C'est La Vie - The Collection

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The music video for the song was directed by Alison Murray, who later also directed the UK video for " Rollercoaster".

Written by band members Edele Lynch, Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou, and Sinéad O'Carroll, Ray "Madman" Hedges, Martin Brannigan and Tracy Ackerman, it was released by Epic and Glowworm Records on 25 May 1998. Use "Find Lyrics" box on our site, try to use different artist or (and) song title(ex: Cest La Vie) word forms. In any case, open-minded programmers who have had success with Britney Spears or Cleopatra should certainly give this a meaningful spin and let their audiences have a chance to catch on to the magic of this fearless track. The song went to number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the week of 17 April 1999 [5] [6] and number six on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.

The girls then tie the boy to a tree and the dog chases toward him before he is bombarded with lipstick kiss marks all over his face. You'll definitely remember their big hit C'est La Vie, which topped the charts in Ireland and the UK.

WHAT is often referred to as ‘Ireland’s Greatest Song’ C’est La Vie, sung by girl group B*Witched is fondly remembered by almost all of the country, but very little is known about the troubled writing and recording of the quintessential pop song of our times, that is, until now. C’est La Vie was released as a single on the 25th of May in 1998 but seeds were sown 12 months earlier as the girl group made up of Sinead, Keavy, Edele and Lindsay were paired with a songwriting team by their label.A dog is introduced into the clip next to one of the girls and the quartet then begin dancing and singing to a teenage boy in a treehouse. The song features many cheeky double entendres; the band commented in 2013 that "it went over children's heads, but the parents got the innuendos. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the song was a huge success for the band after it reached number one on the charts in various countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. The chorus was then recorded in Vietnam, but the band became distracted by the local drug trade and became embroiled in a turf war with the leading supplier of heroin in the area.

That's a shame, given the growing profile of this personable Dublin-based female quartet and its fine self-titled debut album. Much to my surprise B*Witched are still together having reformed in 2012, and spend most of 2017 touring Australia. Management had to break up a particularly violent fight, which saw Stoller lose a leg and an eye after he protested that the line went against the overtly pacifist ideals of the song.C'est la Vie" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 31 May 1998 and remained at the top the following week.