Je te donne (song) explained

Je te donne
Cover:Je_te_donne.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones
Album:Non homologué
B-Side:Confidentiel
Released:1985
Recorded:France
Genre:Pop
Progressive rock
Length:4:25
Label:Epic
Producer:Jean-Jacques Goldman
Michael Jones
Chronology:Jean-Jacques Goldman
Prev Title:Je marche seul
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Les Restos du cœur
Next Year:1986

"Je te donne" is a bilingual pop song, recorded in English and French. It was performed by Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones and was released as a single in late 1985. It reached number-one for eight weeks on the French Singles Chart, becoming one of the best-selling singles of the 1980s in France. The song has been covered by Worlds Apart in 1996 and Ivyrise in 2013 and achieved success in many countries where it charted.

Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones version

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Je te donne" — 4:25
  2. "Confidentiel" by Jean-Jacques Goldman — 2:36

Charts

Chart (1985-1986)Peak
position
Eurochart Hot 100 20
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 1

Worlds Apart version

In 1996, the multi-national boy band World Apart released a successful cover reaching number 3 in France. It was also a charting hit in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden.

Je te donne
Cover:Je_te_donne2.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Worlds Apart
Album:Everybody
B-Side:Let the Sun Shine Down on You
Released:1996
Genre:Electronic
Length:3:43
Label:Power Brothers
Producer:Tee Green
Andy Reynolds
Prev Title:Everybody
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Just Say I Said Hello
Next Year:1996

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Je te donne" (radio version) — 3:43
  2. "Let the Sun Shine Down on You" — 3:47
CD maxi
  1. "Je te donne" (radio version) — 3:43
  2. "Let the Sun Shine Down on You" — 3:47
  3. "Je te donne" (solid noise Montreal mix) — 8:05
  4. "Je te donne" (organic technology Belgium mix) — 5:00

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart35
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart3
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[3] 15
French SNEP Singles Chart3
German Singles Chart[4] 22
Swedish Singles Chart16
Swiss Singles Chart16

End of year charts

Leslie and Ivyrise version

Je te donne
Cover:Je-te-donne-leslie-and-ivyrise.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Leslie & Ivyrise
Album:Génération Goldman
Released:2012
Length:3:19
Label:My Major Company / M6 Music label
Producer:Trak Invaders

French Leslie and British Ivyrise collaborated on a new joint version on the 2012 tribute album Génération Goldman album. The track was produced by Trak Invaders and was released on My Major Company label.

Ben Falinski, the vocalist from Ivyrise who performed mainly on the track says in the promotional video teaser that the song was his most favourite from Jean-Jacques Goldman and was so happy to have the chance to do it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFEhCJyPvY

Charts

Notes and References

  1. "Je te donne", by JJ Goldman and Michael Jones, in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 12, 2008)
  2. "Je te donne", by World Apart, in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  3. Web site: Billboard. 11 January 1997. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 22 September 2018. Google Books.
  4. German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. Web site: lescharts.com - Les charts français. Steffen. Hung. lescharts.com. 22 September 2018.