''Variations sur le même t'aime'' is the second album by popular

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singer

Vanessa Paradis Vanessa Chantal Paradis (; born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model, and actress. Paradis became a child star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's high ...

. It was released in

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in 1990, and contains the hit singles "

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" and "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime".

Background and writing

For this album, she reunited with the team of writers and producers of her first album. She also collaborated with

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoca ...

, who helped write and produce the album. Although the album was successful and charted higher than her debut, none of its singles matched the success of "

Joe le Taxi "Joe le taxi" (English: "Joe the Taxi Driver") is a song written for French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis by Franck Langolff and Étienne Roda-Gil. The song topped the SNEP Singles Chart for 11 weeks, and, uncommonly for a French-language song ...

" from her first album. Consistently termed her most cohesive work, Gainsbourg's lyrics frequently contain

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, including the album's title. The highest charting and biggest selling single from the album was "Tandem". "Variations sur le même t'aime" literally means "Variations on the same 'love you'" with the double meaning of "Variations on the same theme", - the title was coined by Serge Gainsbourg as well, an allusion to his hit song with Jane Birkin, "Je t'aime". The album is notable as being the last record Gainsbourg worked on for a female singer before his death in 1991. Keeping in tradition with all of

' albums, Variations sur le même t'aime features one English language track, a cover of

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's " Walk on the Wild Side". The single "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime" remains the most performed song (live) from this album. Despite being released in 1990, the album has consistently remained in print and sells a sizable number of copies each year, primarily in Paradis' native

, as well as in French-speaking

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Track listing

# "L'Amour à deux" 4:55 # "Dis-lui toi que je t'aime" 3:58 # "L'Amour en soi" 5:07 # "La Vague à lames" 3:15 # "Ophélie" 4:01 # "Flagrant délire" 3:45 # "

" 3:30 # "Au charme non plus" 3:50 # "Variations sur le même t'aime" 3:59 # "Amour jamais" 4:17 # "Ardoise" 4:00 # " Walk on the Wild Side" (

) 4:28 All songs written by

(lyrics) and

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(music), except where noted.

Personnel

*Marina Albert -

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*Antonietti, Pascault et Ass. -

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*Patrick Bourgoin -

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on "Au charme non plus" and "Walk on the Wild Side" *Ann Calvert - backing vocals *Bertrand Châtenet -

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& mixing *Philippe Cusset - additional engineer *Jus D'Orange - backing vocals *Alex Firla - assistant engineer *

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- backing vocals *Cyril Labesse - engineer on "L'amour en soi" *

- arranger,

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on "L'amour en soi" *Philippe Osman - arranger,

, bass programming, drum programming, guitar,

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* François Ovide - guitar on "Walk on the Wild Side" *Didier Pain - artistic coordinator *

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- guitar on "L'amour à deux" *Gérard Prévost -

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on "Walk on the Wild Side" *Frédérique Veysset -

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*Mixed at Studio Guillaume Tell

Charts

Certifications

References

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