(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie

September 2015 September 2015 (And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie Sladesingle-cestlavie.jpeg UK/European cover of "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie". single Slade The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome Merry Xmas Everybody (Live & Kickin') 8 November 1982 Rock 3:43 RCA * Noddy Holder Jim Lea Jim Lea Rock and Roll Preacher (Hallelujah I'm on Fire) 1982 My Oh My 1983 single Slade_C'est_La_Vie.ogg "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" is a song by English rock band Slade, released on 8 November 1982Tour News: Seven Slade Xmas Shows New Musical Express 30 October 1982 42 0028-6362 as the lead single from the band's eleventh studio album, The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome and also included on its 1984 North American counterpart, Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and was produced by Lea. "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" reached number 50 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for seven weeks.http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30945/slade/ Slade; full Official Chart History Official Charts Company 29 September 2023 Background Slade started recording their second studio album for RCA in 1982, and in November that year, the album's first single, "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie", was released. Attempting to appeal to the Christmas market, it reached No. 50 in the UK, but fared better in Poland, reaching No. 2 there in January 1983, while also reaching No. 29 on Radio Luxembourg's chart.http://tsort.info/music/v7r8bk.htm Song artist 245 - Slade Tsort.info 8 October 2007 12 July 2014http://umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=Czech&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=Slade&ChSong= Ultimate Music Database Umdmusic.com 12 July 2014 As the song was not the big UK hit that both the band and RCA hoped for, the new album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome would not be released until December 1983. At the beginning of the year, RCA told the band that the album lacked potential chart hits and in the effort to amend that, the label hired producer John Punter to work on two new tracks "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway", both of which would go on to become big hits in 1983–84.http://www.donpowellofficial.com/dons-1983-diary.html Don's 1983 Diary - Don Powell Official Website Donpowellofficial.com 26 July 2017 "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" was described by Holder as a "sentimental love song".http://www.sladefanclub.com/1984.html 1984 - Slade Fan Club Sladefanclub.com 26 July 2017 21 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210821065209/http://www.sladefanclub.com/1984.html dead In a 1983 interview with Sounds, Lea said of the song: "We thought it was a ballad but when Dave Lee Travis played it, he said "That's Slade and now for a ballad" and put Lionel Ritchie on and then we realised ours wasn't a ballad at all. It came over like four idiots trying to tear their way out of the speakers."http://www.sladescrapbook.com/cuttings-1983.html 1983 Press Cuttings Slade Scrapbook 26 July 2017 6 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211006013642/http://www.sladescrapbook.com/cuttings-1983.html dead Holder also told Sounds in 1983: "It looked as if it was going to be quite a big hit but unfortunately it didn't get much above #50 in the charts." In 2005, Holder appeared on his regular TV-reviewing slot on the BBC Radio 2 show The Radcliffe and Maconie Show. Asked to choose a track from the band's new compilation album The Very Best of Slade, Holder chose "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie". He felt the track, although not one of Slade's best-known singles, showed off his voice really well.The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome - 2007 Salvo remaster booklet liner notes Promotion No music video was filmed to promote the single. In the UK, the band performed the song on the ITV children's music show Razzmatazz.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvHeYpJ7qOs Slade Ces'T La Vie YouTube 12 July 2014 In December, Slade embarked on a UK tour, which promoted the single and the newly released Slade on Stage album.http://www.donpowellofficial.com/dons-gigs-1971---1991.html Don's Gigs 1971 - 1991 - Don Powell Official Website Donpowellofficial.com 12 July 2014 Critical reception Upon its release, Malcolm Dome of Kerrang! remarked, "'C'est La Vie' sees Slade returning to the balladic format of 'Everyday', with a swaying, soothing tune that immediately buries itself in the wallet. However, the old gutsy punch of da boyzz is, thankfully, never far from the surface. An indispensable buy."Dome Malcolm Singles! Kerrang! 2 December 1982 30 19 0262-6624 Geoff Barton, writing for Sounds, described it as a "splendid single". He called "C'est La Vie" a "highly dramatic ballad", with its "sweeping, over-produced grandeur superbly counterbalanced by Nod's gruff vocal sensitivity", and the live version of "Merry Xmas Everybody" on the B-side as "festive fury at its finest".Barton Geoff Singles Sounds 20 November 1982 22 0144-5774 Formats 7-inch single (UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia)(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie - Slade 1982 UK and Dutch 7-inch single sleeve notes RCA RCA 291(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie - Slade 1982 German 7-inch single sleeve notes RCA PB 68015(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie - Slade 1982 Australian 7-inch single sleeve notes RCA Victor 104099 "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" – 3:44 "Merry Xmas Everybody" (Live & Kickin') – 4:03 Personnel Slade Noddy Holder – lead vocals, guitar Jim Lea – piano, organ, bass, backing vocals Dave Hill – lead guitar, backing vocals Don Powell – drums Production Jim Lea – production ("(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie") Slade – production ("Merry Xmas Everybody") Charts Chart (1982)PeakpositionUK Singles Chart (OCC)50UK Top 100 Singles (Record Business)Top 100 Singles Record Business 6 December 1982 5 35 643UK Heavy Metal Singles (MRIB)Singles Kerrang! 13 January 1983 33 10 0262-6624 7 References Category:1982 songs Category:1982 singles Category:Slade songs Category:Songs written by Noddy Holder Category:Songs written by Jim Lea Category:Song recordings produced by Jim Lea Category:RCA Records singles