"L'amour toujours" (also named "I'll Fly with You") is a song co-written and recorded by the Italian DJ

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. The song was released to American clubs and dance radio in July 2000. In Europe, the song was released in October 2000. The song is from D'Agostino's 1999 album of the same name.

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is the vocalist of this song. He performs all the vocals on the track and on all versions of the song. It became an international success and a huge hit throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia and Canada. In 2001, the song became extremely popular in the American dance club scene, peaking at number 78 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on 15 September 2001. The album version has a different mix, which was used as the single version in the United States except with vocal samples from " Bla Bla Bla" added.

Etymology

The title "L'amour toujours" means "love forever" in French. However, the song is recorded entirely in English and the title does not appear in the lyrics.

Track listing

Europe CD maxi (2001) # "L'Amour Toujours" (L'Amour version) – 6:56 # "Un Giorno Credi" (gigidagostino.com) – 8:07 # "L'Amour Toujours" (gigidagostino.com) – 7:58 # "Musikakeparla" – 6:55

Music video

The music video for the song contains footage taken from live performances of D'Agostino performing throughout Europe at

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parties. The version used in the music video is called "Small Mix" and is the last four minutes of the album version.

In popular culture

* Finnish ''Big Brother'' contestant Tero Savikuja mentioned "L'amour toujours" as his favourite song when he attended the TV show, and it was played several times in the ''Big Brother'' house during that season. There is also a locally popular Finnish version of the song on YouTube called "Seppo on bi", which translates as "

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is a bisexual", alluding to a popular Finnish drama series

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and its protagonist Seppo Taalasmaa. The name probably derives from its rhythmical uniformity with the song's distinctive synthesizer riff. * D'Agostino is credited in "Fly With U", a song by

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from their album '' Dirty Bass'', which contains some elements of "L'amour toujours". * The instrumental of this song is heavily sampled on "

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" by

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, featured in his album ''

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''. * In September 2015,

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released a new edit of "L'amour toujours" performed by

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, featuring vocals by Delaney Jane. * Brazilian singer

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released an

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cover of this song in her 2016 album ''Problema Meu''. * YouTuber

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used the song in an intro for his popular ''Meme Review'' series. * In 2018 the hookline of the song was used for a remix of " In My Mind" by Lithuanian DJ Dynoro, which became a no. 1 hit in Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Sweden. * The song is featured throughout the ending credits of the 2019 crime thriller film ''

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''. * The ending of the song is played after every goal that

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score at

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since 2020. *

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supporters use the song as a chant for football player

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fans use the song a chant for defender

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* In 2022 the hookline of the song was used by Swedish rapper

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's single ''True Love''.

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References

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