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{{Infobox album
| name       = L'Heure d'été
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Marc Lavoine]]
| cover      = L'Heure d'été (Marc Lavoine album) coverart.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 23, 2005
| recorded   = 2004–2005
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Abbey Road Studios]], [[London]]<br>Studio Gang, [[Paris]]<br>Studio Guillaume Tell, [[Suresnes]]<br>Studio Méga D, Suresnes
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Mercury Records|Mercury France]], [[Universal Music|Universal]]
| producer   = Jean-François Berger<br>François Delabrière<br>Marc Lavoine
| prev_title = [[Olympia Deuxmilletrois]]
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [[Les Duos de Marc]]
| next_year  = 2007
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Marc Lavoine
| type        = Studio album
| single1     = Je me sens si seul
| single1date = July 4, 2005
| single2     = Toi mon amour
| single2date = January 9, 2006
| single3     = Tu m'as renversé
| single3date = 2006
| single4     = J'espère
| single4date = 2006
}}
}}
'''''L'Heure d'été''''' is a 2005 album recorded by [[France|French]] artist [[Marc Lavoine]]. It was his ninth studio album and his 12th album overall. Released on May 23, 2005, it was successful in the francophone countries.
==Content==
''L'Heure d'été'' provided two hit singles : "Je me sens si seul" (#16 in France) and "Toi mon amour" (#8 in France). "Tu m'as renversé" and "J'espère", a duet with Belgium singer of Vietnamese descent [[Quynh Anh]], were just released as promotional singles.
In France, the album started at No. 3, its peak position, on May 28, 2005, before dropping slowly on the chart the weeks later. It managed to stay for nine weeks in the top ten, 63 weeks in the top 50 and 91 weeks on the chart (top 200). In Belgium (Wallonia), the album was ranked for 49 weeks. It entered the Ultratop 40 at No. 7 on June 4, 2005 and reached No. 2 two weeks later and for two consecutive weeks. It totaled 12 weeks in the top ten.
==Releases==
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" border="1"
! Date !! Label !! Country !! Format !! Catalog
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|2005
|rowspan=1 align=center|Universal
|rowspan=5 align=center|Belgium, France, Switzerland
|rowspan=5 align=center|CD
|align=center|98299
|-
|align=center|Mercury
|align=center|9829953
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|2006
|rowspan=3 align=center|Universal
|align=center|982992
|-
|align=center|9835706
|-
|align=center|9844586
|}
==Track listing==
; CD
{{track listing
| title1 = Toi mon amour
| lyrics1 = [[Marc Lavoine]]
| music1 = Christophe Casanave
| length1 = 3:35
| title2 = Je me sens si seul
| lyrics2 = Marc Lavoine
| music2 = Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine
| length2 = 3:05
| title3 = Tu m'as renversé
| lyrics3 = Pierre Grillet
| music3 = Marc Lavoine
| length3 = 2:32
| title4 = La Mélancolie
| lyrics4 = Marc Lavoine
| music4 = Marc Ricci, Pierre Zito
| length4 = 3:16
| title5 = Ne m'en veux pas de t'en vouloir
| lyrics5 = [[Daniel Darc]]
| music5 = Frédéric Lo
| length5 = 3:37
| title6 = Vogue le magazine
| lyrics6 = Marc Lavoine
| music6 = Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = J'espère
| note7 = duet with [[Quynh Anh]]
| lyrics7 = Pierre Grillet
| music7 = Marc Lavoine
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = On a cru
| lyrics8 = [[Marc Esposito]]
| music8 = Marc Lavoine
| length8 = 3:07
| title9 = Tous les jours
| lyrics9 = Yvan Coriat, Marc Lavoine
| music9 = Marc Lavoine, Marc Ricci, Pierre Zito
| length9 = 3:39
| title10 = Doucement rock'n'roll
| lyrics10 = Marc Lavoine
| music10 = Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine
| length10 = 3:29
| title11 = On est passé à l'heure d'été
| lyrics11 = Marc Lavoine
| music11 = Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine
| length11 = 3:06
| title12 = Les Papillons
| lyrics12 = Marc Lavoine
| music12 = Pascal Rodde
| length12 = 4:26
| title13 = J'ai oublié de te dire
| lyrics13 = Marc Lavoine
| music13 = Hervé Larribe
| length13 = 4:16
}}
+
; DVD
# "Je me sens si seul" (music video)
# "Toi mon amour" (music video)
# "Tu m'as renversé" (music video)
Source : ''Allmusic''.<ref>''L'Heure d'été'', track listing and charts [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r784134|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
==Personnel==
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*Barilla – [[graphic design|design]]
*Denis Benarrosh – [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*Jean-François Berger – [[electric guitar]], [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]], [[harmonica]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Korg MS-20]], [[mandolin]], [[piano]], [[programming (music)|programming]], [[string section|string arrangement]] & [[conducting]], [[trumpet]] & [[Wurlitzer electric piano|Wurlitzer]]
*Jean-Pierre Bucolo – [[acoustic guitar]] & electric guitar
*Clarisse Canteloube – front cover & inside [[photography]]
*Christophe Deschamps – [[drum kit|drums]]
*Martin Jenkins – keyboards, programming
*[[Claire Keim]] – [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
*Peter Lale – [[cello]]
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*[[Marc Lavoine]] – [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]] & backing vocals
*Sandrine Le Bars – [[executive producer]]
*Jean-Marc Lubrano – inside photography
*David Maurin – drums
*François Poggio – acoustic guitar
*Nick Rodwell – [[clarinet]]
*[[Philippe Russo]] – electric guitar
*Éric Sauviat – acoustic guitar & [[dobro]]
*Matthew Vaughan – programming
*Laurent Vernerey – [[bass guitar]]
*[[Gavyn Wright]] – [[concertmaster]]
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*Artistic direction – Egidio Alves-Martins
**Assistant & artistic coordination – Thomas Sandoval
*[[Audio engineering|Engineered]] by François Delabrière
**Assistants – Denis Caribaux (Studio Guillaume Tell), Florian Lagatta (Studio Gang) & Valéry Pellegrini (Studio Méga D)
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by François Delabrière at Studio Méga
**Assistant – Éric Uzan
*[[Audio mastering|Mastered]] by George Marino at Sterling Sound, [[New York City]]
==Charts==
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (2005–2007)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart<ref name="Ultratop">''L'Heure d'été'', Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/4cbb/Marc-Lavoine-L'heure-d'ete Ultratop.be] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|French SNEP Albums Chart<ref name="Lescharts">''L'Heure d'été'', French Albums Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=19643&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref name="Hitparade">''L'Heure d'été'', Swiss Albums Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=19643&cat=a Hitparade.ch] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|End of year chart (2005)
!align="center"|Position
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart<ref>2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2005&cat=a Ultratop.be] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|14
|-
|align="left"|French Albums Chart<ref>2005 French Albums Chart [http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/albums05.STM Ifop.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207014024/http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/discannu/albums05.stm |date=2008-12-07 }} (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
!align="left"|End of year chart (2006)
!align="center"|Position
|-
|align="left"|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart<ref>2006 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a Ultratop.be] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|65
|-
|align="left"|French Albums Chart<ref>2006 French Albums Chart [http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/albums06.STM Ifop.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629230321/http://www.ifop.com/europe/sondages/DISCANNU/albums06.stm |date=2009-06-29 }} (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|align="center"|35
|-
|}
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==Certifications and sales==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Country
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Certification
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Date
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Sales certified
! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Physical sales
|-
|Belgium<ref>Belgian certifications [http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Charts_Belgium.php?Cert=Gold Fanofmusic.fr]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Retrieved November 21, 2007)</ref>
|align="center"|Gold
|align="center"|
|align="center"|25,000
|align="center"|
|-
|France<ref>French certifications [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifications/album.asp?suite=3&forme_certif=11&annee=23 Disqueenfrance.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212082546/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/certifications/album.asp?suite=3&forme_certif=11&annee=23 |date=2008-12-12 }} (Retrieved November 21, 2007)</ref>
|align="center"|2 x Gold
|align="center"|December 14, 2005
|align="center"|200,000
|align="center"|507,000<ref>Sales and chart trajectories of various albums in France [http://fanofmusic.free.fr/ParcoursAlbum-M.php Fanofmusic.fr] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)</ref>
|-
|}
==References==
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[[Category:2005 albums]]
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[[Category:Mercury Records albums]]