Dernière danse (Indila song)

"Dernière danse"
Single by Indila
from the album Mini World
Released	November 13, 2013
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2013
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	3:32
Label	Capitol Music Group
Writer(s)	Adila Sedraia Skalpovich
Indila singles chronology
"Dreamin" (2012) "Dernière danse" (2013) "Tourner dans le vide" (2014)

"Dernière danse" is a song recorded by French singer-songwriter Indila. It served as the first single from her debut album, Mini World. The musical motif is likely sampled from Charles Aznavour's song Parce Que Tu Crois.

Music video

Background and synopsis

The music video was filmed in November 2013 and premiered on 4 December 2013.^[1][2] The music video is a short film taking place in Paris, describing the story of a young immigrant who has to deal with racism on a daily basis.^[3] The video is directed by Sylvain Bressollette.^[4]

The video starts off with a short panoramic view of the city. The video then switches between the scene of Indila being kicked out from the home where she works and the scene of her on a hill opposite the Eiffel Tower, staring at a photo of her family. As she tries to pick up her suitcase, she gets hit by a man walking on the sidewalk at whom she then starts staring. After a while, as she is walking in the city, rain starts falling with heavy wind blowing. She leans by a wall where she sees a woman and a man under an umbrella getting in their car with the former staring at Indila. She's later seen standing in the middle of the street and even though the weather is getting worse, she starts remembering the scenes that happened on that day; getting kicked and pushed as well as people staring at her.

As the storm enters the town, Indila starts walking on the opposite direction than the rest – towards the storm, which later covers her as she falls on her knees. The video then ends with Indila on the hill where the wind blows away the photo of her family with the logo of the singer being shown at the end.

The music video currently has more than 250 million views.^[5]

Lyric video

On the release day of the song, a lyric was uploaded on the artist's Vevo channel.^[6] The video starts off with the title and a sketched version of the singer and after the song finishes, the sketch is filled up with black. After the music video premiered, the video was re-uploaded, this time with German subtitles. However, the video is only available in Germany.^[7]

Track listings

• Digital download^[8]

1. "Dernière danse" – 3:32

Chart performance

On March 1, 2014, it entered the Greek charts at number-one and stayed at the first place for seven weeks.^[9] On April 19, 2014, it was knocked down to #2 by Pharrell Williams' Happy.^[10] It reclaimed #1 the following week,^[11] and remained there for another five weeks, totaling at thirteen weeks at #1.^[12]

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position scope="row" Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 72 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 5 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[15] 11 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[16] 2 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[17] 1 Belgium Digital Songs (Billboard)[18] 4 scope="row" Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[19] 24 scope="row" Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[20] 53 scope="row" France (SNEP)[21] 2 scope="row" Germany (Official German Charts)[22] 47 Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)[9] 1 scope="row" Israel (Media Forest)[23] 1 scope="row" Italy (FIMI)[24] 41 Lebanon Top 20 [25] 3 scope="row" Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[26] 3 scope="row" Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[27] 14 scope="row" Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] 76 scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 15 Turkey (Number 1 Top 40)[30] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] 3 France (SNEP)[32] 4 Israel (Media Forest)[33] 7 Poland (ZPAV)[34] 20

Other versions

• Natacha Andréani performed the song on the third season of the French version of The Voice.^[35]
• Nicole Cherry impersonated the singer and performed the song on the Romanian version of the reality show, Your Face Sounds Familiar.
• In 2014, Shirel Bitan performed the song on the third season of the Israeli version of The Voice
• The Serbian actress Jelena Gavrilovic impersonated the singer and sang this song on the Serbian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar.

References

1. "Indila : découvrez "Dernière danse", son premier clip apocalyptique (màj)". Charts in France (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
2. "Indila : Dernière Danse, le clip dévoilé". Melty (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
3. "Indila: αυτή είναι η φωνή του "Dernière Danse" που αναστατώνει τα charts!". Star Channel (in Greek). Retrieved 24 February 2014.
4. "Music Videos - Sylvain Bressollette - Director". sylvain-bressollette.com.
5. "Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel)". YouTube. IndilaVEVO. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
6. "Indila : Dernière Danse, la vidéo lyrics dévoilée". Melty (in French). Retrieved 13 November 2013.
7. "Dernière Danse (German Subtitles) - Indila - Vevo". Vevo.
8. "iTunes – Music – Dernière danse – Single by Indila". iTunes Store. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
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10. "Billboard Greece Digital Songs - April 19, 2014". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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12. "Greece Digital Songs – May 31, 2014". Billboard. (subscription required)
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18. "Belgium Digital Songs – March 8, 2014". Prometheus Global Media. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014. (subscription required)
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23. "Indila – Dernière danse Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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26. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
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28. "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201428 into search. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
29. "Swisscharts.com – Indila – Dernière danse". Swiss Singles Chart.
30. "Number One FM Top 40 Playlist". Number 1 TV. Retrieved 23 July 2014. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 14 (help) (subscription required)
31. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2014&cat=a
32. http://www.snepmusique.com/actualites-du-snep/le-top-5-albums-et-titres-de-lannee-2014/
33. http://www.mako.co.il/music-news/radio_airplay_chart/Article-ef0dc15a9b4aa41006.htm
34. "Utwory, których słuchaliśmy w radiu – Airplay 2014" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
35. "Natacha Andréani interprète en direct "La dernière danse" (Indila) pour The Voice". TF1 (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2014.