Dédié à toi

Dédié à toi
Studio album by Dalida
Released	1979 (1979)
Recorded	1979
Studio	Studio CBE
Label	Orlando International Shows Carrere
Producer	Bruno Gigliotti
Dalida chronology
Salma ya salama (1977) Dédié à toi (1979) Gigi in Paradisco (1980)

Dédié à toi is a French studio album released by Dalida in 1979.

Background

In this album, Dalida sings once more Jacques Brel's "Quand on n'a que l'amour". She also memorializes her late lover Luigi Tenco through a cover of one of his masterpieces, "Vedrai vedrai". It includes her hit "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser", and a patriotic homage to her birth country, Egypt, "Helwa ya balady".

The album proved to be one of Dalida's most successful albums of the seventies, selling millions of copies.

Track listing

1. "Dédié à toi"
2. "The Lambeth Walk" (English)
3. "Va, va, va"
4. "Quand on n'a que l'amour"
5. "Helwa ya balady"
6. "Vedrai vedrai"
7. "Comme disait Mistinguett"
8. "Problemorama (L'argent... l'argent...)"
9. "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser"
10. "Depuis qu'il vient chez nous"

Singles

• "Le Lambeth Walk... C'était pas compliqué"
• Helwa ya balady
• "Problemorama" / "Depuis qu'il vient chez nous"
• "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser"

References

• L'argus Dalida: Discographie mondiale et cotations, by Daniel Lesueur, Éditions Alternatives, 2004. ISBN 2-86227-428-3 and ISBN 978-2-86227-428-7. (in French)