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Deep Forest

Band Arleux France Formed 1992 French group, world music/ethnic electronica

Deep Forest formed in 1992 in Arleux, France. Deep Forest has 18 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sweet Lullaby”, which appears on 17 lists with a best position of #14. The station that charted Deep Forest most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.

18appearances
18countdowns
2songs charted
4stations
0#1 finishes
1993–2021years

Deep Forest began in France in 1992 as a duo, Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet, who had the bright idea of mixing ethnic sounds with electronic ones over dance and chillout beats, a style sometimes called ethnic electronica. Their self-titled 1992 debut, released on 550 Music, carried "Sweet Lullaby", a gauzy, slow-rolling track where an ancient-sounding voice floats over a sleek, pulsing groove. It's ambient music for people who still want something to nod along to.

The debut earned a Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album, and the pair later took home that award for their album Boheme. The videos picked up MTV Video Music Award nominations in 1994 for cinematography, editing, direction and breakthrough video. Sales of their albums have passed ten million copies.

Sanchez left in 2005 to go solo, and Mouquet kept the Deep Forest name going on his own. As of 2025 the project counted 13 studio albums, along with live records, soundtracks and compilations.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Deep Forest on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Sweet Lullaby
898		 17 #14 – 1993
2 Deep Forest
10		 1 #919 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2021 233 Sweet Lullaby 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2014 1802 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1736 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1667 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1597 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1565 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1545 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1547 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005 424 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 421 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 421 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 421 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001 421 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 421 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 919 Deep Forest Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 420 Sweet Lullaby CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1994 242 Sweet Lullaby Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1993 14 Sweet Lullaby Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993

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