"J'attendais" (meaning "I was waiting") is a song by Canadian singer

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

from her thirteenth studio album, ''

D'eux ''D'eux'' (French for "of them, "about them", or "from them"; homophonic with , meaning "two") is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her tenth French-language album. It was released by Sony Music on 30 March 1995 in ...

'' (1995). It was written by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a retired French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017, he has been the highest-grossing ...

, and produced by Goldman and

Erick Benzi Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille. He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arzel) ...

. The live version of the song from ''

Live à Paris ''Live à Paris'' (English: "live in Paris") is the third live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 21 October 1996 by Sony Music. It features primarily French-language songs, mainly from '' D'eux'' (1995), but also includes " The P ...

'' was released as a single on 30 June 1997. It reached numbers 22 in Belgium Wallonia, 46 in France and 88 in Belgium Flanders.

Background and release

Dion recorded ''

'' in November and December 1994 in the Méga Studio in

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, France. Most songs were written by

, while the production was handled by Goldman and

. The live version of "J'attendais" from ''

'' was released as a single in France on 30 June 1997 and in Belgium on 4 August 1997.

Commercial performance

In France, "J'attendais" reached number 46 in July 1997. In Belgium, the song peaked at numbers 22 in Wallonia and 88 in Flanders in August 1997.

Music video

The official live music video was filmed at the

Zénith Paris Zénith Paris (originally known as Zénith de Paris, ; and commonly referred to as Le Zénith, ) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Paris, France. It is located in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement on the edge of the Canal d ...

in France, during the D'eux Tour in October and November 1995. It was directed by Gérard Pullicino and released in June 1997 to promote the ''

'' CD and DVD of the same name. In 2009, the video was included on the 15th anniversary edition of ''

''.

Track listing and formats

* French CD single # "J'attendais" (live) – 4:58 # "J'attendais" (album version) – 4:24

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* * {{Celine Dion songs 1995 songs 1997 singles Celine Dion songs Songs in French Live singles Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman