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"J'attendais"
"J'attendais"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Live à Paris
B-side	"J'attendais" (album version)
Released	30 June 1997
Recorded	October–November 1995
Venue	Zénith Paris
Genre	Pop
Length	4:58
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Jean-Jacques Goldman
Celine Dion singles chronology
Music video
	"J'attendais" on YouTube

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"J'attendais" (meaning "I was waiting") is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, D'eux (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The live version of the song from Live à Paris was released as a single on 30 June 1997. It reached numbers 22 in Belgium Wallonia, 46 in France and 88 in Belgium Flanders.

Background and release

Dion recorded D'eux in November and December 1994 in the Méga Studio in Paris, France.^[1] Most songs were written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, while the production was handled by Goldman and Erick Benzi.^[2] The live version of "J'attendais" from Live à Paris was released as a single in France on 30 June 1997 and in Belgium on 4 August 1997.^[3]

Commercial performance

In France, "J'attendais" reached number 46 in July 1997.^[4] In Belgium, the song peaked at numbers 22 in Wallonia and 88 in Flanders in August 1997.^[5]

Music video

The official live music video was filmed at the Zénith Paris in France, during the D'eux Tour in October and November 1995.^[6] It was directed by Gérard Pullicino and released in June 1997 to promote the Live à Paris CD and DVD of the same name.^[7] In 2009, the video was included on the 15th anniversary edition of D'eux.^[8]

Track listing and formats

French CD single

"J'attendais" (live) – 4:58
"J'attendais" (album version) – 4:24

Charts

Chart performance for "J'attendais"
Chart (1997)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[5]	88
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[9]	22
France (SNEP)^[4]	46

Release history

"J'attendais" release history
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
France	30 June 1997	CD	Columbia	^[3]
Belgium	4 August 1997	CD	Columbia	^[3]

References

^ "Histoire de culte: comment l'album D'eux de Céline Dion est devenu le disque francophone le plus vendu de tous les temps". Elle (in French). 30 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "D'eux by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Celine Dion – J'attendais". Discogs. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Céline Dion – J'attendais" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b Sam Jaspers (2006). Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90-5720-232-8.
^ "Live à Paris by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "Céline Dion: J'attendais (Live)". imvdb.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "D'Eux Édition 15ème anniversaire". celinedion.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ "Céline Dion – J'attendais" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

Celine Dion - "J'attendais" (audio) on YouTube
"J'attendais" at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] "Histoire de culte: comment l'album D'eux de Céline Dion est devenu le disque francophone le plus vendu de tous les temps". Elle (in French). 30 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[2] "D'eux by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[Release_date-3] "Celine Dion – J'attendais". Discogs. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[French_peak-4] "Céline Dion – J'attendais" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

[belg-5] Sam Jaspers (2006). Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90-5720-232-8.

[6] "Live à Paris by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[7] "Céline Dion: J'attendais (Live)". imvdb.com. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[8] "D'Eux Édition 15ème anniversaire". celinedion.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.

[sc_Wallonia_Céline_Dion-9] "Céline Dion – J'attendais" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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-| Album          = [[Live à Paris]]'' and ''[[D'eux]]
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+| album      = [[Live à Paris]]
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+| studio     =
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-| Writer         = [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]]
+| venue      = [[Zénith Paris]]
-| Producer       = Claude Lemay
+| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
+| length     = 4:58
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+| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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+| writer     = [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]]
-| Next single    = "[[Make You Happy (song)|Make You Happy]]" <br>(1997)
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+| next_title = [[Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song)|Tell Him]]
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-"'''J'attendais'''" (meaning "I Waited") is a [[Single (music)|single]] from [[Celine Dion]]'s album ''[[Live à Paris]]''. It was released on 30 June 1997 in France and Belgium.<ref>{{cite book | author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005 | isbn=0-7407-5559-5}}</ref>
+"'''J'attendais'''" (meaning "I was waiting") is a song by Canadian singer [[Celine Dion]] from her thirteenth studio album, ''[[D'eux]]'' (1995). It was written by [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]], and produced by Goldman and [[Erick Benzi]]. The live version of the song from ''[[Live à Paris]]'' was released as a single on 30 June 1997. It reached numbers 22 in Belgium Wallonia, 46 in France and 88 in Belgium Flanders.
+==Background and release==
-"J'attendais" was written by [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]] and originally featured on album ''[[D'eux]]'' in 1995.
+Dion recorded ''[[D'eux]]'' in November and December 1994 in the Méga Studio in [[Paris]], France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Histoire de culte: comment l'album D'eux de Céline Dion est devenu le disque francophone le plus vendu de tous les temps |url=https://www.elle.fr/Loisirs/Musique/News/Histoire-de-culte-comment-l-album-D-eux-est-devenu-le-disque-francophone-le-plus-vendu-de-tous-les-temps-3880713 |magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |date=30 March 2023 |access-date=20 April 2023 |language=fr }}</ref> Most songs were written by [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]], while the production was handled by Goldman and [[Erick Benzi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=D'eux by Céline Dion |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/deux/207088529 |website=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=20 April 2023 }}</ref> The live version of "J'attendais" from ''[[Live à Paris]]'' was released as a single in France on 30 June 1997 and in Belgium on 4 August 1997.<ref name="Release date" />
+==Commercial performance==
-The music video was taken from the concert in Zenith Theatre, [[Paris]]. It can be found on the ''[[Live à Paris (video)|Live à Paris]]'' DVD.
+In France, "J'attendais" reached number 46 in July 1997.<ref name="French peak" /> In Belgium, the song peaked at numbers 22 in Wallonia and 88 in Flanders in August 1997.<ref name="belg" />
+==Music video==
-The single peaked at number 46 in France. It was the result of releasing "J'attendais" eight months after ''Live à Paris'' album debuted on charts. The studio recording of this song was also available on Dion's previous album ''D'eux'', which already sold over 4 million copies in France, becoming the best-selling album ever. "J'attendais" also peaked at number 22 in Belgium Wallonia.
+The official live music video was filmed at the [[Zénith Paris]] in France, during the [[D'eux Tour]] in October and November 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Live à Paris by Céline Dion |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/live-%C3%A0-paris/1138076670 |website=Apple Music |access-date=20 April 2023 }}</ref> It was directed by Gérard Pullicino and released in June 1997 to promote the ''[[Live à Paris]]'' CD and DVD [[Live à Paris|of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7630304/ |title= Céline Dion: J'attendais (Live) |website=imvdb.com |access-date=20 April 2023 }}</ref> In 2009, the video was included on the 15th anniversary edition of ''[[D'eux]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=D'Eux Édition 15ème anniversaire |url=https://www.celinedion.com/discography/deux-edition-15eme-anniversaire/ |website=celinedion.com |access-date=21 April 2023 }}</ref>
+==Track listing and formats==
-[[Sony Music Entertainment]] released live version of "[[Je sais pas]]" as a single in the Netherlands at the same time. It featured "J'attendais" as the B-side.
+* '''French CD single'''
+# "J'attendais" (live) – 4:58
-==Formats and track listings==
+# "J'attendais" (album version) – 4:24
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-#"J'attendais" – 4:24
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+| 30 June 1997
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+| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref name="Release date">{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/134823-Celine-Dion-Jattendais |title=Celine Dion – J'attendais |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=23 February 2017 }}</ref>
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+! scope="row"| Belgium
-!scope="row"|France<ref name="release">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/C%C3%A9line-Dion-JAttendais/master/134823|title=Celine Dion – J'attendais|accessdate=23 February 2017|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
-|30 June 1997
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+* {{Discogs master|134823|J'attendais|type=single}}
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+{{Celine Dion songs}}
+[[Category:1995 songs]]
+[[Category:1997 singles]]
 [[Category:Celine Dion songs]]
-[[Category:1997 singles]]
+[[Category:Songs in French]]
-[[Category:French-language songs]]
+[[Category:Live singles]]
 [[Category:Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman]]
-[[Category:Live singles]]

v t e Celine Dion songs
Singles discography
1980s singles	"Ce n'était qu'un rêve" "La voix du bon Dieu" "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" "D'amour ou d'amitié" "Mon ami m'a quittée" "Ne me plaignez pas" "Une colombe" "Mon rêve de toujours" "Un amour pour moi" "Vois comme c'est beau" "C'est pour toi" "C'est pour vivre" "Dans la main d'un magicien" "La ballade de Michel" "L'univers a besoin d'amour" "Fais ce que tu voudras" "On traverse un miroir" "Incognito" "Je ne veux pas" "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" "Comme un cœur froid" "La religieuse" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Délivre-moi" "Jours de fièvre" "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
1990s singles	"(If There Was) Any Other Way" "Unison" "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" "The Last to Know" "Beauty and the Beast" "Je danse dans ma tête" "If You Asked Me To" "Nothing Broken but My Heart" "Love Can Move Mountains" "Water from the Moon" "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" "When I Fall in Love" "The Power of Love" "L'amour existe encore" "Misled" "Think Twice" "Only One Road" "Calling You" "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" "Je sais pas" "Next Plane Out" "To Love You More" "Falling into You" "Because You Loved Me" "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" "The Power of the Dream" "All by Myself" "Call the Man" "J'attendais" "Tell Him" "Be the Man" "The Reason" "My Heart Will Go On" "Immortality" "Zora sourit" "I'm Your Angel" "S'il suffisait d'aimer" "On ne change pas" "Treat Her Like a Lady" "That's the Way It Is"
2000s singles	"Live (for the One I Love)" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "I Want You to Need Me" "Sous le vent" "A New Day Has Come" "I'm Alive" "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" "I Drove All Night" "One Heart" "Tout l'or des hommes" "Have You Ever Been in Love" "Et je t'aime encore" "Je ne vous oublie pas" "Tous les secrets" "Tout près du bonheur" "I Believe in You (Je crois en toi)" "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" "Immensité" "Taking Chances" "Eyes on Me" "A World to Believe In" "The Prayer" "Alone" "My Love"
2010s singles	"Parler à mon père" "Le miracle" "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" "Loved Me Back to Life" "Incredible" "The Show Must Go On" "Encore un soir" "Recovering" "L'étoile" "Si c'était à refaire" "Je nous veux" "Les yeux au ciel" "Ashes" "Imperfections" "Lying Down" "Courage"
2020s singles	"Set My Heart on Fire"
Promotional singles	"Have a Heart" "Des mots qui sonnent" "Quelqu'un que j'aime, quelqu'un qui m'aime" "Did You Give Enough Love" "Plus haut que moi" "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" "Le ballet" "Les derniers seront les premiers" "You've Got a Friend" "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" "En attendant ses pas" "God Bless America" "At Last" "Stand by Your Side" "Faith" "Contre nature" "You and I" "Beautiful Boy" "Je lui dirai" "Ma Nouvelle-France" "In Some Small Way" "Voler" "Breakaway" "Water and a Flame" "Celle qui m'a tout appris" "L'hymne" "Flying on My Own" "Love Again" "I'll Be"
Other songs	"Destin" "J'irai où tu iras" "Send Me a Lover" "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" "Dans un autre monde" "O Holy Night" "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" "On s'est aimé à cause" "How Does a Moment Last Forever" "The Gift"
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