Nolwenn Ohwo !

"Nolwenn Owho!"
Single by Nolwenn Leroy
from the album Histoires Naturelles
B-side	"Mystère"
Released	January 23, 2006
Format	CD single, Digital download
Recorded	France, 2005
Genre	Pop
Length	4:34 (album version)
Label	Universal Music, Mercury
Writer(s)	Alain Souchon Laurent Voulzy Nolwenn Leroy
Producer	Laurent Voulzy Frank Eulry
Nolwenn Leroy singles chronology
"Inévitablement" (2004) "Nolwenn Ohwo!" (2006) "Histoires naturelles" (2006)

"Nolwenn Ohwo!" is a 2006 song recorded by French singer Nolwenn Leroy. It was the first single from her second studio album Histoires Naturelles, and was released on January 23, 2006. It achieved success in France, where it topped the singles chart, and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was a top three hit.

Song information

The song was written by famous singers-songwriters Laurent Voulzy (he also participated in the writing of Leroy's previous album, notably on the song "Suivre une étoile") and Alain Souchon. It was performed during the Histoires naturelles tour and was available in its live version on the album of the same name.

In France, the song was first released digitally in early December 2005. It was then officially released as a CD single in a limited edition on January 23, but it was sold by certain stores a few days before. Therefore, it entered the French single chart two days before, at #47, before climbing straight to #1 the week after. It then almost kept on dropping, and totalled four weeks in the top ten, 11 weeks in the top 50 and 19 weeks on the chart (top 100).^[1]

Track listings

CD single - Limited edition

1. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" (radio edit) — 3:59
2. "Mystère" — 3:54
3. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" (video)

CD single - Promo

1. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" (radio edit) — 3:59

Digital download

1. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" (album version) — 4:34
2. "Nolwenn Ohwo!" (live version) — 5:08

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 3 Eurochart Hot 100 5 French Digital Chart[3] 5 French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 1 Swiss Singles Chart[4] 29

End of year chart (2006) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5] 49 French Singles Chart[6] 36

Preceded by "J'voulais" by Amine

French SNEP number-one single January 28, 2006 (1 week)

Succeeded by "J'voulais" by Amine

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Nolwenn Ohwo!", French Singles Charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved September 7, 2008)
2. ^ "Nolwenn Ohwo!", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Charts Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 7, 2008)
3. ^ French Digital Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved September 7, 2008)
4. ^ "Nolwenn Ohwo!", Swiss Singles Charts Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 7, 2008)
5. ^ 2006 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 7, 2008)
6. ^ 2006 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved September 7, 2008)