Lettre à France

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1977 single by Michel Polnareff

"Lettre à France"

Single by Michel Polnareff

B-side

"Mademoiselle De"

Released

1977

Genre

Art rock, progressive rock

Length

4:38

Label

Atlantic

Songwriter(s)

Michel Polnareff
Jean-Loup Dabadie

Producer(s)

David Hentschel
Michel Polnareff

Michel Polnareff singles chronology

"Fame à la mode"
(1976)

"Lettre à France"
(1977)

"Une simple mélodie"
(1978)

"Lettre à France" is a single by French singer Michel Polnareff that was released in 1977. The artist had been living in California since 1973, in part due to financial problems. The song, whose title means "Letter to France" in English, is about living in exile, and is a love song to his home country.

The single sold 476 000 copies, allowing Polnareff to return to France to partially resolve his tax problems.^[1]

Track listing

A side: "Lettre à France" — 4:38
B side: "Mademoiselle De" — 3:40

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
France (IFOP)^[2]	4

Chart (2012)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[3]	93

Chart (2014)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[3]	77

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
France (IFOP)^[4]	27

Musicians

Michel Polnareff
David Hentschel
Joe Patridge
Ronnie Caryl

References

^ Zahia Yaoulia (10 June 2015). "50 mn inside : Michel Polnareff : retour sur l'incroyable histoire de Lettre à France". TF1. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
^ Top France, top hebdo 45 tours
^ ^a ^b "Michel Polnareff – Lettre à France" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
^ Top annuel - 1977