"La Musique (Angelica)" is a 2001 song recorded by the contestants of the first edition of French TV reality show Star Academy.
Cover of a 1960s song, this version achieved a huge success in France in terms of chart positions and sales.
The song "Angelica" was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, in English, and first recorded by Gene Pitney in 1966 (titled Angelique) but it wasn't released at the time.
[1] Earlier, in 1967, French singer Nicoletta made her own modified version of the song, under the title "La Musique", but this cover passed unnoticed at the time.
Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP only two weeks after its release, the song became the fifth best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 1,140,000 units sold.