Le vent nous portera
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| "Le vent nous portera" | ||||
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| Single by Noir Désir | ||||
| from the album des Visages des Figures | ||||
| Released | 28 August 2001 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 4:48 | |||
| Label | Zeitgeist Records/Polydor Records | |||
| Noir Désir singles chronology | ||||
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"Le vent nous portera" (lit. 'The Wind Will Carry Us') is a song by French rock band Noir Désir from their 2001 album des Visages des Figures. It was released as the first single from the album and reached number one for four weeks in a row in the Italian Singles Charts, as well as number three in the French charts and number seven in the Belgian Record Charts. French-born Spanish artist Manu Chao collaborated on the song and played guitar.[1]
Music video
[edit]The music video was directed by Alexandre Courtes and Jacques Veneruso and featured Rebecca Hampton as the main character.[2] It won Music Video of the Year in 2001.
Covers
[edit]The song has been covered by Belgian girls' choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers on their album Respire (2004), by Swiss singer Sophie Hunger on her album 1983 (2010), by German band Element of Crime on their album Fremde Federn (2010), by Les Charbonniers de l'enfer on their album Nouvelles fréquentations (2010), and Hungarian band Kistehén on the soundtrack for the film Kalandorok (2008).[3] The Swedish-Hungarian singer Antonia Vai also performed a cover of this song live in 2016 on one of her concerts.
Trivia
[edit]It is the title song of the movie Q.[4]
Chart performance
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References
[edit]- ^ Giampieri, Valentina (2022-08-02). "I Noir Désir e Le vent nous portera, storia di un tormentone estivo e di un presagio nefasto". GQ Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ "VIDÉO - Avec "Le Vent nous portera", Noir Désir a assumé sa part de mélancolie". www.rtl2.fr (in French). 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
- ^ Katona, Zoltán (17 May 2011). "Kistehén: a régi dalok újra lettek teremtve". uh.ro (in Hungarian). Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Desire (Q) (2012) - Soundtrack.Net".
- ^ "Noir Désir – Le vent nous portera" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Noir Désir – Le vent nous portera" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Noir Désir – Le vent nous portera". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Noir Désir – Le vent nous portera" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Rapports annuels 2001". Ultratop. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Tops de L'année | Top Singles 2001" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
