Le Dormeur
# Le Dormeur

"Le Dormeur" (transl. French for "The Sleeper") is a 1991 electronic song recorded by Belgian act Pleasure Game. Written and composed by Bruno Van Garsse, Benoît Marissal, Jacky Meurisse and Michel de San Antonio, it was released in the summer of 1991 as the band's debut single from the album Le Dormeur on which it was the second track. It became a hit in France and the Francophone part of Belgium where it became a top ten hit.

## Lyrics and music

The sentence repeated throughout the song "le dormeur doit se réveiller" is a sample from David Lynch's 1984 American epic science fiction film Dune. According to Elia Habib, an expert of French charts, "Le Dormeur" displays a "soaring atmosphere to the sound of saturated synthesizers and a cavernous voice cousin to that of Darth Vader", which allowed the song to have a great success in discothèques. Music & Media presented the song as beginning "with the sound of morning church bells, a dark voice announcing the awakening of the sleeper, followed by heavy bleeping dance sounds".

## Chart performance

In France, "Le Dormeur" debuted at number 47 on the chart edition of 6 July 1991, climbed regularly and entered the top ten in its 12th week; it reached its highest position, number nine, the next week, then began to drop and remained for 19 weeks in the top 50. As of February 1992, 138,000 units of the song were sold in France. In Belgium (Wallonia), it charted for 15 weeks in the top ten, with a peak at number five on 7 September 1991. On the European Hot 100 Singles chart, it debuted at number 100 on 20 July 1991, reached a peak of number 36 in the 13rd week, and fell off the top 100 after 18 weeks of presence.

## Charts

| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 23 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) | 5 |
| Europe (European Hot 100) | 36 |
| France (SNEP) | 9 |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Format | Label |
| - | - | - | - |
| France | 1991 | CD single | Touch of Gold |
| France | 1991 | 7" single | Touch of Gold |
| France | 1991 | 12" maxi | Touch of Gold |
| France | 1991 | Cassette | Touch of Gold |
| Belgium | 1991 | CD single | Music Man |
| Belgium | 1991 | CD maxi | Music Man |
| Belgium | 1991 | 7" single | Music Man |
| Belgium | 1991 | 12" maxi | Music Man |
| Spain | 1991 | 12" maxi | Max Music |
| Spain | 1991 | Promotional 7" single | Max Music |
| Mexico | 1991 | 12" maxi | Musart |
| Mexico | 1991 | Promotional 7" single | Musart |
| France | 2002 | CD maxi - Remixes | Scorpio Music |
| France | 2002 | 12" maxi - Remixes | Scorpio Music |
