Music that stays in the head, with its lyrics and its captivating melody. A child of you was released in 1987 and yet, Phil Barney’s title was talked about again several years after its release. More precisely in 2002, when Marlene Duval take part in Loft Story
. Having only stayed a week on the show hosted by Benjamin Castaldi, the young woman managed to break through without remaining in reality TV. It is in fact thanks to her voice and her cover of Phil Barney’s title during her few days on the show that she managed to get noticed by the singer.
This one, under the spell of the voice of Marlene Duval, offered him a collaboration. Both of them recorded a new version of Un enfant de toi which was a hit. This Friday, December 1, the ex-candidate of the show M6 returned to this success at the microphone of Jordan de Luxe. “In two weeks, we were gold. In four weeks, we were number 1 top seller, after platinum. It was crazy because at the time there were no downloads so it “is just selling records”she remembered.
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Nice jackpot for Marlène Duval
But what did she do with this money? Besides, how much did this title earn him?
When Jordan de Luxe asks him
if his earnings reach 1 or 2 million euros, the artist partly confirms the journalist’s statements and specifies that the income from the song represents “lots of taxes”.
“We’re not stupid, we don’t buy handbags. We’re in a world where things can go very high and very low so we have to think responsibly”she explained when Jordan de Luxe asked her what she did with the money won. “When you have money, it’s true that it makes you want to buy beautiful things, but it’s all ephemeral”, she added. Today, thanks to this title, Marlene Duval owns twelve studios that it rents out and which are, today “profitable”.