"The Songs That We Sing" is the first single from the album 5:55

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- Bonus tracks :On some releases one or two bonus tracks were added, for details see release history.-Personnel:* Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals* Jean-Benoît Dunckel – piano, organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel, vibraphone, backing vocals, synth drums...

by Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...

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Critical reception

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

placed "The Songs That We Sing" at #78 on its 100 Best Songs of 2007 list.

Chart performance

"The Songs That We Sing" debuted at #36 on the French Singles Chart

Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique

The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...

 before climbing to and peaking at #30 in its third week. The song spent a total of 30 weeks on the chart.

Track listings

• French CD single

1. "The Songs That We Sing" - 2:57
2. "Set Yourself On Fire" - 4:08

• UK CD single

1. "The Songs That We Sing" - 3:01
2. "Jamais" - 4:38

Song usage

"The Songs That We Sing" was used in the 2009 film The Uninvited

The Uninvited (2009 film)

The Uninvited is a 2009 American remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters. It is unrelated to another 2003 Korean horror film and a 1944 American film, both of which have the same name.-Plot:...

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Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)	10
Belgian Tip Chart (Wallonia)	4
European Hot 100 Singles	87
French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	30
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	129