Tropical Family is a banner for a musical collective of artists who came together in 2013 to collaborate on an album of tropical music and summer-y dance songs. The 12-track album was released on 1 July 2013, with 12 cover versions of well-known songs by diverse artists. A deluxe edition was released in November with four additional tracks included.
| Tropical Family | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1 July 2013 |
| Genre | Tropical music |
| Label | Play On |
| Singles from Tropical Family | |
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Initially, Serge Gainsbourg's "Couleur café" as performed by Louisy Joseph had been recorded, but eventually it was set aside in favor of Teri Moïse's song "Les Poèmes de Michelle" as interpreted by Slaï on the album.
Track listing edit
| Track # |
Song title | Length | Performer(s) | Original by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |
"Maldòn" | 2:58 |
Lynnsha, Fanny J, Louisy Joseph | Zouk Machine |
2. |
"Flamme" | 4:23 |
Axel Tony, Layanah | Slaï |
3. |
"Obsesión" | 3:13 |
Kenza Farah, Lucenzo | Aventura |
4. |
"Sensualité" | 3:18 |
Axel Tony, Sheryfa Luna | Axelle Red |
5. |
"Angela" | 2:57 |
Jessy Matador, Zifou | Saïan Supa Crew |
6. |
"Kolé séré" | 3:52 |
Matt Houston, Kim | Philippe Lavil & Jocelyne Beroard |
7. |
"Le soleil donne" | 3:10 |
Corneille | Laurent Voulzy |
8. |
"Mélissa" | 3:15 |
Medhy Custos, Sheryfa Luna | Julien Clerc |
9. |
"Les Poèmes de Michelle" | 3:47 |
Slaï | Teri Moïse |
10. |
"Il jouait du piano debout" | 3:03 |
Slaï, Mélissa Nkonda | France Gall |
11. |
"Belle-Ile en Mer" | 3:15 |
Tom Frager | Laurent Voulzy |
12. |
"Les Sunlights des Tropiques" | 3:44 |
Collégiale (the collective) | Gilbert Montagné |
Deluxe edition edit
On 18 November 2013, a deluxe edition was released, that included the same track list in addition to four bonus tracks not found on the original release, being "Turn Me On" by Matt Houston and Kevin Lyttle, "Enamórame" by DJ Assad featuring Papi Sanchez & Luyannah, "Couleur Café" by Louisy Joseph and "Petites Iles" by Lynnsha & Kymaï1.
Track list edit
| Track # |
Song title | Length | Performer(s) | Original by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1-12 |
Same as above | |||
13. |
"Turn Me On" | 3:11 |
Kevin Lyttle & Matt Houston | Kevin Lyttle |
14. |
"Enamórame (Oui bébé)" | 3:23 |
Papi Sánchez, Luyanna & DJ Assad | Papi Sánchez |
15. |
"Couleur café" | 3:22 |
Louisy Joseph | Serge Gainsbourg |
16. |
"Petites îles" | 3:41 |
Lynnsha & Kymaï | Neg Marrons and Cesária Évora |
Charts edit
Album edit
| Year (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Ultratop Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[1] | 56 |
| SNEP French Albums Chart[2] | 5 |
Singles edit
| Year | Goldman song | Credited performer(s) | Peak positions | Ref | Music video | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA |
BEL (Wa) | |||||
| 2013 | "Maldòn" | Lynnsha, Fanny J and Louisy Joseph | 15 | 15 (Ultratip) |
[1] [2] |
Video on YouTube |
| "Obsesión" | Kenza Farah & Lucenzo | 16 | 7 (Ultratip) |
[3] [4] |
Video on YouTube | |
| "Flamme" | Axel Tony & Layanah | 118 | – | [5] | ||
| 2014 | "Enamórame (Oui bébé)" | DJ Assad feat. Papi Sanchez & Luyanna | – | 24 (Ultratip) |
[6] | |
References edit
- ^ "Tropical Family in Belgian (Wallonia) Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Tropical Family in French Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2013.