"Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" (meaning "Lolita (Too Young to Love)") is the third single from

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's album ''

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'', released in October 1987 in

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, Canada. The song was composed and produced by

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and the lyrics were written by Luc Plamondon.

Background

The song references '' Lolita'' by

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and the lyrics describe a young woman who insists that she is not "too young" for love. According to Dion, "When I saw what Luc had written, I was bowled over. Like

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, Luc had explored my inner life. What he had written was so close to me that I couldn't help being really unsettled by it". Dion said the song described her love for her manager and future husband

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, "The first time I sang the words to 'Lolita,' I was in front of René, and I sang it to arouse him". The single was released with "Ma chambre" as B-side. "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" was very successful reaching number 1 in Quebec for two weeks. It entered the chart on 3 October 1987 and spent twenty two weeks on it. An early music video was made for the ''Incognito'' TV special aired in September 1987, produced by

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and directed by Jacques Payette. Later, a second commercial music video was filmed in

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also directed by Jacques Payette in 1987. It features Dion walking around

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and taking the bus. According to Dion's publicist at the time, Mia Dumont, the video stunned her fans, as it marked her transition from child star to adult artist. "All of a sudden she had this body," Dumont said. "These legs from here to there. And she was beautiful. People could see that she was beautiful". This video can be found on Dion's DVD called ''

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''. The song was later included on the 2005 greatest hits album ''

''.

Track listings and formats

*Canadian 7" single #"Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" – 3:59 #" Ma chambre" – 4:00

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control Songs about teenagers 1980s ballads 1987 singles 1987 songs CBS Records singles Celine Dion songs French-language songs Music based on novels Pop ballads Sexuality and age in fiction Songs with lyrics by Luc Plamondon