"Obsession" is a song by the French Canadian

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Nudimension Nudimension were a francophone French Canadian new wave/synthpop band from Montréal, Canada who were active between 1982 and 1989. The band were composed of lead singer/composer Louie Louie (real name Louis Rondeau), non musician Marc Fontaine ...

. The single is in the French language (With the exception of a single English refrain from

Anne Marie Cyr Anne Marie Cyr (born 1963) is a French Canadian singer, TV presenter and occasional model; who was active during the early 1980s. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cyr came to prominence in her late teens on Montreal cable television as ...

) and was recorded at Fountain Studios,

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. Released by Saison Records (Canada) in May 1984, it became the second single for Nudimension and like most singles featured [part-time TV presenter Cyr on vocals. It would achieve moderate success in French speaking regions of Canada, charting in the top 20 francophone Québécoise charts, and in Europe. After the single charted, an English-language version (now renamed "Rendez-Vous") was recorded. The English-language version of the song was not released as a single, however in 2009 it was featured on the band's remastered album ''The Best of Nudimension''.Album Notes
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Credits

*Anne-Marie Cyr - vocals *Louie Louie - vocals, drums, keyboards *Marc Fontaine - keyboards

References

External links

Nudimension Article and recent interview (In French)
1984 singles 1984 songs Nudimension songs {{electronic-song-stub