En attendant ses pas

"En attendant ses pas"
Promotional single by Celine Dion
from the album S'il suffisait d'aimer
LanguageFrench
ReleasedJune 1999 (1999-06)
StudioMéga (Paris)
GenrePop
Length4:07
LabelColumbia
SongwriterJean-Jacques Goldman
Producers
Audio video
"En attendant ses pas" on YouTube

"En attendant ses pas" (lit. 'Waiting for his footsteps') is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her sixteenth studio album, S'il suffisait d'aimer (1998). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. Released as a promotional single in June 1999, the song topped the chart in Quebec for four weeks and reached the top 10 on the airplay charts in France and Wallonia (Belgium).

Background and release

After D'eux became the best-selling French-language album of all time, Dion reunited with Jean-Jacques Goldman to record another album.[1] S'il suffisait d'aimer was recorded between September 1997 and July 1998 and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi.[2] "En attendant ses pas" was selected as the fourth single, issued for promotional use only. It was released in June 1999 in France, followed by Quebec and Wallonia (Belgium).[3] In 2005, the song was included on Dion's greatest hits album, On ne change pas.

Commercial performance

In France, "En attendant ses pas" entered the airplay chart on 19 June 1999 and peaked at number six on 31 July 1999.[4][5] It spent three weeks at number six and nine weeks inside the top 10.[6][7] The song left the airplay top 25 on 11 September 1999 after 11 weeks on the chart.[8]

In Quebec, the song entered the chart on 10 July 1999.[9] It reached number one for four weeks between 18 September and 9 October 1999 and spent 35 weeks on the chart in total.[10][9]

In Wallonia (Belgium), "En attendant ses pas" peaked at number 10 on 28 September 1999 and spent three weeks inside the top 50 of the airplay chart.[11]

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Airplay Wallonia)[11] 10
France Airplay (SNEP)[5] 6
Quebec Radio Songs (ADISQ)[12] 1

References

  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 18 April 2023.
  2. ^ "S'il suffisait d'aimer by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Celine Dion - En attendant ses pas (1999, CD)". Discogs. 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Major Market Airplay: France" (PDF). Music & Media. 26 June 1999. p. 19. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Major Market Airplay: France" (PDF). Music & Media. 31 July 1999. p. 19. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Major Market Airplay: France" (PDF). Music & Media. 14 August 1999. p. 19. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Major Market Airplay: France" (PDF). Music & Media. 4 September 1999. p. 19. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Major Market Airplay: France" (PDF). Music & Media. 11 September 1999. p. 19. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Compilation des succès par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Numéros 1 par ordre chronologique" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  11. ^ a b Jaspers, Sam (2006). Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90-5720-232-8.
  12. ^ "Palmarès de la chanson francophone au Québec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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