TV France 3 made another high profile internal selection and chose singer Anggun (Anggun Cipta Sasmi) to represent France in the Baku Eurovision Songcontest.
The song selected is titled Echo (You and I) and is written by William Rousseau and Jean-Pierre Pilot with lyrics by Anggun herself.
The track is mixed by Veronica Ferraro.
Even though the song is similar to the album title, it is not included on Anggun's original Echoes CD .
But a new edition of the album, including the Eurovision song, is released in March**.
The song was presented on Januari 29 at the Midem music fair in Cannes. It is available in the download shops from Januari 30.
A 1-track promo has been issued by Warner and has been given away on Angguns visits to the National final shows in Malta and Ukraine.
The official cdsingle was released on April 8. (Warner 509927)
It includes 4 tracks:
Echo (You And I) - Original version
Echo (You And I) - English version
Echo (You And I) - Anton Wick remix
Mon Meilleur Amour (single edit)
The Baku promo cds has 7 tracks
Echo (You And I) - Original version
Echo (You And I) - English version
Echo (Losing You And I) - with Niels Brinck - English version
Echo (There Is You And I) - with Claudia Faniello - French/English
Echo (You And I) - with Keo - French/Romanian/English
Visszhang (You and I) - with Viktor Varga - English/French/Hungarian
Echo (You And I) - Instrumental
Listen to the song here at France 3 now
The official video is now ready, take a look here at France 3
A French / English / Hungarian duet version has been released. It's titled Visszhang (You and I) and the Hungarian parts are recorded by Viktor Varga. You can listen here at Angguns Youtube
The song is available at iTunes Hungary. (Hungary only?)
Niels Brinck and Anggun worked together before. In 2003 Brinck produced her album Open Hearts (see below)
A remix of Echo (You And I) is also available at digital outlets, the Anton Wick remix.
The third duet version Anggun released is Echo (There Is You And I) with Maltese singer Claudia Faniello. Listen here at Angguns Youtube.
The 4th duet version features Romanian singer Keo. The song is a mix of French, Romanian (by Keo) and English. (Listen here at Angguns tube)
This album also includes the full English version of Echo (You and I)
versions:
Echo (You And I) - Original version in English and French ♫
Echo (You And I) - English version
Echo (You And I) - Anton Wick remix
- above three versions on commercial cdsingle
Visszhang (You And I) - with Viktor Varga - English/French/Hungarian
Echo (Losing You And I) - with Niels Brinck - English version
Echo (There Is You And I) - with Claudia Faniello - French/English
Echo (You And I) - with Keo - French/Romanian/English
- duet versions are digital releases and also on the promo cdsingle
Echo (You And I) - Instrumental
- on promo cds
Echo (You And I) - remix by Hakimakli
- CD Best Of: Design Of A Decade 2003-2013 (April Earth/Sony)
Charts:
Even though the single has been out for a few months (digital and physical) Anggun enters the French charts only the week after the contest.
France top 100: 74
France top 200: 109, -, re:192, - re:185, 74, 102, -
In March the Echos album will be re-released in a special edition. It will of course include Echo (You and I) and also a new 2012 version of La Neige Au Sahara, more details soon....
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Anggun facts and figures
Anggun was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and moved to Paris in 1995. She scored her first French hit in 1997 with La Neige Au Sahara (The snow in the sahara), also the title of one of her most acclaimed albums. Her most successful album in France is Luminescence which stayed 63 weeks on the French albums charts in 2005/2006 reaching #16.
In April an edition with songs in English and Indonesian was released. The album achieved gold disc status in Indonesia in just two weeks.
In November a version in French was released (as Echos). It includes a duet with another Eurovision singer: Gerard Lenorman*.
Earlier this year she scored a #1 hit in various Indonesian charts with Hanyalah Cinta / Only Love, a track from Echoes / Echos recorded in Indonesian, English and French (French version: Mon meilleur amour).
Angunn's vocals feature on the 2008 single No Stress by DJ Laurent Wolf. Which was a #1 in France and Belgium and a top 10 hit in several countries.
In her career Anggun has also recorded and / or performed with I Muvrini, Peter Gabriel (stepping in for Kate Bush no less), Serge Lama*, Deep Forrest, Schiller (CD Atemlos), Zucchero and French folk rock band Tri Yann.
Her soundtrack album Open Hearts (2003) was produced and (co) written by Niels Brinck* of Danish Eurovision fame.
In 2007 Anggun featured on a charity single Pour Que Tu Sois Libre with Natasha St. Pier*, Elisa Tovati, Julie Zenatti and other french singers. The song stayed 14 weeks on the charts reaching #21.
* Eurovision singers
** The last time a Eurovision singer entered with a song named after their current album, but that was not included in it, it won the whole thing. Do you remember who it was?
In her career Anggun has also recorded and / or performed with I Muvrini, Peter Gabriel (stepping in for Kate Bush no less), Serge Lama*, Deep Forrest, Schiller (CD Atemlos), Zucchero and French folk rock band Tri Yann.
Her soundtrack album Open Hearts (2003) was produced and (co) written by Niels Brinck* of Danish Eurovision fame.
In 2007 Anggun featured on a charity single Pour Que Tu Sois Libre with Natasha St. Pier*, Elisa Tovati, Julie Zenatti and other french singers. The song stayed 14 weeks on the charts reaching #21.
* Eurovision singers
** The last time a Eurovision singer entered with a song named after their current album, but that was not included in it, it won the whole thing. Do you remember who it was?
Anggun Website (in French and English)
Anggun has Wiki's in English, French, Indonesian, Azerbaijani and many other languages.
Les Charts for the charts / hit info.
Read more on France's last three Eurovision entries.
2011 - Amaury Vassili
2010 - Jessy Matador
2009 - Patricia Kaas
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