Song of Ocarina

Infobox Single
Name = Song of Ocarina


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Artist = Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena
Album = Ocarina
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B-side = Ocarina solo
Released = September 1991
Format = 7" single
CD maxi
Cassette
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Genre = Instrumental
Length = 3:40
Label = Polydor
Writer = Paul De Senneville
Producer = Paul De Senneville
Marc Minier
Olivier Toussaint
Magic Sigwalt
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Certification = Gold France, 1992
Last single =
This single = "Song of Ocarina" (1991)
Next single = "Implora" (1992)
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"Song of Ocarina" is the name of a 1991 song recorded by the musicians Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena. It is entirely instrumental and is played on ocarina by Modena and cello by Audin. Released as first single from the album "Ocarina", it achieved a huge success in France, topping the chart, and becoming in this country the first instrumental number-one hit.Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 227 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)]

ong information

This song was composed by Paul De Senneville who had already written several pop songs in the 1980s for the band Pop Concerto Orchestra.

In this instrumental duet, "the cello and the ocarina compete in expressiveness on a swinging rhythmic". The ocarina "gives to the song a thin and air tone which makes us travel in the Andean heights", while the cello "adds to the music a melancholic touch and the depth of the notes of [the] archer".

In France, the single debuted at #37 on October 5, 1991, on the singles chart, and climbed until reaching the top ten five weeks later. It hit the chart for two not consecutive weeks and remained for 21 weeks in the top ten and 32 weeks in the top 50."Song of Ocarina", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=2373&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved July 17, 2008)] It was certified Gold disc by the SNEPFrench certifications [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_Certif.php Infodisc.com] See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les Certifications depuis 1973" => "AUDIN J-Philippe & MODENA Diego" (Retrieved July 17, 2008)] and remains to date the 883th best-selling single of all time in France. [Best-singles of all time in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=850 Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved July 17, 2008)] In Switzerland, "Song of Ocarina" achieved a minor success : it stayed fro three weeks on the chart (top 30), peaking at #14 on January 26, 1992."Song of Ocarina", Swiss Singles Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=2373&cat=s Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved July 17, 2008)]

Track listings

; 7" single
# "Song of Ocarina" — 3:40
# "Song of Ocarina" (ocarina solo) — 3:40

; CD maxi
# "Song of Ocarina" — 3:40
# "Song of Ocarina" (ocarina solo) — 3:40
# "Song of Ocarina" (extended version)

; Cassette
# "Song of Ocarina" — 3:40
# "Song of Ocarina" (ocarina solo) — 3:40

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