"Et si tu n'existais pas" ( en, And if you did not exist) is a 1975 song by

Joe Dassin Joseph Ira Dassin (; 5 November 1938 – 20 August 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter and actor. He was the son of film director Jules Dassin. Early life Dassin was born in New York City to American film director Jules Dassin (19 ...

. It is the first track of his album ''

Joe Dassin (Le Costume blanc) ''Joe Dassin'' (commonly called ''Le Costume blanc'' after the fourth track on side 1 or ''Ça va pas changer le monde'' after the first track on side 2) is the ninth French studio album by Joe Dassin. It came out in 1975 on CBS Disques CBS ...

''. The lyrics are by

Pierre Delanoë Pierre Delanoë (16 December 1918 – 27 December 2006), born Pierre Charles Marcel Napoléon Leroyer in Paris, France, was a French lyricist who wrote thousands of songs for dozens of singers, including Dalida, Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Pe ...

and

Claude Lemesle Claude may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...

, the music is by

Salvatore Cutugno Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno (; born 7 July 1943) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his worldwide hit song, " L'Italiano", released on his 1983 album of the same title. Cutugno also won the Eurovision Song Con ...

and Pasquale Losito. The song was covered by

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(in French) in 2012.

Track listings

7" promo single CBS 3907 (1975, France) :A. "Et si tu n'existais pas" (3:25) :AA. " Ça va pas changer le monde" (3:00) 7" single CBS 4112, CBS C5 8122 (1976) # "Et si tu n'existais pas" (3:25) # "Salut" (3:20) or # "Salut" (3:20) # "Et si tu n'existais pas" (3:25)

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10 essentiële nummers voor een geslaagde Thé Dansant
– KnackFocus.be (in Dutch) {{authority control 1975 songs 1975 singles Joe Dassin songs French songs CBS Records singles Songs written by Pierre Delanoë Songs written by Toto Cutugno Songs with lyrics by Vito Pallavicini Number-one singles in France Songs written by Claude Lemesle Song recordings produced by Jacques Plait