"Et je t'aime encore" (meaning "and I still love you") is a song by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

from her twentieth studio album, '' 1 fille & 4 types'' (2003). It was written by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...

and J. Kapler, and produced by

Erick Benzi Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille. He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arze ...

. "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.

Background and release

Dion started working on her next French-language album on 8 October 2002 in

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where she met with four French songwriters and producers:

, Jacques Veneruso and Gildas Arzel. After four days of rehearsals, Dion met with them again in

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in May 2003, during her break from performing in A New Day.... The songs were recorded between 2–11 May 2003. Goldman, who wrote and produced Dion's best-selling French-language albums of all time, ''

D'eux ''D'eux'' (French for "Of Them, "About Them", or "From Them"; homophonic with , meaning "two") is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her tenth French-language studio album. It was released by Columbia Records on 30 M ...

'', guided '' 1 fille & 4 types'' as the artistic director. "Et je t'aime encore", chosen as the second single, was sent to radio on 11 December 2003. The song was written by Goldman and his brother J. Kapler, and produced by Benzi. 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. 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, ''

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''.

Critical reception

Betty Clarke from ''

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'' 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".

Commercial performance

"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. After the commercial release in February 2004, the single reached numbers 14 in Belgium Wallonia, 16 in France and 31 in Switzerland.

Music video

The music video, directed by Yannick Saillet, was filmed in the Whiskey Bar

in October 2003 and released in late December 2003. In 2005, it was included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, ''

''.

Track listing and formats

* French CD single # "Et je t'aime encore" – 3:26 # "Et je t'aime encore" (instrumental version) – 3:26 # "Apprends-moi" – 4:45 * French CD maxi-single # "Et je t'aime encore" – 3:26 # "Et je t'aime encore" (instrumental version) – 3:26 # "Des milliers de baisers" – 3:46 # "Tu nages" – 3:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* * {{authority control Celine Dion songs 2004 singles French-language songs Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman 2003 songs Songs written by Robert Goldman (songwriter) Columbia Records singles