nous respirer

Laissez-nous respirer

Laissez-nous respirer is the second studio album by French singer, Ilona Mitrecey. The album was released in 2006. It contains 14 songs, 2 of which are alternate versions of tracks from her first album.-Track listing:...

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Chart performances

In France, the single debuted at a peak of number five on 10 December 2005, seeling about 21,500 units that week. The next two weeks, the single ranked number six with respectively 21,472 and 37,680 sales. Then it did not stop to drop very quickly and fell off the chart after twelve weeks. On 31 December, the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique

Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique

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 certified the single Silver disc.

The song was number 84 on the 2005 French singles year end chart. In April 2006, the SNEP revealed that "Noël, que du bohneur" was the 87th best-selling singles during the first quarter of 2006. In all, "Noël, que du bonheur" sold about 92,200 copies.

In Belgium (Wallonia), the single entered the Ultratop 40 at number 26 on 24 December 2005, then jumped to number ten the following week, then dropped. It totalled five weeks on the chart.

Track listings

CD single - France
Digital download

Credits and personnel

• Produced by Ivan Russo, Laurent Jeanne, Philippe Pelet, Dan Mitrecey and Olivier Perrot
• Lead vocal : Ilona
• Choirs by The Ilonettes : Lena Nester, Rokhya-Lucie Dieng, Sophie Lemoine
• Additional choirs : Noémie Brosset, Maïlis Mitrecey
• Synth : Philippe Pelet, Ivan Russo, Laurent Jeanne, Damydee
• Accordion : Ivan Russo

• Additional production : Ivan Russo and Domydee at Atollorecording Studio (Naples
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• Executive production assistance : Gilles Caballero, Roxanne Perrot
• All vocals recorded by Philippe Vandenhende
  • At Moneypenny Studio (Paris
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    ) with Franck Benhamou and Benoît Cinquin
  • At Ty-Houam Studio (Préfailles) with Gilles Caballero
• Mixed and mastered by Ivan Russo at Atollorecording Studio (Naples)

Certification and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France	Silver	December 31, 2005	125,000	92,200+ (84,008 in 2005)

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	10
Eurochart Hot 100	21
French SNEP Singles Chart	5

End of year chart (2005)	Position
French Singles Chart	84