Mon ami m'a quittée
| "Mon ami m'a quittée" | |
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| Single by Celine Dion | |
| from the album Les chemins de ma maison | |
| B-side | "Et puis un jour" |
| Released | October 1983 (1983-10) |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 3:00 |
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| "Mon ami m'a quittée" on YouTube | |
"Mon ami m'a quittée" (lit. "My Friend Left Me") is the first single from Celine Dion's album Les chemins de ma maison . It was released in October 1983 in Quebec, Canada and in November 1983 in France.[1] The song was very successful in Quebec. On 8 October 1983 it entered the singles chart and became number 1 for nine weeks. It spent twenty four weeks on the chart in total. Dion received also 2 Félix Awards the next year. "Mon ami m'a quittée" was released later as a single in France to promote Dion's first album in that country, Du soleil au cœur . A music video was made in 1984, for the Sur les chemins de ma maison TV special. Dion recorded also a German version of this song called "Mon ami, geh nicht fort". It was included as B-side on "Was bedeute ich dir" single, released in Germany in 1984.
"Mon ami m'a quittée" was also released as a single in the Netherlands in 1997 by BR Music to promote the C'est pour toi compilation. In 2005, the song became a part of Dion's official French best of album On ne change pas .
Track listing and formats
[edit ]- Canadian 7-inch single[2]
- "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00
- "Et puis un jour" – 3:12
- French 7-inch single[3]
- "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00
- "La dodo la do" – 3:00
- French 12-inch single[4]
- "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00
- "Ne me plaignez pas" – 3:46
- 1997 Dutch CD single[5]
- "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00
- "Hymne à l'amitié" – 3:59
Charts
[edit ]| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| Quebec (ADISQ)[6] | 1 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion For Keeps . Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7407-5559-0.
- ^ Mon ami m'a quittée (Canadian 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. Saisons. 1983. SNS 6527.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Mon ami m'a quittée (French 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. Pathé Marconi EMI. 1983. 1653817.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Mon ami m'a quittée (French 12" single liner notes). Celine Dion. Pathé Marconi EMI. 1983. 1549216.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Mon ami m'a quittée (Dutch CD single liner notes). Celine Dion. BR Music. 1997. CDS 6058.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion". Québec Info Musique. Retrieved 2 September 2014.