Un jour d'été

Un jour d'été is a 2004 album recorded by French-born singer Amel Bent, released on 2005. It was her debut album and was successful on the charts (#3 in France), even allowed Bent to gain a Victoire de la Musique in the category 'Revelation of the year'. There were three singles from the albums, all of them being top ten hits in France : "Ma Philosophie", "Le Droit à l'erreur" and "Ne retiens pas tes larmes".

Un jour d'été
Studio album by Amel Bent
Released	2005
Genre	R&B soul urban pop
Length	48:50
Label	Sony Bmg Music
Amel Bent chronology
Un jour d'été (2004) À 20 ans (2007)

Track listing

1. "Je suis" (Charbonnel, Devier, Gallerne) – 3:18
2. "Ma philosophie" (Bent, Georgiades, Mackichan) – 3:23
3. "Le temps passe" (Bent, D.R., Gallerne, Milan) – 3:14
4. "Le Droit à l'erreur" (D.R., Molondo, Welgryn) – 4:01
5. "Mes racines" (Bent, D.R., Kabala) – 3:38
6. "Ne retiens pas tes larmes" (D.R., Sitbon) – 3:43
7. "Pardonnez-moi" (D.R., James, Westrich) – 4:46
8. "J'attends" (D.R., Dufour, Welgryn) – 3:39
9. "Quand elle chante" (Bent, D.R., Farley, Mahy) – 3:59
10. "Auprès des miens" (Charbonnel, Devier, Gallerne) – 3:26
11. "Partis trop tôt" (featuring Kery James) (Foks, James) – 4:10
12. "Je me sens vivre" (D.R., Godebama, Kabala, Ngung) – 3:23
13. "Ne retiens pas tes larmes" (piano voix) (D.R., Sitbon) – 3:54

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.^[1]

• Jean-Marc Apap – Strings
• Isabelle Baleanu – assistant
• Jean-Marc Benaïs – Guitar
• Amel Bent – adaptation, choeurs, primary artist
• Melissa Bent – choeurs
• Jean-François Berger – Clavier, Fender Rhodes, Programming, Realization
• Vincent Creusot – assistant
• Jean Yves d'Angelo – fender rhodes, piano
• G.M. Farley & The Great Wear Family – composer
• Matthias Froidefond – assistant
• Kéry James – primary artist, realization
• Jean-marc lubrano – Photography
• Blair Mackichan – composer
• Anthony Marciano – musical direction
• Laure Milan – choeurs
• Christophe Morin – strings
• Lyonel Schmit – string arrangements, strings
• Franck Sitbon – arranger, piano
• Laurent Vernerey – basse
• Volodia – arranger, clavier, engineer, mixing, programming, realization, vocal director

Charts

Chart (2004/07) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[2] 12 French Albums Chart[3] 3 Swiss Albums Chart[4] 39

End of year chart (2004) Position French Albums Chart[5] 168 End of the year chart (2005) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[6] 33 French Albums Chart[7] 14 End of the year chart (2006) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 94

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium (Wallonia)[9]	Gold	May 6, 2006	20,000
France[10]	Platinum	2005	300,000	532,000[11]

Release history

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
November 30, 2004	BMG / Jive	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	0828766580624
May 11, 2007	Sony / Epic			0886970794626