Mon Plus Beau Noël

"Mon Plus Beau Noël"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album Ma Vérité
B-side	"Je prendrai soin de vous"
Released	December 2005
Format	CD single Digital download
Recorded	France, 2005
Genre	Rock
Length	4:18
Label	Mercury Universal Music
Writer(s)	Fred Blondin
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Ma Religin dans ton regard" (2005) "Mon Plus Beau Noël" (2005) "Le temps passe" (2006)

"Mon Plus Beau Noël" is a 2005 song recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was the second single on his album Ma Vérité on which it features as eighth track, and was released on December 2005 as a Christmas song. It was successful in Belgium (Wallonia), and particularly in France where it was Hallyday's third number-one single.

Song information

The B-side, "Je prendrai soin de vous", was at the time a new song never published. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" was performed in 2006 at the Palais des Sports of Paris and was also included in a live version on the album Flashback Tour - Palais des Sports 2006, as fifth track of the second CD.^[1] The song is also available as B-side on the singer's 2006 single "La Quête" and on his compilation Triple Best Of, released in 2008.

"Mon Plus Beau Noël" is a tribute to Hallyday's daughter named Jade whom he just adopted and who features on the single cover. A choir of children can be heard in the second refrain, as well as Jade who babbles during the last seconds of the song.

In France, the single debuted at #6 on December 10, 2005, then climbed to #2, then topped the chart for one week. It kept on dropping the weeks after and totaled seven weeks in the top ten, 11 weeks in the top 50 and 16 weeks on the chart (top 100).^[2]

Track listings

CD single

1. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" — 4:18
2. "Je prendrai soin de vous" — 4:59

Digital download

1. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" — 4:18
2. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" (live) — 4:30

CD single - Promo

1. "Mon Plus Beau Noël" — 4:18

Credits

• Made in the European Union

"Mon Plus Beau Noël"

• Written by Fred Blondin
• Editions : Pimento Music / Zoé Production

"Je prendrai soin de vous"

• Written by Pierre Jaconelli
• Editions : WCMF / Daime Editions / Pimento Music

Charts and sales

Peak positions Chart (2005/06) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 2 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[4] 3 French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 1 Swiss Singles Chart[5] 14

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[6] 84 French Singles Chart[7] 26 Chart (2006) Position French Singles Chart[8] 81

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France	Should be Gold	—	—	227,632 (165,353 in 2005[9] + 62,279 in 2006[10])

Chart successions

Preceded by "Santiano" by Star Academy 5

French SNEP number-one single 24 December 2005 (1 week)

Succeeded by "Hung Up" by Madonna

References

1. ^ Flashback Tour - Palais des Sports 2006, track listing and charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mon Plus Beau Noël", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
3. ^ "Mon Plus Beau Noël", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
4. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, week of 1 January 2005". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?chartDate=2005-01-01. Retrieved 21 April 2011. 
5. ^ "Mon Plus Beau Noël", Swiss Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
6. ^ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
7. ^ 2005 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
8. ^ 2006 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
9. ^ Best-selling singles and sales of 2005 in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved October 4, 2008)
10. ^ Best-selling singles and sales of 2006 in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved October 4, 2008)