Pour que tu m'aimes encore

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"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
Single by Céline Dion
from the album D'eux
Released March 13, 1995 (1995-03-13)
Format CD single, cassette single, vinyl single
Recorded Studio Méga
Genre Pop
Length 4:14
Label Columbia, Epic
Writer(s) Jean-Jacques Goldman
Producer Jean-Jacques Goldman
Certification Platinum (France)
Céline Dion singles chronology
"Calling You"
(1994)		 "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
(1995)		 "Je sais pas"
(1995)
Music sample
Céline Dion - "Pour que tu m'aimes encore"

"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (English: "So That You Love Me Again") is the first hit single from album D'eux by Céline Dion. It was released on March 13, 1995 in Francophone countries and in September 1995 in other European countries. In Canada it was a radio only release. The song was also released in Japan in October 1996.[1] According to Celine Dion, herself, it is the biggest song of her French career [2].

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[edit] Song information

"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" was written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman and became one of Céline Dion's signature songs. The lyrics tell of a woman who is emotionally dependent on a partner that has left her for another and they culminate in a desperate plea itering that she would turn herself into gold so that he will love her again.

The music video was directed by Michel Meyer (1995) and can be found on Céline Dion's DVD called On ne change pas (2005).

[edit] Chart performance and awards

"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" became a smash hit in France, where it topped the singles chart for 12 weeks, sold 955,000 copies (platinum award) and is currently the 107th best-selling single of all time in the country.[3] It spent 15 weeks at the top in Belgium Wallonia and 4 weeks in Quebec. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" also reached top 10 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which was an exceptional achievement for a French song. According to Virgin17, the single has sold more than 4,000,000 copies, worldwide.[4]

The song received a Félix Award for Song of the Year, as well as an award from Trophée Radio France Internationale for " Conseil Francophone de la Chanson". The song also won an award by the Victoires de la Musique for "Best Song of the Year".

[edit] Other versions and covers

The song was later included in three of Dion's albums, Live à Paris, Au cœur du stade, and Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert (French edition.) The song was also featured on three compilation albums including, The Collector's Series, Volume One, On ne change pas, and My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection. The melody from the song was used in "If That's What it Takes" which featured on Dion's 1996 album, Falling into You.

Dion performed the song five nights a week during her show A New Day... at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, as well as during her 2008-09 Taking Chances Tour. She also performed the song at Céline sur les Plaines, which was a concert for Quebec City's 400th anniversary. In 2005, Dion recorded a live version with 500 choristers for the album 500 Choristes avec...[5]

"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" was covered in 2000 by Elsa Lunghini, Liane Foly and Hélène Segara on the number-on album Les Enfoirés en 2000.[6] Nigerian singer Funke Olayode recorded a Yoruba version re-entitled "To ba J’oun To Gba" in 2001. [7]It was also covered by the operatic pop group Il Divo in November 2005, on their second album Ancora. In November 2006, the music producer Antonis Karalis [8] released his debut worldwide single "To Be Continued" with the Greek version of "Pour que tu m'aimes encore, [9]" called "S'Agapo Sa Trelos." The tune has a rock arrangement that combines baglamas and electric guitars. In May 2007, Elena Paparizou released her new single "Fos" with another Greek version of the song called "An Esy M'agapas."

The English-language version, "If That's What it Takes", was covered by Laura Branigan for her unreleased comeback album in 2004.

[edit] Formats and track listings

French CD single

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – 4:14
  2. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (instrumental) – 4:14

Japanese CD single

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – 4:14
  2. "Prière païenne" – 4:12

European CD maxi single

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – 4:14
  2. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (instrumental) – 4:14
  3. "Calling You" (live) – 4:04

French CD maxi single

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – 4:14
  2. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (instrumental) – 4:14
  3. "Prière païenne" 4:12

UK CD maxi single

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – 4:14
  2. "Send Me a Lover" – 4:31
  3. "Show Some Emotion" – 4:29
  4. "The Last to Know" – 4:35

UK CD maxi single #2

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – 4:14
  2. "Prière païenne" – 4:12
  3. "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" – 2:58
  4. "Des mots qui sonnent" – 3:56

[edit] Official versions

  1. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (with the 500 Choristes) – 4:14
  2. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (instrumental) – 4:14
  3. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (album version) – 4:14
  4. "If That's What it Takes" (English version) – 4:12
  5. "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" (demo version) – 3:58

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart[10] 2
Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart[11] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[12] 3
European Singles Chart[13] 4
French Singles Chart[14] 1
Irish Singles Chart[15] 6
Quebec Airplay Chart[16] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[17] 3
Swiss Singles Chart[18] 17
UK Singles Chart[19] 7

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (1995) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[20] 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[21] 1
Dutch Top 40[12] 6
French Singles Chart[22] 1

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified[23]
France[24] Platinum August 18, 1995 500,000

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"Zombie" by The Cranberries		 French SNEP number-one single (first run)
May 6, 1995 - June 24, 1995		 Succeeded by
"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman John
Preceded by
"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman John		 French SNEP number-one single (second run)
July 8, 1995 - July 29, 1995		 Succeeded by
"Yeha-Noha" by Sacred Spirit
Preceded by
"7 Seconds" by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry		 French SNEP number-one of the year
1995		 Succeeded by
"Macarena" by Los Del Rio
Awards
Preceded by
"Juste quelqu'un de bien" by Enzo Enzo		 Victoires de la Musique
Song of the year
1996		 Succeeded by
"Aïcha" by Khaled

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5. 
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JKj6WuiStc
  3. ^ "Les meilleures ventes tout temps de 45 T. / Singles (101-150)" (in French). Infodisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=100. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  4. ^ "Céline Dion" (in French). Virgin 17. http://www.virgin17.fr/Musique/Artistes/Celine-Dion. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  5. ^ "500 Choristes avec..., track listings and charts" (in French). Lescharts. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?titel=500+Choristes+-+avec...&cat=a. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "Les Enfoirés en 2000, track listings and charts" (in French). Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Les+Enfoir%E9s&titel=Enfoir%E9s+en+2000&cat=a. Retrieved 17 April 2000. 
  7. ^ Funke Olayode
  8. ^ [1]
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  10. ^ ""Pour que tu m'aimes encore", Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Pour+que+tu+m%27aimes+encore&cat=s. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  11. ^ ""Pour que tu m'aimes encore", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Pour+que+tu+m%27aimes+encore&cat=s. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  12. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1995" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=44&jaar=1995&maand=11&pos=3. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  13. ^ "European Singles Chart". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/charts/european-hot-100#/charts/european-hot-100. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  14. ^ ""Pour que tu m'aimes encore", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Pour+que+tu+m%27aimes+encore&cat=s. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  15. ^ "Irish Singles Chart, database". Irishcharts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  16. ^ ""Pour que tu m'aimes encore", Quebec Airplay Chart" (in French). Québec info musique. http://www.qim.com/oeuvres/oeuvre.asp?oeuvreid=1323&albumid=107. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  17. ^ ""Pour que tu m'aimes encore", Swedish Singles Chart" (in Swedish). Swedishcharts. http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Pour+que+tu+m%27aimes+encore&cat=s. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  18. ^ ""Pour que tu m'aimes encore", Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Pour+que+tu+m%27aimes+encore&cat=s. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  19. ^ ""Tu m'aimes encore (To Love Me Again)", UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=23326. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  20. ^ "1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  21. ^ "1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  22. ^ "1995 French Singles Chart" (in French). Disqueenfrance. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259376&year=1995. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  23. ^ "Certification for every country in the world" (pdf). IFPI. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  24. ^ "1995 French certifications". Snep. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1995&type=9. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
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