"J'attendais" (meaning "I Was Waiting") 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 thirteenth studio album, ''

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 ...

'' (1995). 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 produced by Goldman and

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 ...

. The live version of the song from '' Live à Paris'' was released as a single on 30 June 1997. It reached numbers 22 in Belgium Wallonia, 46 in France and 88 in Belgium Flanders.

Background and release

Dion recorded ''

'' in November and December 1994 in the Méga Studio in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, France. Most songs were written by

, while the production was handled by Goldman and

. The live version of "J'attendais" from '' Live à Paris'' was released as a single in France on 30 June 1997 and in Belgium on 4 August 1997.

Commercial performance

In France, "J'attendais" reached number 46 in July 1997. In Belgium, the song peaked at numbers 22 in Wallonia and 88 in Flanders in August 1997.

Music video

The official live music video was filmed at the

Zénith Paris Zénith Paris (originally known as Zénith de Paris, ; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal de l ...

in France, during the

D'eux Tour The D'eux Tour is the sixth concert tour by Celine Dion. The tour was organized to support the highly successful tenth French language and thirteenth studio album ''D'eux'' (1995). History After 5 concerts in Quebec City, Canada, Celine toured ...

in October and November 1995. It was directed by Gérard Pullicino and released in June 1997 to promote the '' Live à Paris'' CD and DVD of the same name. In 2009, the video was included on the 15th anniversary edition of ''

''.

Formats and track listings

* French CD and 12-inch single # "J'attendais" (live) – 4:58 # "J'attendais" (album version) – 4:24

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Celine Dion French singles 1995 songs 1997 singles Celine Dion songs French-language songs Live singles Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman