"J'irai où tu iras" (meaning "I'll Go Where You Go") is a French-language duet between

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...

and

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

from Dion's album, ''

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'' (1995). It was released as a

promotional single A promotional recording, or promo, or plug copy, is an audio or video recording distributed free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available. Promos are normally sent directly to broadcasters, such as ...

in Quebec in May 1996. The track was written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman.

Background and release

There was no video made for the song. Dion performed this song many times during her concerts and TV shows. She sang it as a live duet also with Garou, Luck Mervil and her band members. During the

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and the

Let's Talk About Love World Tour The Let's Talk About Love World Tour is the eighth concert tour by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. Visiting North America, Asia and Europe; the trek supported Dion's fifth English and fifteenth studio album '' Let's Talk About Love'' (1997 ...

the singer/songwriter

came on stage during the Paris concerts to sing the song together with Dion. She performed it during her 2008–2009

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and during her historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary, which was included on ''

Céline sur les Plaines ''Céline sur les Plaines'' is the ninth home video by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on DVD in Canada by Productions J on 11 November 2008. Entitled ''Live à Quebec'', it was also issued in France, Belgium and Switzerland by TF1 Video on ...

'' DVD in 2008. During the latter concert, she sang it in Quebec together with

Nanette Workman Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945, Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a singer-songwriter, actress and author, who has been based in Quebec, Canada, during much of her career. She holds dual citizenship of both the United States and ...

. In 2013, the song was performed during the Sans attendre Tour and the ''Celine...une seule fois'' concert; during the latter, the song was performed with Quebecois singer, Jean-Marc Couture. The song was featured on Céline Dion's greatest hits compilation ''

On ne change pas ''On ne change pas'' (meaning ''We do not change'' or ''One does not change'') is the first comprehensive French-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records on 30 September 2005. It features songs rec ...

'' (2005). Live versions were a part of four other albums: '' Live à Paris'' (1996), ''

Au cœur du stade ''Au cœur du stade'' (meaning ''At the Heart of the Stadium'') is the fourth live album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records on 27 August 1999. It was recorded during two sold-out concerts at the Stade de France in Par ...

'' (1999), and '' Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert'' French edition (2010 with Marc Langis, the bassist in Dion's band, singing Jean-Jacques Goldman's part), and ''

Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 ''Céline une seule fois / Live 2013'' is a live album/home video by Canadian singer, Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records on 16 May 2014 as a three-disc set (2 CD/DVD and 2CD/Blu-ray). The album/video was recorded on 27 July 2013 on ...

'' (2014 with Jean-Marc Couture singing Jean-Jacques Goldman's part). "J'irai où tu iras" entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on 11 May 1996 and peaked at number 14. It stayed fourteen weeks on the chart. In July 2017, during Dion's 2017 tour, the song entered the French Digital Singles Chart at number 183 and the French Sales Chart at number 184. In October 2019, "J'irai où tu iras" reached new peaks on the French Digital Singles Chart (number 40) and the French Sales Chart (number 39).

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:J'irai ou tu iras 1996 singles 1996 songs Celine Dion songs Columbia Records singles French-language songs Jean-Jacques Goldman songs Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman Male–female vocal duets