Ça plane pour moi 4 in Ireland, and No. 2 in Netherlands (behind Boney M.'s "Rivers of Babylon"). It also topped the Swiss Charts for one week and the French charts for 2 consecutive weeks. In Oceania, the song peaked at No. 7 in New Zealand, and No. 2 in Australia in early January 1979. On the other side of the Atlantic, "Ça plane pour moi" entered the "Billboard" Hot 100, a feat for a French-language song because only "Dominique" by the Belgian singer The Singing Nun and "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by French and English singers Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, respectively
The Singing Nun resulted from a personality clash with her superiors, that she had been forced out of the convent and did not leave of her own free will. She still considered herself a nun, praying several times daily, and maintaining a simple and chaste lifestyle. After leaving the convent, her record company required her to give up her initial professional names of "Sœur Sourire" and "The Singing Nun". She attempted to continue her musical career under the name "Luc Dominique" and pursued social work. Increasingly frustrated at what she perceived to be the Catholic's Church failure to fully implement the reforms of