" Papaoutai " ( Papa où t'es , "Dad, where are you?") Is a Belgian artist Stromae song released in Belgium in digital distribution format on May 13, 2013 as the first single from his second studio album, Racine Carrée . The song won first place in Belgium and France. A remix was created with Angel Haze , who also appeared on the album. [one]
| Papaoutai | ||||
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| Single Stromae from the album Racine Carrée | ||||
| Released | May 13, 2013 | |||
| Format | Digital distribution | |||
| Recorded by | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Eurodance , hip hop | |||
| Duration | 3:51 | |||
| Songwriter | ||||
| Label | Mosaert | |||
| Stromae Singles Timeline | ||||
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Content
Video clip
The premiere of the music video took place on YouTube on June 6, 2013. The video scored over 500 million views [2] .
In the video, a young man appears before the audience, who is trying to “revive” his father, who is not moving and “non-existent”. The boy’s father appears as a lifeless mannequin who is physically, but not emotionally and spiritually present. At this time, other fathers and children play and dance together outside the home. Seeing this, the boy reproaches the father with the words of the song about how the parent should raise his son. In the end, the son, without waiting for the attention of his father (in the role of Stromae), sits down next to him on the sofa, adopting the same lifeless pose.
The creation of the song and the video was influenced by the murder of the artist’s father, who was the victim of the 1994 Rwandan genocide [3] when Paul was still a child.
List of Songs
| Digital distribution | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| one. | "Papaoutai" | 3:51 | |||||||
Charts
Weekly Charts
| Chart (2013/2014) | Highest a place |
|---|---|
| Belgium / Flanders ( Ultratop 50 ) [4] | 3 |
| Belgium / Walloon ( Ultratop 50 ) [5] | one |
| Czech Republic ( Rádio Top 100 ) [6] | 59 |
| Europe ( Billboard Euro Digital Songs ) [7] | 18 |
| Germany ( GfK ) [8] | 6 |
| France ( SNEP ) [9] | one |
| Israel ( Media Forest ) [10] | eight |
| Luxembourg Digital Chart (according to Billboard Magazine) [11] | 2 |
| Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) [12] | 2 |
| Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) [13] | 2 |
| Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) [14] | four |
Release History
| Region | date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | May 13, 2013 [15] | Digital distribution | Mosaert |
Notes
- ↑ Racine Carrée by Stromae . iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. (July 26, 2013). Date of treatment July 28, 2013.
- ↑ Stromae - Papaoutai . YouTube
- ↑ New York Times. (US) New York Times, October 15, 2013 . New York Times (October 15, 2013).
- ↑ " Ultratop.be - Stromae - Papaoutai" (nid.) . Ultratop 50 .
- ↑ " Ultratop.be - Stromae - Papaoutai" (Fr.) . Ultratop 50 .
- ↑ " ČNS IFPI" (Czech) . Hitparáda - Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ - RADIO - TOP 100 and insert 201337 into search .
- ↑ "Stromae - Chart history" Billboard Euro Digital Songs for Stromae.
- ↑ " Musicline.de - Stromae Single-Chartverfolgung" (German) . Media Control Charts . PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ " Lescharts.com - Stromae - Papaoutai" (French) . Les classement single .
- ↑ " {{{artist}}} - Papaoutai Media Forest ". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest .
- ↑ Luxembourg Digital Songs - August 31, 2013 . Billboard . Date of treatment June 13, 2013.
- ↑ " Nederlandse Top 40 - Stromae" (nid.) . Dutch Top 40 .
- ↑ " Dutchcharts.nl - Stromae - Papaoutai" (nid.) . Single Top 100 .
- ↑ " Swisscharts.com - Stromae - Papaoutai" . Swiss Singles Chart .
- ↑ iTunes - Music - Papaoutai - Single by Stromae