Dernière danse (Indila song)

This article is about the 2013 song recorded by Indila. For other uses, see Dernière danse.

"Dernière danse"
Single by Indila
from the album Mini World
Released	13 November 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Operatic pop
Length	3:32
Label	Capitol Music Group
Songwriter(s)	Adila Sedraïa
Producer(s)	Skalpovich
Indila singles chronology
"Dreamin'" (2012) "Dernière danse" (2013) "Tourner dans le vide" (2014)
Music video
"Dernière danse" on YouTube

"Dernière danse" (English: "Last dance") is a song recorded by French singer-songwriter Indila. It served as the first single from her debut album, Mini World.

Less than ten years after its release, on 19 May 2023, it became the first French-language song to exceed one billion views on YouTube.[1][2]

Music video

Background and synopsis

The music video was released on 5 December 2013.[3][4] The video is intercut with scenes of Indila singing in front of a wide view of Paris. The story begins with Indila being kicked out of her house and she wanders throughout Paris being disrespected by the locals as the city gets darker due to a storm beginning. It is implied that the storm is connected with Indila's negative emotions, as shown in a brief flashback. Indila then walks directly into the storm and seemingly clears it by using her singing voice, saving Paris. As of December 2024, the video has accumulated over 1.228 billion views, being the only French song to achieve this.

Lyric video

A lyric video was uploaded on the artist's Vevo channel simultaneously on the release day of the song.[5]

Chart performance

The song reached number two spot in home market singles charts (France and Belgium), and number one spot on singles charts in Greece, Israel, Romania, and Turkey. On 1 March 2014, it entered the Greek charts at number-one and spent seven weeks at number one.[6] On 19 April 2014, it was knocked down to No. 2 by Pharrell Williams' Happy.[7] It reclaimed No. 1 the following week,[8] and remained there for another five weeks, totaling at thirteen weeks at No. 1.[9]

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 72 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 5 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12] 2 Belgium Digital Songs (Billboard)[13] 4 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[14] 24 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[15] 53 France (SNEP)[16] 2 Germany (GfK)[17] 47 Greece Airplay Chart (IFPI)[18] 1 Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)[6] 1 Hungary (Single Top 40)[19] 24 Israel (Media Forest)[20] 1 Lebanon Top 20[21] 3 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[22] 3 Poland (Video Chart)[23] 2 Romania (Airplay 100)[24] 2 Romania (Romanian Radio Airplay)[25] 1 Romania (Romania TV Airplay)[26] 1 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[27] 14 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28] 76 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 15 Turkey (Number 1 Top 40)[30] 1 Chart (2024) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[31] 46 Germany (GfK)[32] 46 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[33] 55

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[34] 3 France (SNEP)[35] 4 Israel (Media Forest)[36] 7 Poland (ZPAV)[37] 20 Romania (Airplay 100)[38] 3 Ukraine Airplay (Tophit)[39] 152

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[40]	Platinum	30,000^*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[41]	Gold	30,000^‡
France	—	128,200[42]
Germany (BVMI)[43]	Gold	150,000^‡
Italy (FIMI)[44]	Gold	50,000^‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[45] (since 2015)	Platinum	60,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Silver	200,000^‡
United States (RIAA)[47]	Gold	500,000^‡
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

• Natacha Andréani performed the song on the third season of the French version of The Voice.[48]
• "Anno 1800 Soundtrack - The Rains" - Composed by Armin Haas, Dynamedion for Anno 1800.[49]
• In 2021, Shanguy, Yves V and Alex Cooper released a cover of the song.[50]

References

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