Rodéo is a 2004 album recorded by French

France

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 pop

Pop music

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 singer Zazie

Zazie

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. It was her fifth studio album and her seventh album overall. It was released on 22 November 2004 and achieved success in francophone countries. It provided four singles, but all of them were only released as promotional singles and therefore did not chart.

Background and release

For the first time, Zazie co-wrote all the songs on the album with the composers Jean-Pierre Pilot and Philippe Paradis

Philippe Paradis

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.

The album was recorded at a house in the Luberon

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 in November 2003. It was released in two editions : a standard edition and an edition including a bonus track, "Mon coeur à la science", and a DVD. This DVD contains the music videos for ten songs of the album presented under a 40-minute film entitled "Rodéo indien". As the title indicates it, this film was shot in India

India

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, by Didier Le Pêcheur, who had already produced other music videos for Zazie. This DVD is also composed of a making-of and an Indian remixed version of the songs "Tous des anges", "Un point c'est toi" and "Zen".

Chart performances

In France, the album went straight to number two, its peak position, on 21 November 2004. It dropped on the chart and totaled nine weeks, 21 weeks in the top 50 and 70 weeks in the top 200. In Belgium (Wallonia), it debuted at #7 on 4 December 2004 and reached a peak of number two for four consecutive weeks. It remained in the top 100 for 45 weeks. In Switzerland, the album was charted for nine weeks and achieved #45 in its four weeks, on 26 December 2004.

Track listings

CD - Standard edition

Title	Length	Author(s)	Composer(s)
"La Dolce Vita"	4:49	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"J'aime j'aime pas"	3:50	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"Excuse-moi"	3:26	Zazie	Zazie / Philippe Paradis / Jean Pierre Pilot
"Toc toc toc"	3:26	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"La Pluie et le Beau Temps"	3:46	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"Mon cœur à la science" (only on the CD+DVD edition)	3:27	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"Lola majeure"	3:09	Zazie	Zazie / Philippe Paradis / Jean Pierre Pilot
"Rodéo"	3:58	Zazie	Zazie / Philippe Paradis / Jean Pierre Pilot
"Slow"	4:08	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"Doolididom"	4:52	Zazie	Zazie / Philippe Paradis / Jean Pierre Pilot
"Sauver le monde"	4:12	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis
"Oui"	4:25	Zazie	Zazie / Philippe Paradis / Jean Pierre Pilot
"J'arrive/Ghost"	8:24	Zazie	Zazie / Jean Pierre Pilot / Philippe Paradis

DVD - Collector edition
+ Bonus

1. Le film
2. Making àf
3. "Mumbai remix" (music video)
4. "La dolce vita" (music video)
5. "Doolididom" (music video)
6. "Excuse-moi" (music video)
7. "J'arrive" (music video)
8. "Lola majeure" (music video)
9. "Oui" (music video)
10. "La pluie et le beau temps" (music video)
11. "Rodéo" (music video)
12. "Slow" (music video)
13. "Toc toc toc" (music video)

Credits and personnel

• Musicians : Angel Luis Cabrera, Philippe Desbois and Bruno Le Roux
• Acoustic guitar and bass : Nicolas Fiszman
• Kalimba : Jean-Pierre Pilot
• Keyboards : Philippe Paradis and Jean-Pierre Pilot
• Guitar : Philippe Paradis
• Assistant : Ted Hall
• Mixing : Yves Jaget
• Programming : Jean-Pierre Pilot and Philippe Paradis
• Backline technician : Éric Salmon
• Photo and design : Laurent Seroussi

Release history

Date	Label	Region	Format
22 November 2004	Mercury	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD
6 December 2004			CD + DVD
2006			CD

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France	Platinum	2005	300,000	315,600

Charts

Chart (2004/05)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	2
French SNEP Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	45

End of year chart (2004)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	23
French Albums Chart	33
End of year chart (2005)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	30
French Albums Chart	60