"Je lui dirai" (meaning "I will tell him") 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 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 ...

. In October 2004, "Je lui dirai" was added to the ''

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'' album in France and Belgium and released as a promotional single in these countries. It entered the airplay chart in Belgium Wallonia, reaching number 22. The music video showing the making of the '' Miracle: A Celebration of New Life'' book was also released.

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. "Je lui dirai", written by Goldman and produced by Benzi, was one of the songs released on ''1 fille & 4 types'' in October 2003. One year later, it was added to the ''

'' album in France and Belgium, and released as a promotional single there. In 2005, "Je lui dirai" was included on Dion's greatest hits album, ''

On ne change pas ''On ne change pas'' (meaning ''We do not change'' or ''One does not change'') is the first comprehensive French-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records on 30 September 2005. It features songs rec ...

''.

Commercial performance

"Je lui dirai" peaked at number 22 on the

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airplay chart in Belgium Wallonia on 28 December 2004. It spent 14 weeks inside top fifty of the chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and released in October 2004. It shows the making of the '' Miracle: A Celebration of New Life'' book.

Charts

References

External links

* * {{authority control Celine Dion songs 2004 singles French-language songs Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman 2003 songs Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Erick Benzi