Gabriel (Najoua Belyzel song)


"Gabriel" is a 2005 song recorded by French artist Najoua Belyzel. It was her debut single from her album Entre deux mondes... en équilibre, on which it is the sixth track, and was released in November 2005. It achieved great success in Belgium where it topped the chart, and in France. To date, it is Belyzel's most successful single in terms of peak positions and sales and can be deemed as her signature song.

Song information

The music, written by Najoua Mazouri and composed by Christophe Casanave, is a mixture of pop and electronica. The style of voice is between Cranberries' singer Dolores O'Riordan and Mylène Farmer. The lyrics are poetic and there are several play on words à plus qu'un sentiment...", "Qu'il en soit ainsi.
The phrase "Es-tu fait pour lui, es-tu fait pour moi ?" was interpreted as a choice between love of God or that of a deadly human, but it has often been incorrectly interpreted as a hesitation in a choice of sexual orientation.
In France, the song had a long chart trajectory. It started at number 35 on 26 November 2005, then sometimes climbed, sometimes dropped. It entered the top ten in its eleventh week and stayed in it for 17 consecutive weeks, including a peak at number three for two weeks. The song dropped slowly and totaled 36 weeks in the top 50 and 40 weeks on the chart. As of July 2014, it was the 94th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 317,000 units sold.

Track listings

; CD single
  1. "Gabriel" — 3:35
  2. "Gabriel" — 3:34
; Digital download
  1. "Gabriel" — 3:35
  2. "Gabriel" — 3:34
; CD maxi - Germany
  1. "Gabriel" — 3:35
  2. "Gabriel" — 3:35
  3. "Gabriel" — 3:18
  4. "Gabriel" — 5:04
  5. "Gabriel" — 4:45
  6. "Gabriel" — 3:34

    Charts and sales

Peak positions

Year-end charts

Certifications