the song "does not shine by its originality" and recalls "Rêver" or "Il n'y a pas d'ailleurs", but "fortunately, the union of the crooner voice of Seal to the star's one works wonderfully". The song was nominated as the best duet in the 2002 NRJ Music Awards, but the prize was awarded to Garou and Céline Dion for their song "Sous le vent". Farmer, however, won for the third time the prize Francophone Female Artist of the Year. Chart performances The song entered the French SNEP Singles Chart at number three on 17 November and remained for a total of 17 weeks in the top ten. On 26 January, after the performance on the show NRJ Music Award on TF1, the single reached a peak of number two but was unable to dethrone Star Academy's "La Musique (Angelica)" at the top of the chart. The single then dropped and totaled 23 weeks in the top 50 and 28 weeks in the top 100. Certified Gold by the SNEP one month after its release, "Les Mots" appeared respectively at number 32 and number 33 on the 2001 and 2002 French singles year end chart, as its chart trajectory overlapped the two years. As of August 2014, it is the 69th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 600,000 units sold. On the Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Singles Chart, the single went to number seven on 28 November and climbed to number two the next week, where it stayed for two weeks. It remained for 12 weeks in the top ten and 18 weeks in the top 40. Thus the single allowed Farmer to obtain one of her best chart performance in Belgium. The song was certified Gold and, as in France, it ranked in average positions on 2001 and 2002 Annual Singles Charts (respectively at number 36 and number 81), due to its release at the end of the year. In March 2002, "Les Mots" was the most aired Francophone song in the world. Live performances and cover versions There was only one television performance, during the 2002 NRJ Music Awards, broadcast on TF1 on 19 November 2001. "Les Mots" was also performed each evening during Farmer's concerts in 2006, but the drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. replaced Seal to sing the English verses. Both singers were dressed in black and sang next to each other, and in the background