"L'envie d'aimer" is a 2000 song recorded by French-born singer Daniel Lévi and the troupe of ''

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from the album '' Les Dix Commandements'' in June 2000, the song was a smash hit and the most successful single from the musical. The song is currently among the biggest selling singles of all time in France.

Background and structure

The album version of the song is extended (6:28) and contains many choirs from the troupe. Written and composed by

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, Lionel Florence, who had already several number-one hits in France such as " Savoir aimer" and "

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", Serge Guirao, who had written for

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, the song was very moving. An expert of French charts made this analysis of the song : "With the text of the verses, spaced out and almost minimal, évimurmurs, he speaks in a low voice, he sings hardly, a moderation which the sweetness of wind instruments blows him. And it is not due to a lack of voice : this one, disturbing of power and color, asks only to spread and the vowels of the tune are there for this."

Chart performances and awards

In France, the single failed to reach #1, but went straight to #2 on June 10, 2002 and stayed there for six weeks, being unable to dislodge Yannick's hit " Ces Soirées-là". The song remained for 30 weeks in the top ten and 51 weeks on the chart (top 100), which is to date one of the records in terms of chart trajectory. In Belgium (Wallonia), the song peaked at #2 for six weeks and fell off the chart (top 40) after 36 weeks, 25 of them in the top ten."L'Envie d'aimer", in various singles chart
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(Retrieved November 9, 2008) In 2001, the song was awarded 'Original song of the year' at the

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Cover versions

The song was covered by Éric Morena in 2003 on the album '' Retour gagnant'' which was composed of cover versions by famous 1980s artists. The same year, the song was covered by

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and

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' album ''La Foire des Enfoirés''.''La Foire des Enfoirés'', track listing and chart
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released a version in

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under the title "The Greatest Reward" on her album ''

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''. In 2006, the song was used as soundtrack of the 2006 film ''Comme t'y es belle !''. In 2007, Greek French television presenter

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recorded a

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version of the song with

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, for his Greek duet album titled '' Rendez-Vous''. The track was released as a single, accompanied by a music video. In 2013,

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Track listings

; CD single # "L'envie d'aimer" — 5:10 # "Mais tu t'en vas" by Nourith, Lisbet Guldbaek, Ginie Line, Yaël — 5:34

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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