''Du soleil au cœur'' (English: "sunshine in the heart") is the first French-language

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by Canadian singer

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, released in France on 20 September 1983. It is also Dion's first album released in France. It includes mainly songs from her two albums released in

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, Canada: '' Tellement j'ai d'amour...'' (1982) and '' Les chemins de ma maison'' (1983).

Content

The album is a compilation of songs from Dion's two Canadian albums: '' Tellement j'ai d'amour...'' and '' Les chemins de ma maison''. It was released thanks to " D'amour ou d'amitié" success in France (number five on the Singles Chart). " Mon ami m'a quittée" was the follow-up single. ''Du soleil au cœur'' included an extended version of " Ne me plaignez pas" and one new song, called "À quatre pas d'ici" (French adaptation of Bucks Fizz's UK number-one hit " The Land of Make Believe"). The latter was originally written by Andy Hill and

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. Both of them worked with Dion again in 1993 (" Think Twice") and 1996 (" Call the Man"). The Canadian fans could find "À quatre pas d'ici" on Dion's Christmas album '' Chants et contes de Noël'', released in November 1983. On 4 April 2002, after nineteen years ''Du soleil au cœur'' was re-released in France on a CD, including five bonus tracks. On 16 May 2008 it was also released in Switzerland.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from

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. * Aaron Bernard – composer *

Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the " Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had a significant impact on popular musi ...

– primary artist * Stephan Dumont – composer * Claude Gaudette – composer * Thierry Geoffroy – composer *

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– composer * Andy Hill – composer * J.P. Lang – composer * Patrick Lemaitre – composer * Christian Loigerot – composer * Eddy Marnay – composer * Pierre Papadiamandis – composer *

– composer * Steve Thompson – composer * R. Walt Vincent – composer

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soleil au coeur, Du 1983 compilation albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion compilation albums Albums produced by René Angélil