Ta fête

"Ta fête" (French for Your Party) is a song by Belgian singer Stromae. On 3 February 2014 it was released as the fourth single from his second studio album Racine carrée where it appears as the opening track. On 17 March 2014 it was announced that it would become the official song for the Belgian football selection at the 2014 World Cup.^[1] An official music video for the song was also released by Stromae official Vevo channel.^[2]

"Ta fête"
Single by Stromae
from the album Racine carrée
Released	3 February 2014
Genre	Dance-pop electro house Afropop
Length	2:57
Label	Mosaert Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Stromae
Producer(s)	Stromae Shameboy (Luuk Cox) Thomas Azier
Stromae singles chronology
"Tous les mêmes" (2013) "Ta fête" (2014) "Ave Cesaria" (2014)

Promotion

Music video

The music video was directed by Lieven Van Baelen and released on YouTube on 17 June 2014.^[3] Stromae takes on the role of the ring announcer as a man is selected among the spectator crowd to run through and escape a raised obstacle course reminiscent of both The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.^[4][5]

Chart positions

Weekly charts 2013 weekly chart performance for "Ta fête" Chart (2013) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 29 France (SNEP)[7] 70 2014 weekly chart performance for "Ta fête" Chart (2014) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 6 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 2 Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 1 France (SNEP)[7] 30 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 22 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 45

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 18 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 11 France (SNEP)[13] 107

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BRMA)[14]	Platinum	20,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[15]	Gold	40,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

• Dirty Loops recorded a cover version of this song in 2014