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{{Short description|1991 song by Amina Annabi}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Le Dernier qui a parlé...
| cover      = Le_dernier_qui_a_parlé....jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| language   = French
| artist     = [[Amina Annabi|Amina]]
| album      = Yalil
| released   = 1991
| recorded   = 1991, France
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[World music]]
| length     = 3:10
| label      = Philips
| composer   = [[Wasis Diop]]
| lyricist   = Amina Annabi
| producer   = [[Martin Meissonnier]]
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| misc       = {{Infobox song contest entry | embed=yes
| song         = {{flagicon|France}} "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison"
| image        =
| caption      =
| year         = 1991
| country      = France
| artist       = [[Amina Annabi|Amina]]
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| with         =
| language     = French
| languages    = 
| composer     = [[Wasis Diop]]
| lyricist     = Amina Annabi
| conductor    = Jérôme Pillement
| place        = 2nd
| points       = 146
| lyrics       =
| clip         =
| prev         = White and Black Blues
| prev_link    = White and Black Blues
| next         = Monté la riviè
| next_link    = Monté la riviè
}}
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"'''Le Dernier qui a parlé...'''" ({{IPA|fr|lə dɛʁnje ki a paʁle}}; "The last to have spoken...") is a song recorded by singer-songwriter [[Amina Annabi|Amina]], with music composed by [[Wasis Diop]] and lyrics by Amina herself. It {{esccnty|France|t=represented France}} in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1991]], performed as "'''C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison'''" ("It's the last to have spoken who is right").

== Background ==
=== Conception ===
"Le Dernier qui a parlé..." lyrics were written by [[Amina Annabi|Amina]] to music composed by [[Wasis Diop]]. Lyrically, she sings about the truth of the saying referenced in the title. She also extends it to "it's the loudest one to have spoken who is right".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le Dernier qui a parlé...|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?1991fr|website=The Diggiloo Thrush}}</ref>

=== Eurovision ===
[[France 2|Antenne 2]] internally selected the song as {{esccnty|France|t=its entrant}} for the {{escyr|1991||36th edition}} of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]].

On 4 May 1991, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at [[Cinecittà]] studios in [[Rome]] hosted by [[RAI|Radiotelevisione italiana]] (RAI), and broadcast live throughout the continent. In her introductory video postcard, Amina sang [[Rita Pavone]]'s "[[La partita di pallone]]". She performed "C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison" ninth on the night, following {{esccnty|Sweden|y=1991}}'s "[[Fångad av en stormvind]]" by [[Carola Häggkvist|Carola]] and preceding {{esccnty|Turkey|y=1991}}'s by [[İzel Çeliköz]], [[Reyhan Karaca]] & [[Can Uğurluer]]. Jérôme Pillement conducted the event's orchestra in the performance of the Swedish entry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1991|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1991|episode-link=Eurovision Song Contest 1991|series=Eurovision Song Contest|series-link=Eurovision Song Contest|network=[[RAI]] / [[EBU]]|date=4 May 1991}}</ref>

At the close of voting, the song had received 146 points, the same number of points as the Swedish entry. Both songs had received also the same number of twelve-point sets. However, Sweden was given the victory as it had received more ten-point votes than France, as that was the tie breaker procedure at the time.<ref name="esc">{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final|website=[[Eurovision Song Contest]]|title=Eurovision Song Contest 1991 scoreboard}}</ref> That rule had been introduced in order to avoid a split victory, as it had happened at the {{escyr|1969||1969 contest}}. This was the first and the last time that procedure was used. France placed second in a field of twenty-two that year. It was the last time France finished in the top 3 until thirty years later in the {{escyr|2021||2021 contest}}.

The song was succeeded as French representative at the {{escyr|1992||1992 contest}} by "[[Monté la riviè]]" by [[Kali (French singer)|Kali]].

==Track listings==
; CD single
# "Le Dernier qui a parlé..." — 3:10
# "Neila" — 4:25

; CD maxi
# "Le Dernier qui a parlé..." (remix) — 4:36
# "Neila" — 4:25
# "Le Dernier qui a parlé..." — 3:16
	
; 7" single
# "Le Dernier qui a parlé..." — 3:10
# "Neila" — 4:25

== Chart history ==
=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1991)
!scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Single chart|Austria|22|artist=Amina|song=Le dernier qui a parlé...|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Single chart|Flanders|23|artist=Amina|song=Le dernier qui a parlé...|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Single chart|France|30|artist=Amina|song=Le dernier qui a parlé...|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Single chart|Dutch100|41|artist=Amina|song=Le dernier qui a parlé...|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Single chart|Sweden|19|artist=Amina|song=Le dernier qui a parlé...|rowheader=true}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|147431|Le Dernier qui a parlé...|type=single}}

{{Eurovision Song Contest 1991}}
{{France in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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[[Category:1991 songs]]
[[Category:1991 singles]]
[[Category:Amina Annabi songs]]
[[Category:Eurovision songs of 1991]]
[[Category:Eurovision songs of France]]
[[Category:Philips Records singles]]