"Je ne veux qu'elle" is a 2002 pop song recorded by French singer

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as a duet with actress

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. It was the fourth and last single off his eighth studio album ''

'' and was released in November 2002. It was a top ten single in France and was also a hit in Belgium (Wallonia) and Switzerland.

Song information

The song was co-written by J. Kapler,

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's brother and Marc Lavoine and composed by J. Kapler, and helped launch the career of Claire Keim, who was mostly unknown before this duet. Both singers performed the song during Lavoine's 2003 tour and their live version is available on the album ''

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''. The song is also included on Lavoine's best of ''

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'' and ''La collection de Marc'', both released in 2007. The song was covered by

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and

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for

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' 2006 album '' Le Village des Enfoirés'' and included in a medley named "Medley Séduction". In France, the single went straight to a peak of No. 9 on 9 November 2002, thus becoming Lavoine's third top ten hit in the SNEP chart. It then dropped and remained for 17 weeks in the top 50 and 23 weeks in the top 100. In Belgium (Wallonia), the single was ranked for 16 weeks on the

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and reached No. 14 in its second week, on 23 November 2002. In Switzerland, the song peaked at No. 34 on 12 January 2003 and stayed in the top 100 for 15 weeks. In 2002, "Je ne veux qu'elle" was the 63rd most aired song on radio in France, and the music video was the 127th most broadcast on television.

Track listings

; CD single ; Digital download (since 2005)

Credits

* Arrangements and direction of strings : Jean-François Berger * Artistic direction : Egidio Alves Martins * Acoustic guitar : Hugh Burns * Bass : Laurent Vernerey * Dobro : Jean-Pierre Bucolo * Electric guitar :

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* First violin : Perry Montague-Mason * Strings : Isabel Griffiths * Assistant : Thomas Sandoval * Programmations : Mathew Vaughan * Recorded by François Delabrière * Mixed by François Delabrière at Mega studio * Mastering @ Metropolis by Ian Cooper * Produced by François Delabrière, Jean-François Berger and Marc Lavoine

Charts

Peak positions

Year-end charts

References

External links

"Je ne veux qu'elle, official music video
on Claire Keim's site (See: "Chansons" => "Je ne veux qu'elle" => "Pour visionner le clip, cliquer ici. Format RealPlayer – Durée 4 minutes – 2,9 Mo") {{authority control 2001 songs 2002 singles Marc Lavoine songs Male–female vocal duets Songs written by Marc Lavoine Songs written by Robert Goldman (songwriter)