"Sauver l'amour" is a 1985 song recorded by French singer

Daniel Balavoine Daniel Xavier-Marie Balavoine (; 5 February 1952 – 14 January 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world in the early 1980s; he inspired many singers of his generation such as Jean-Jacques Gol ...

. It was the second single from his eighth and last album of the same name and was released posthumously in March 1986. It was a hit in France, although it was not as successful as the previous song, "

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Music, lyrics and versions

Written and composed by Daniel Balavoine, "Sauver l'amour" deals with various situations of war and misery in the

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– at that time, famine ravaged

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and there were some wars like the one in

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– and the music video displays certain of these situations. According to French chart expert Elia Habib, the verses use the same form of words to rhyme, but each verse has "its own identity through its musical color". "The first erseis smooth, in contrast with the second one in which percussion are very marked". The song is also available on Balavoine's posthumous

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compilations ''Sans frontières'' (2005) on which it appears also in a remixed version, and ''Les 50 plus belles chansons'' (2008).

Charts performance

In France, "Sauver l'amour" went to number 16 on 16 April 1986 on the SNEP Singles Chart, and reached number five seven weeks later, spending 18 weeks on the chart. On the over

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, it started at number 59 on 10 May 1986, peaked at number 47 and fell off the chart after 18 weeks. It also appeared for seven weeks on the European Airplay Top 50, with a peak at number 16 in its fifth week.

Cover versions

"Sauver l'amour" was covered in 2005 by contestants from the fifth season of ''

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'' on its tribute album ''Chante Daniel Balavoine''. Some members of

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performed the song which was included in their 1997 album ''Le Zénith des Enfoirés''.

Track listings

; 7" single ; Digital download

Charts

References

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