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Voyage, voyage "Voyage, voyage" () is a song by French singer Desireless, released as the first single from her debut studio album, ''François'' (1989). It was written by Jean-Michel Rivat and Dominique Dubois, and produced by the former. Sung entirely in Fr ...

" made it to number one on many European and Asian single

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. The music video was directed by

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and showed the artist in a cold,

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style similar to a wave of other contemporary female singers such as

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and

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. According to her official website, Desireless still releases new albums and performs live, and she released a new album with Operation of the Sun (

Antoine Aureche Antoine Aureche aka Valfeu (born 4 December 1981) is a French musician: guitarist, singer, composer, electro producer and video maker. He is mainly known for his duet with Desireless, French pop star of the 80s ("Voyage, Voyage"). His work is a ...

) accompanied by a worldwide tour from 2012 onward.Desireless has just released a new album with Operation of the Sun (Antoine Aureche). Since 2012 up to now, they are touring all over the world.

Discography

Albums

* ''

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'' (1989) #29 France * ''I Love You'' (1994) * '' Ses plus grands succès'' (2003) France & (2004) Russia * ''Un Brin de Paille'' (2004) * ''More Love and Good Vibrations'' (2007) France & (2008) Russia * ''Le Petit Bisou'' (2009) France * ''More Love and Good Vibrations: Special Edition'' (2010) France * ''L'Oeuf Du Dragon'' (2013, feat

a.k.a. Operation of the Sun) France * ''Noun'' (2014, feat

a.k.a. Operation of the Sun) France * ''2011–2015'' (2015, 'best of' feat

a.k.a. Operation of the Sun) France * ''Desireless chante Apollinaire'' (2017, feat

a.k.a. Valfeu) France

EP

* ''L'expérience Humaine'' (2011) EP * ''L'Oeuf Du Dragon'' (2012, feat Antoine Aureche a.k.a. Operation of the Sun) - EP * ''XP2'' (2012) EP * ''Nexus'' (2014, remixes & covers, feat

a.k.a. Operation of the Sun) France * ''Un Seul Peuple'' (2014) EP

Singles

From ''François'': * 1986/87: "

" (#2

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, #1

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, #1 Austria, #1 Belgium, #1 Denmark, #1 Spain, #1 Greece, #1 Israel, #26 Italy, #1 Lebanon, #1 Norway, #3 Canada, #11 Netherlands, #53 United Kingdom 1987 release and #5 1988 remix release, #11 Sweden, #4 Switzerland, #1 Thailand, #1

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

) * 1988: " John" (#5 France, #37 Germany, #92 UK) * 1989: "Qui sommes-nous?" (#41 Canada, #88 Germany) * 1990: "Elle est comme les étoiles" From ''I Love You'': * 1994: "Il dort" * 1994: "I Love You" From ''More Love and Good Vibrations'': * 2004: "La vie est belle" * 2010: "Voyage, Voyage (Dj Esteban Remix 2010)" (#81 French Club Charts)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desireless 1952 births Living people Singers from Paris French women singers French dance musicians Eurodisco musicians CBS Records artists