Variations sur le même t'aime explained

Variations sur le même t'aime
Type:	Album
Artist:	Vanessa Paradis
Cover:	Variations_sur_le_même_t'aime.jpg
Released:	28 May 1990 (France, Belgium & Switzerland) 18 June 1990 (Canada) September 1990 (Europe, Asia & South America)
Recorded:	April 1990
Studio:	Studio Guillaume Tell, Suresnes Local Studio, Rueil-Malmaison
Length:	50:21
Prev Title:	M&J
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Vanessa Paradis
Next Year:	1992

Variations sur le même t'aime is the second album by popular French singer Vanessa Paradis. It was released in France in 1990, and contains the hit singles "Tandem" and "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime".

Background and writing

For this album, she reunited with the team of writers and producers of her first album. She also collaborated with Serge Gainsbourg, who helped write and produce the album. Although the album was successful and charted higher than her debut, none of its singles matched the success of "Joe le Taxi" from her first album.

Consistently termed her most cohesive work, Gainsbourg's lyrics frequently contain innuendo or double entendre, including the album's title. The highest-charting and biggest-selling single from the album was "Tandem".

"Variations sur le même t'aime" literally means "Variations on the same 'love you'" with the double meaning of "Variations on the same theme"; the title was coined by Serge Gainsbourg as an allusion to his hit song with Jane Birkin, "Je t'aime".

The album is the last record Gainsbourg worked on for a female singer before his death in 1991.

Keeping in tradition with all of Vanessa Paradis' albums, Variations sur le même t'aime features one English-language track, a cover of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side". The single "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime" remains the most performed song (live) from this album. Released in 1990, the album has remained in print and sells primarily in Paradis' native France as well as in French-speaking Canada.

Playlist

All songs written by Serge Gainsbourg (lyrics) and Franck Langolff (music), except where noted.

1. "L'Amour à deux" – 4:55
2. "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime" – 3:58
3. "L'Amour en soi" 5:07
4. "La Vague à lames" – 3:15
5. "Ophélie" – 4:01
6. "Flagrant délire" – 3:45
7. "Tandem" – 3:30
8. "Au charme non plus" – 3:50
9. "Variations sur le même t'aime" – 3:59
10. "Amour jamais" – 4:17
11. "Ardoise" – 4:00
12. "Walk on the Wild Side" (Lou Reed) – 4:28

Personnel ^[1]

• Marina Albert – backing vocals
• Antonietti, Pascault et Ass. – design
• Patrick Bourgoin – saxophone on "Au charme non plus" and "Walk on the Wild Side"
• Ann Calvert – backing vocals
• Bertrand Châtenet – arranger, engineer, mixing
• Philippe Cusset – additional engineer
• Jus D'Orange – backing vocals
• Alex Firla – assistant engineer
• Carole Fredericks – backing vocals

• Cyril Labesse – engineer on "L'amour en soi"
• Franck Langolff – arranger, guitar
• Jean-Jacques Milteau – harmonica on "L'amour en soi"
• Philippe Osman – arranger, backing vocals, bass programming, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, and synthesizer
• François Ovide – guitar on "Walk on the Wild Side"
• Didier Pain – artistic coordinator
• Paul Personne – guitar on "L'amour à deux"
• Gérard Prévost – bass guitar and double bass on "Walk on the Wild Side"
• Frédérique Veysset – photography

• Mixed at Studio Guillaume Tell

Charts

Chart (1990)! scope="col"

Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[2]	6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Images for Vanessa Paradis - Variations Sur le Même T'Aime. Discogs.
2. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste . InfoDisc . fr . 6 April 2022. Select "Vanessa PARADIS" from the drop-down menu and click "OK".