Fan (song)

"Fan"
Single by Pascal Obispo
from the album Fan
B-side	"L'Amour avec toi"
Released	14 March 2003
Format	CD single, CD maxi, digital download (since 2005)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:30
Label	Epic, Sony Music
Writer(s)	Lionel Florence, Pascal Obispo
Producer(s)	Pascal Obispo, Pierre Jaconelli, Volodia
Pascal Obispo singles chronology
"So Many Men" (2002) "Fan" (2003) "Zinedine" (2003)

"Fan" is a 2003 song recorded by French singer and composer Pascal Obispo. Written by Lionel Florence who had previously worked for many notable artists, the song is a tribute to great artists, particularly Michel Polnareff. Released on March 14, 2003, as the lead single of the album of the same name, "Fan" achieved great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), becoming to date Obispo's first number-one hit and his most successful single in terms of chart peak positions. The song was also performed during the singer's next tours and was thus included on the albums Studio Fan / Live Fan (2004) and Les Fleurs de Forest (2007).

The CD single was released in many editions with various art cover showing Obispo portraying many artists such as Robert De Niro, Freddie Mercury and Marilyn Monroe. In France, the single went straight to number-one on 1 June 2003, and almost didn't stop to drop the weeks after, totalling eight weeks in the top ten, 18 weeks in the top 50 and 27 weeks in the top 100.^[1] As of August 2014, it was the 108th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 292,000 units sold.

Track listings

• CD single

1. "Fan" — 4:30
2. "L'Amour avec toi" — 2:32
3. "Fan" (video) — 4:30

• CD maxi - Format 25 x 25

1. "Fan" — 4:30
2. "L'Amour avec toi" — 2:32
3. "Fan" (video) — 4:30

+ a poster - collector

• Digital download

1. "Fan" — 4:30
2. "Fan" (2004 live) — 4:26
3. "Fan" (2007 live) — 5:01

• CD single - Promo - Format 12"

1. "Fan" — 4:30

Charts and sales

Peak positions Chart (2003) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 1 French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 1 Swiss Singles Chart[3] 15

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 25 French Singles Chart[5] 20 Swiss Singles Chart[6] 69

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium[7]	Gold	26 July 2003	20,000
France[8]	Gold	9 July 2003	250,000	265,000[9]

Chart successions

References

1. "Fan", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
2. "Fan", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
3. "Fan", Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
4. 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
5. 2003 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
6. 2003 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
7. Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
8. French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved October 30, 2008)
9. Les certifications depuis 1973 Infodisc.fr (Retrieved October 30, 2008)