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Un ange frappe à ma porte

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"Un ange frappe à ma porte"
Single by Natasha St-Pier
from the album Longueur d'ondes
B-side"Vivre ou survivre"
Released6 January 2006 (France)
GenrePop
Length3:37
LabelSony Music France/Columbia
Songwriter(s)Frédéric Château (as "Asdorve")
Producer(s)Frédéric Château
Natasha St-Pier singles chronology
"Ce silence"
(2005)
"Un ange frappe à ma porte"
(2006)
"Tant que j'existerai"
(2006)
Music video
"Un ange frappe a ma porte" on YouTube

"Un ange frappe à ma porte" (English translation: "An Angel Is Knocking at My Door") is a song recorded by the Canadian singer Natasha St-Pier. Released in 2006 as the lead single from her fifth studio album Longueur d'ondes, it achieved success in France, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada (Quebec) and Switzerland, reaching number one in Belgium and number two in France. The song was included in the greatest hits album Tu trouveras... 10 ans de succès (Best of), released in November 2009, where it appeared as the fifth track.

Writing, production and release

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Music and lyrics for the song were written by French singer Frédéric Château under the pseudonym "Asdorve". The song was produced by Château, Volodia and Pascal Obispo.[1]

"Un ange frappe à ma porte" was released in France 6 January 2006. This made the song the first single released in Europe from Longueur d'ondes, the fifth studio album by Natasha St-Pier. However the single "Ce silence", from the same album, had been released in Canada in 2005, prior to the album release.[2]

Chart performance

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In France, "Un ange frappe à ma porte" debuted at number six on the chart edition ending on 14 January 2006, then climbed to a peak of number two, and remained on the chart for 26 weeks, three of them spent in the top three.[3] In Belgium (Wallonia), it entered the Ultratop 40 at number eight on 4 February 2006, topped the chart in its seventh week and remained in the top 40 for 22 weeks.[4] In Switzerland, it debuted at a peak of number 19 on 22 January 2006 and remained for 20 weeks on the chart.[5]

In Canada (Quebec), the single debuted on 4 March 2006, peaking at position 14 and remaining for 24 weeks on the chart.[6]

Track listings

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  • CD single
  1. "Un ange frappe à ma porte" — 3:37
  2. "Vivre ou survivre" — 3:25
  3. "Un ange frappe à ma porte" (video)

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Natasha St-Pier - Un Ange Frappe À Ma Porte". Discogs. 2006. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. ^ "Natasha St-Pier - Ce Silence". Discogs. 2006. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  3. ^ a b "Natasha St-Pier – Un ange frappe à ma porte" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Natasha St-Pier – Un ange frappe à ma porte" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Natasha St-Pier – Un ange frappe à ma porte". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b Michel Gignac. "Compilation des succès par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes" (PDF). banq.qc.ca (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. p. 752. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Rapports annuels 2006 — Singles" (in French). Ultratop 40. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Tops de l'année — Top Singles — 2006" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 6 May 2024.