Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi explained

Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi
Cover:Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Celine Dion
Album:Tellement j'ai d'amour...
B-Side:Écoutez-moi
Genre:Pop
Label:Saisons
Prev Title:L'amour viendra
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:D'amour ou d'amitié
Next Year:1982

"Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" (English: "I have so much love for you") is the first single from Celine Dion's album Tellement j'ai d'amour.... It was released in December 1982 in Quebec, Canada.[1]

Background

On 31 October 1982, with this track Dion won a gold medal for Outstanding Song Award at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan and the Yamaha Symphony Orchestra Award for Best Artist. Dion performed "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" in front of 115 million of TV viewers and 12,000 in the audience. There were 1907 contestants and 30 finalists.

Dion received also 4 Félix Awards the following year and one of them in category: Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province of Quebec. The single was a hit in Quebec. It entered the chart on 25 December 1982, peaking at number 3. "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" re-entered the chart on 22 October 1983 and stayed there through 14 January 1984, peaking this time at number 17. It spent forty four weeks on the chart.

The B-side of that release was another album track called "Écoutez-moi".

"Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" appeared on Dion's 2005 French best of album On ne change pas.

Track listing and formats

  1. "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" – 2:56
  2. "Écoutez-moi" – 3:03

Notes and References

  1. Book: Glatzer, Jenna. Céline Dion: For Keeps . registration. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 2005 . 0-7407-5559-5.
  2. Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi. Celine Dion. 1982. Canadian 7" single liner notes. Saisons. SNS 6518.
  3. Web site: Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion. Québec Info Musique. 2 September 2014.