"Mon ami m'a quittée" (meaning "My Friend Left Me") is the first single from

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's album '' Les chemins de ma maison''. It was released in October 1983 in

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, Canada and in November 1983 in France. The song was very successful in Quebec. On 8 October 1983 it entered the singles chart and became number 1 for nine weeks. It spent twenty four weeks on the chart in total. Dion received also 2

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s the next year. "Mon ami m'a quittée" was released later as a single in France to promote Dion's first album in that country, '' Du soleil au cœur''. A music video was made in 1984, for the ''Sur les chemins de ma maison'' TV special. Dion recorded also a German version of this song called "Mon ami, geh nicht fort". It was included as B-side on " Was bedeute ich dir" single, released in Germany in 1984. "Mon ami m'a quittée" was also released as a single in the Netherlands in 1997 by BR Music to promote the '' C'est pour toi'' compilation. In 2005, the song became a part of Dion's official French best of album ''

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''.

Track listings and formats

*Canadian 7" single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # "Et puis un jour" – 3:12 *French 7" single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # "La dodo la do" – 3:00 *French 12" maxi-single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # " Ne me plaignez pas" – 3:46 *1997 Dutch CD single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # " Hymne à l'amitié" – 3:59

Charts

References

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