"Derrière l'amour" is a song by

Johnny Hallyday Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 ...

, It was released as a single and spent six consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 3 to 16 June 1976 and from 22 July to 18 August 1976).

Background and composition

The song was written by French lyricist

Pierre Delanoë Pierre Delanoë (16 December 1918 – 27 December 2006), born Pierre Charles Marcel Napoléon Leroyer in Paris, France, was a French lyricist who wrote thousands of songs for dozens of singers, including Dalida, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Pet ...

over a composition by

Toto Cutugno Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Conte ...

. Toto Cutugno himself recorded an Italian version with lyrics by

Vito Pallavicini Vito Pallavicini (22 April 1924 – 16 August 2007) was an Italian lyricist. Born in Vigevano, he wrote numerous songs, during his career for Adriano Celentano ('' Azzurro''), Caterina Caselli Caterina Caselli (born 10 April 1946) is an It ...

, titled "Dietro l'amore". The Italian version was released by him as a single in Italy.

Track listing

Johnny Hallyday version ("Derrière l'amour")

7" single Philips 6042 16 (France, etc.) # "Derrière l'amour (4:40)" # "Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi" ("

Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album '' Changing All the Time''. Like the band's previous two singles " Pass It Around" an ...

") (3:33)

Toto Cutugno version ("Dietro l'amore")

7" single CBS 4465 (Italy) # "Dietro l'amore" # "Come ieri, come oggi, come sempre"

Charts

; Johnny Hallyday version ("Derrière l'amour")

References

{{authority control 1976 songs 1976 singles Johnny Hallyday songs French songs Philips Records singles Number-one singles in France Songs written by Toto Cutugno Songs written by Pierre Delanoë Songs with lyrics by Vito Pallavicini