C'est la Vie (Martin Solveig album)

C'est la Vie is the third studio album by French DJ and record producer Martin Solveig. It was released on 2 June 2008 by Universal Licensing Music and Mixture Stereophonic. It spawned the singles "C'est la Vie", "I Want You" and "One 2.3 Four". A special edition of the album, titled the Definitive Edition, was released on 28 September 2009,^[5] containing the single "Boys & Girls" and a bonus disc of remixes.

C'est la Vie
Studio album by Martin Solveig
Released	2 June 2008 (2008-06-02)
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	House
Length	46:05
Label	Universal Licensing Music Mixture Stereophonic
Producer	Martin Solveig Michael Tordjman
Martin Solveig chronology
Hedonist (2005) C'est la Vie (2008) Smash (2011)
Singles from C'est la Vie
"C'est la Vie" Released: 21 January 2008[1] "I Want You" Released: 15 September 2008[2] "One 2.3 Four" Released: 22 December 2008[3] "Boys & Girls" Released: 28 September 2009[4]

Track listing

All songs written, composed and produced by Martin Solveig, except "Beauty False" and "Some Other Time" written and produced by Solveig and Michael Tordjman.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"C'est la Vie" (featuring Jay Sebag)	3:23
2.	"I Want You" (featuring Lee Fields)	4:25
3.	"Butterfly" (featuring Stephy Haïk)	5:04
4.	"Beauty False" (performed by Martin Solveig)	4:10
5.	"Poptimistic" (words by Gail Cochrane)	1:19
6.	"One 2.3 Four" (featuring Chakib Chambi)	4:00
7.	"Touch Me" (featuring Stephy Haik)	5:23
8.	"Bottom Line" (performed by Martin Solveig)	4:05
9.	"Give It to Me" (performed by Martin Solveig)	5:12
10.	"Superficial" (featuring Lee Fields)	4:00
11.	"Some Other Time" (featuring Jay Sebag)	5:04
Total length:		46:05

Definitive Edition

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Boys & Girls" (featuring Dragonette)	3:44
2.	"C'est la Vie" (featuring Jay Sebag)	3:23
3.	"I Want You" (featuring Lee Fields)	4:25
4.	"Butterfly" (featuring Stephy Haïk)	5:04
5.	"Beauty False" (performed by Martin Solveig)	4:10
6.	"Poptimistic" (words by Gail Cochrane)	1:19
7.	"One 2.3 Four" (featuring Chakib Chambi)	4:00
8.	"Touch Me" (featuring Stephy Haik)	5:23
9.	"Bottom Line" (performed by Martin Solveig)	4:05
10.	"Give It to Me" (performed by Martin Solveig)	5:12
11.	"Superficial" (featuring Lee Fields)	4:00
12.	"Some Other Time" (featuring Jay Sebag)	5:04

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"
2.	"One 2.3 Four" (Deepside Deejays remix)
3.	"One 2.3 Four" (Popof remix)
4.	"Boys & Girls" (Les Petits Pilous remix)
5.	"C'est la Vie" (Fedde vs. Martin club mix)
6.	"C'est la Vie" (The Bloody Beetroots remix)
7.	"I Want You" (Mowgli & Tepr remix)
8.	"I Want You" (Laidback Luke instrumental)
9.	"Boys & Girls" (Bart B More "Dans Tes Rave" remix)
10.	"Poptimistic" (Bingo Players vox)
11.	"Give It to Me" (Kolombo & Compuphonic mix – MS edit)
12.	"Give It to Me" (Tiger Stripes remix)
13.	"One 2.3 Four" (Mason's dark disco mix)
14.	"Touch Me" (John Paradox running dub)
15.	"Touch Me" (Mark Mendes remix)
16.	"One 2.3 four" (Felix Da Housecat's ATL Sia rude retro mix)

Personnel

Martin Solveig – lead vocals, backing vocals, instruments, mixing, production, programming Cyril Atef – drums Chakib Chambi – lead vocals, backing vocals Gail Cochrane – spoken words Tom Coyne – mastering Sophie Delila – guitar Lee Fields – lead vocals Pascal Garnon – engineer Jean-Baptiste Gaudray – guitar Quentin Ghomari – trumpet

Stephy Haïk – lead vocals, backing vocals Armelle Kergall – front and back cover photography Antoine Le Grand – booklet back photography Léo & Mona – artwork Laurent Meyer – saxophone Guy N'Sangué – bass guitar Jay Sebag – lead vocals, backing vocals Loïc Seron – trombone David Shama – inside photography Michael Tordjman – instruments, production, programming Philippe Weiss – mixing

• Mixed at Studio Davout, Paris
  • "C'est la vie" and "Poptimistic" mixed at Mixture Studio, France
• Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 99 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 23 French Albums (SNEP)[8] 16 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 59

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position French Albums (SNEP)[10] 182