| Et je t'aime encore | |
| Cover: | Celine dion-et je taime encore s.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Celine Dion |
| Album: | 1 fille & 4 types |
| Recorded: | 2–11 May 2003 |
| Studio: | Digital Insight (Las Vegas) |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:26 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Erick Benzi |
| Prev Title: | Have You Ever Been in Love |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Je ne vous oublie pas |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
"Et je t'aime encore" (meaning "and I still love you") is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her twentieth studio album, 1 fille & 4 types (2003). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and J. Kapler, and produced by Erick Benzi. "Et je t'aime encore" was released as the album's second single on 16 February 2004. It reached numbers two in Quebec, 14 in Belgium Wallonia, 16 in France and 31 in Switzerland.
Dion started working on her next French-language album on 8 October 2002 in Paris where she met with four French songwriters and producers: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso and Gildas Arzel. After four days of rehearsals, Dion met with them again in Las Vegas in May 2003, during her break from performing in A New Day.... The songs were recorded between 2–11 May 2003.[1] Goldman, who wrote and produced Dion's best-selling French-language albums of all time, D'eux, guided 1 fille & 4 types as the artistic director.[2] "Et je t'aime encore", chosen as the second single, was sent to radio on 11 December 2003.[3] The song was written by Goldman and his brother J. Kapler, and produced by Benzi.[2] The music video was serviced to video outlets in late December 2003 and the limited CD single was released in Belgium, France and Switzerland in February 2003.[4] The English-language version, titled "Je t'aime encore" was featured on One Heart in March 2003. In 2005, "Et je t'aime encore" was included on Dion's greatest hits album, On ne change pas.
Betty Clarke from The Guardian wrote about the English version, "Je t'aime encore": "But when she stops trying to be relevant and ceases to be a one-trick pony with a vast lung capacity (as she does on the folky Je t'aime encore), Dion proves she can be more than a series of hollow - if album-shifting - sentiments".[5]
"Et je t'aime encore" entered the airplay charts in Francophone countries in late December 2003, peaking at numbers two in Quebec, 11 in Belgium Wallonia and 59 in Belgium Flanders.[6] After the commercial release in February 2004, the single reached numbers 14 in Belgium Wallonia, 16 in France and 31 in Switzerland.
The music video, directed by Yannick Saillet, was filmed in the Whiskey Bar Las Vegas in October 2003 and released in late December 2003.[7] In 2005, it was included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, On ne change pas.
| Peak position | ||
| Quebec (ADISQ Radio< | -- The official corresponding chart compiling the charts of regional stations, and of certain French-language stations in Ontario and the Maritimes. -->)[8] | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Quebec (BDS Radio< | -- The official Nielsen BDS chart compiling the radio rotations of stations in major centers in Quebec. -->)[9] | 4 |
| Position | ||
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] | 71 |
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| Date | Format | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 16 February 2004 | CD | Columbia | [11] |
| 23 February 2004 | [12] |