"Mourir demain" is a

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song recorded by the

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Natasha St-Pier Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium''). Career Natasha St-Pier r ...

. She performed the song as a duet with the

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Pascal Obispo Pascal Michel Obispo (; born 8 January 1965) is a French singer-songwriter. Biography Pascal Obispo, son of Max Obispo (a former Bordeaux Girondins football player of Basque origin) and Nicole Guérin (originally from Angers), was born on 8 J ...

. It was released on 18 June 2004, as the second

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from St-Pier's fourth studio album, '' L'Instant d'après'', on which it features as third track. This song, which has rock sonorities, achieved a great success in

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), reaching the top ten.

Song information

The text was written by Lionel Florence. The music has been composed by ASDORVE. It was available on Obispo's 2004 albums ''Fan'' and ''Studio fan'' in a longer version. It was also included on many French compilations such as ''NRJ Music Awards 2005''. The song was covered in 2007 by

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' album '' La Caravane des Enfoirés'', as third track.''2007: La Caravane des Enfoirés'', track listing and chart
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Chart performances

In France, the single charted for 20 on the singles chart, from 20 June to 31 October 2004. It peaked at number seven in the first and the third weeks and stayed in the top ten for nine weeks.French Singles Char
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(Retrieved May 24, 2008) It was certified Gold and was the 31st best-selling single of the year.2004 French Singles Char
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(Retrieved May 22, 2008) Charted for 19 weeks on the

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(the Belgian chart), the song went to number 30 on 26 June, then jumped to number nine and reached number four in the seventh and eighth weeks. It stayed for nine weeks in the top ten and dropped slowly.Belgium (Wallonia) Singles Char
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(Retrieved May 24, 2008) It was 20th on the Annual Chart.2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Char
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(Retrieved May 24, 2008) "Mourir demain" was St-Pier's most successful single in

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in terms of peak position and chart trajectory. The single started at a peak of number 18 on 4 July, then dropped rather slowly on the chart, and totaled 13 weeks in the top 13, 17 weeks in the top 50 and 25 weeks on the chart.Swiss Singles Char
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Track listings

* CD single # "Mourir demain" (album version) — 3:37 # "Mourir demain" (fan version) — 4:08 * Digital download # "Mourir demain" (album version) — 3:37 # "Mourir demain" (fan version) — 4:08

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References

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