"Amour Programmé" is a song by the French Canadian

synthpop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...

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Nudimension Nudimension were a francophone French Canadian new wave/synthpop band from Montréal, Canada who were active between 1982 and 1989. The band were composed of lead singer/composer Louie Louie (real name Louis Rondeau), non musician Marc Fontaine ...

. The single is in the French language and was recorded at Fountain Studios,

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

, Canada. Released by Illusion Records (Canada) in May 1983, it became a breakthrough single for Nudimension and was the first to feature TV presenter

Anne-Marie Cyr Anne Marie Cyr (born 1963) is a French Canadian singer, TV presenter and occasional model; who was active during the early 1980s. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cyr came to prominence in her late teens on Montreal cable television as ...

on vocals. It achieved moderate success in French-speaking regions of Canada, charting in the top 20 francophone charts and in Europe. It was responsible for a number of Nudimension's early TV performances including Quebec TV’s prime-time ''Lautrec Show''. It was also released with a music video created by the band's Marc Fontaine, which was unusual for all but the biggest bands in 1983. The video featured footage shot during one of the band's appearances on Montreal's '' Musi-Video show'' and scenes of Louie Louie and Cyr in the studio with basic chromakey overlay effects. In 2009, two versions of the song were featured on the band's remastered album ''

The Best of Nudimension ''The Best of Nudimension'' is a greatest hits album by 1980s French Canadian synthpop group Nudimension. It includes the majority of their tracks recorded between 1981 and 1989. Songs are in French and English including the singles " Amour Progra ...

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Credits

- Vocals *Louie Louie - Vocals, Drums, Keyboards *Patrick Bourgeois - Electric Guitar *Francois Laberge - Keyboards *Ben Kaye - Producer

References

External links

Nudimension Article and recent interview (In French)
1983 debut singles 1983 songs Nudimension songs {{electronic-song-stub