Un monde parfait
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"Un Monde parfait" is a 2005 song recorded by French young artist Ilona Mitrecey
. Based on a traditional Neapolitan
song, it was the first single
from her debut album Un Monde parfait
and was released in February 2005. It was immediately a very big hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it remained for several months atop of the chart, thus becoming one of the biggest-selling singles there. It was also released in many other European countries and achieved success, in Switzerland, Austria, Portugal and Germany where it was a top three hit.
During an interview, Ilona explained that, before "Un Monde parfait", she sang just for fun with her friends. She confided that she recorded "Un Monde parfait" completely by chance and she did that only for play. Her father's society had asked whether she could sing this song from Italy. As she had already sung for some advertisements, she accepted, saying to herself that it could be funny to try.
with a text in the spirit of a nursery rhyme". It created "the major surprise of the beginning of spring 2005".
The music video is computer-animated and shows a little girl who will feature in all the other videoclips of the singles from the album Un Monde parfait
. Ilona features only in the first seconds. She explained that the producers had decided to make most of the video a cartoon because it tallied well with the lyrics and that would preserve her anonymity.
Ilona says in this song that when she starts to draw, she imagines a perfect world populated of technicolor flowers and animals. Six of these animals also appear in Ilona's all other music videos and on every cover of the singles from Un Monde parfait.
by Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
. According to the Infodisc Website, the single is the 12th best selling single of all time in France, with over 1,5 million sales. According to author and expert of French charts Elia Habib, Ilona, who was 11 years old in 2005, remains "the first native of the Nineties to reach number one of the [French Singles Chart]. Through her age, she now appears in Record books, [because she is] the second youngest artist to peak at the top position, behind Jordy
(four years old)". "Un Monde parfait" was cited as the most lucrative song of 2006 at the time of a conference given by the SACEM
.
In Belgium (Wallonia), the single remained on the Ultratop 40
Singles Chart from 2 April to 5 November 2005 (32 weeks), and peaked at number one for twelve weeks. It was certified Silver disc
and was the second best selling single in 2005, only beaten by Crazy Frog
's "Axel F". On the Swiss Singles Chart, the single went to number 16 on 3 April 2005 and reached a peak at number three on 1 May 2005. It fell off the chart after 34 weeks, on 11 November 2005. "Un monde parfait" also appeared on Austrian Top 75
Singles Chart from 26 June 2005 to 18 November 2005 (22 weeks) and reached number three for two weeks.
One year later, the single made a short appearance (2 weeks) on Dutch Mega Top 100, where it peaked at number 92, on 8 July 2006.
, on 7 May 2005. That performance, carried out a with choreography, may have sparked her subsequent success with her single "Un Monde parfait".
Le 6/9, a French team, recorded a parody of this song, under the title "Un Casting parfait". This version peaked at number six on the French SNEP Singles Chart and at number 78 in Switzerland.
The song was covered by Les Enfoirés
on their album 2011: Dans l'œil des Enfoirés, and included in the medley "Un monde Parfait". The song was performed by Alizée
& Claire Keim
, with additional vocals from Grégoire, Christophe Maé
& Pascal Obispo
.
CD maxi Universal
CD maxi 1 Atollo / Universal
CD maxi 2 Atollo / Universal
12" maxi
Digital download
Whistler remix / Party remix / Extended mix / Blade remix
72 fest & forios radio edit
Cover and design
Videoclip
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...
. Based on a traditional Neapolitan
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
song, it was the first 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...
from her debut 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 February 2005. It was immediately a very big hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it remained for several months atop of the chart, thus becoming one of the biggest-selling singles there. It was also released in many other European countries and achieved success, in Switzerland, Austria, Portugal and Germany where it was a top three hit.
Background and writing
In 2004, one year after its recording in France, the single had already been released in Italy, under the name 'Très Bien featuring Ilona'. Originally, it was intended for the Italian dancefloors.During an interview, Ilona explained that, before "Un Monde parfait", she sang just for fun with her friends. She confided that she recorded "Un Monde parfait" completely by chance and she did that only for play. Her father's society had asked whether she could sing this song from Italy. As she had already sung for some advertisements, she accepted, saying to herself that it could be funny to try.
Music and video
The French charts specialist Elia Habib explains that this song "mixes an involving sonority resembling Daddy DJDaddy DJ
Daddy DJ is a dance act from France consisting of David Le Roy and Jean-Christophe Belval.Their debut self-titled single "Daddy DJ" released in October 2000, reached 2nd position in the French top 100 for almost 5 months...
with a text in the spirit of a nursery rhyme". It created "the major surprise of the beginning of spring 2005".
The music video is computer-animated and shows a little girl who will feature in all the other videoclips of the singles from the 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,...
. Ilona features only in the first seconds. She explained that the producers had decided to make most of the video a cartoon because it tallied well with the lyrics and that would preserve her anonymity.
Ilona says in this song that when she starts to draw, she imagines a perfect world populated of technicolor flowers and animals. Six of these animals also appear in Ilona's all other music videos and on every cover of the singles from Un Monde parfait.
Chart performances
In France, the single went immediately to number two on 27 February 2005 and was number one the following week, and kept this position for 15 weeks. It remained on the top ten for 28 weeks and on the top 100 for 41 weeks, so it was the longest single running in the French singles chart in 2005. It was the best selling single that year and was certified Diamond discMusic recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
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...
. According to the Infodisc Website, the single is the 12th best selling single of all time in France, with over 1,5 million sales. According to author and expert of French charts Elia Habib, Ilona, who was 11 years old in 2005, remains "the first native of the Nineties to reach number one of the [French Singles Chart]. Through her age, she now appears in Record books, [because she is] the second youngest artist to peak at the top position, behind Jordy
Jordy
Jordy Claude Daniel Lemoine , known as Jordy, is a French singer and musician.-Biography:Jordy is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to have a #1 charted single. He achieved this feat at the age of four-and-a-half with the song "Dur dur d'être bébé !"...
(four years old)". "Un Monde parfait" was cited as the most lucrative song of 2006 at the time of a conference given by the SACEM
SACEM
SACEM may refer to:* The Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique is a French professional association collecting payments of artists’ rights and distributing the rights to the original authors, composers and publishers...
.
In Belgium (Wallonia), the single remained on the Ultratop 40
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...
Singles Chart from 2 April to 5 November 2005 (32 weeks), and peaked at number one for twelve weeks. It was certified Silver disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
and was the second best selling single in 2005, only beaten by Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog, originally known as Adam King, is a computer-animated character created in 2003 by Erik Wernquist. Marketed by the ringtone provider Jamba!, the animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a...
's "Axel F". On the Swiss Singles Chart, the single went to number 16 on 3 April 2005 and reached a peak at number three on 1 May 2005. It fell off the chart after 34 weeks, on 11 November 2005. "Un monde parfait" also appeared on Austrian Top 75
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
Singles Chart from 26 June 2005 to 18 November 2005 (22 weeks) and reached number three for two weeks.
One year later, the single made a short appearance (2 weeks) on Dutch Mega Top 100, where it peaked at number 92, on 8 July 2006.
TV performances and cover versions
Ilona very rarely did live performances, but she was coaxed into appearing on the nationally acclaimed show Hit Machine on M6Métropole 6
M6, also known as Metropole television, is the most profitable private national French TV channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world...
, on 7 May 2005. That performance, carried out a with choreography, may have sparked her subsequent success with her single "Un Monde parfait".
Le 6/9, a French team, recorded a parody of this song, under the title "Un Casting parfait". This version peaked at number six on the French SNEP Singles Chart and at number 78 in Switzerland.
The song was covered by Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés , is the name given to the singers and performers in the yearly charity concert for the Restaurants du Cœur .-History:...
on their album 2011: Dans l'œil des Enfoirés, and included in the medley "Un monde Parfait". The song was performed by Alizée
Alizée
Alizée Jacotey is a French singer, known professionally by her given name Alizée She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999...
& Claire Keim
Claire Keim
-Biography:Keim was born in Senlis, Oise to an architect and a dentist.She had a relationship with an actor Frédéric Diefenthal. She is in a relationship with French footballer Bixente Lizarazu and lives between Saint Jean de Luz and Paris...
, with additional vocals from Grégoire, Christophe Maé
Christophe Maé
Christophe Maé is a French pop singer.-Career:Maé learned to play the violin at age 6, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he was immobilised from a chronic illness. He has stated that this was the time when he became inspired by Stevie Wonder...
& Pascal Obispo
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success...
.
Formats and track listings
CD single - FranceCD maxi Universal
CD maxi 1 Atollo / Universal
CD maxi 2 Atollo / Universal
12" maxi
Digital download
Credits and personnel
Original version- Written by Laurent Jeanne, M. Pirolla, Domydee, R. Castagnola
- Executive producer : Ivan Russo
- Assistant producer : Ivan Russo and Rosario Castagnola
- Produced at Studio Moneypenny (Paris)
- Vocal : Ilona
- Choir : Laurent Jeanne
- Guitars and bass : Rosario Castagnola
- Fisa : Antonio Russo
- Arrangements : Ivan Russo, Domydee and Rosario Castagnola, at Studio Atollo Recordes
- Mixed by Ivan Russo at Studio Atollo Recording (Neaple)
Whistler remix / Party remix / Extended mix / Blade remix
- Remix and additional production by Glasperlen-spierlern (Robert Wässer, Daniel Scholz and Kay Wittgenstein
72 fest & forios radio edit
- Remix and additional production by P. Aliberti, Cipro and C. Piccinelli fro 72trax Productions
- Original editors : Universal Music Italia Srl / Atollo / Moneypenny
Cover and design
- Photo : Stéphane Gizard
- Artwork : Objectif Lune
- Design elements and graphique : Studio Nestor for Costume3pièces, Courtesy for Scorpio Music
Videoclip
- Produced by Stéphane Mit
Peak positions
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Ultratip Chart | 17 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 1 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 | 2 |
| French Digital Chart | 5 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 30 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 3 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
| Dutch Mega Top 100 | 92 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 37 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 31 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 23 |
Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | Diamond | 15 June 2005 | 750,000 | 1,494,129+ |
| Belgium | Platinum | 9 July 2005 | 50,000 | |