La Tribu de Dana

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“La Tribu de Dana”
“La Tribu de Dana” cover
Single by Manau
from the album Panique celtique
B-side "L'Avenir est un long passé"
Released 1998
Format CD single
Recorded France
Genre Hip hop, Pop
Length 4:47
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Martial Tricoche
Cédric Soubiron
Hervé Lardic
Producer Manau
Manau singles chronology
"La Tribu de Dana"
(1998)		 "Panique celtique"
(1998)

"La Tribu de Dana" is a 1998 song recorded by the French hip hop band Manau, available on their debut album, Panique celtique, on which it features as second track. Released as first single in July 1998, it hit a huge success, particularly in France, topping the singles chart for many months and becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time in that country.

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[edit] Lyrics and music

In France, this song created a new style of music, combining French rap and Breton melodies. Verses have hip hop sonorities, while the refrain, very catchy, uses the Breton traditional melody line from Alan Stivell's famous 1970s folk hit "Tri martolod".[1] Stivell sued the group, but Manau maintained that the song was simply a baseline, and was modified enough to not be considered plagiarism.

Distributed by Polydor, the song was composed by the members of the band : Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron and Hervé Lardic. Lyrics is about an Irish tribe named Dana — which refers to the name of the Dagna god's daughter — narrating an epic war carried out by this tribe.[1] The story is told by the only survivor of this war, who becomes thus the tribe's king. The tribe of Dana is a group of figures in Irish mythology, also described in L'épopée Celte.

In 2006, the song was covered by Catherine Lara, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Natasha St-Pier, Francis Cabrel and Zazie. This version features as 13th track on the album 2006: Le Village des Enfoirés, released on April 7, 2006 by Les Enfoirés.[2]

[edit] Chart performances

On the French Singles Chart, the song has the characteristic of having remained for 23 weeks in the top three, while it featured on the chart (Top 100) for 27 weeks. It went straight to #3 on May 9, 1998, reached #1 in its seventh week and stayed there for 12 consecutive weeks. Then it was #2 for five weeks, then dropped very quickly.[3] It was certified Diamond disc by the SNEP, the French certificator,[4] and was ranked #2 on the End of the Year Chart of 1998.[5] According to Infodisc website, the song was sold about 1,415,000 copies in France, being thus the 19th best-selling single of all time in that country.[6]

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song was charted for 39 weeks on the Ultratop 40, which is a very long chart trajectory. It debuted at the bottom of the chart (#38), and managed to top it from its 9th to its 16th week, before dropping slowly. It totaled 25 weeks in the top ten[7] and featured at #3 on the Annual Chart.[8] To date, it is the fourth biggest hit since 1995 in Belgium (Wallonia).[9]

In Belgium (Flanders), "La Tribu de Dana" entered the chart on September 26, then gained a few places almost every week, and reached its peak position, #4, for four weeks, from November 7 to November 28. After that, it almost didn't stop to drop and fell off the chart (Top 50) after 18 weeks.[10] The song was the 26th best-selling single of the year.[11]

The song also featured for 21 weeks on the Dutch Singles Chart (Top 100), from September 12, 1998, to February 6, 1999. It started at #70 and steadily climbed on the chart until hitting #3, from its 6th to its 9th week. Then it kept on dropping.[12]

"La Tribu de Dana" was charted in December 1999 in Germany, but achieved a very small success, peaking at #89.[13]

[edit] Track listings

  1. "La Tribu de Dana" — 4:47
  2. "L'Avenir est un long passé" — 4:40

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales
France[4] Diamond 1998 750,000+
Swiss[14] Gold 1998 25,000+

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[10] 4
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[7] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[12] 3
French Singles Chart[3] 1
Chart (1999) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[13] 89
End of the year chart (1998) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[11] 26
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 3
French Singles Chart[5] 2
Preceded by
"La copa de la vida" by Ricky Martin		 French (SNEP) number-one single
June 20, 1998 - September 12, 1998 (12 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Belle" by Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou
Preceded by
"Pata Pata" by Coumba Gawlo		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
July 25, 1998 - September 5, 1998 (8 weeks)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 424 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ 2006: Le Village des Enfoirés, track listing Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 27, 2008)
  3. ^ a b "La Tribu de Dana", in French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  4. ^ a b French certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  5. ^ a b 1998 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  6. ^ Best-selling singles of all time in France Infodisc.fr (Retrieved April 27, 2008)
  7. ^ a b "La Tribu de Dana", in Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  8. ^ a b 1998 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  9. ^ Best hits since 1995 in Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 27, 2008)
  10. ^ a b "La Tribu de Dana", in Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  11. ^ a b 1998 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  12. ^ a b "La Tribu de Dana", in Dutch Singles Chart Dutchcharts.nl (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  13. ^ a b German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  14. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)