Resistance was probably useless. Not that it needed any, given that it's a pretty decent tune. Stromae's Alors on danse has been the biggest French language hit in the UK for years, reaching number one in the official singles chart, higher in the specialist dance charts.
It got pretty heavy rotation on MTV dance here which no doubt helped, but its success is probably more due to it coming back from Ibiza where UK listeners probably first heard it. It's been massive in every other country in Europe all summer, somehow it was inevitable it would come here, although given the UK's reticence to embrace anything in a foreign language as far as music all bets were off.
Dance music is effortlessly international. True, the lack of lyrics help, but this tune is more lyrical that most dance numbers, close to the likes of Faithless in the vocal delivery. Cool, low key, sophisticated. The French language is perfect, no version anglaise required.
Post-summer European songs that became hits in the UK were traditionally awful. The Macarena? You get the picture. We live in better times.
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