"Je danse dans ma tête" (meaning "I dance inside my head") is a song by Canadian singer

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from her tenth studio album, '' Dion chante Plamondon'' (1991). It was written by French-Canadian lyricist

Luc Plamondon Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. His work includes the musicals Starmania (musical), ''Starmania'' and Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He is the brot ...

and Italian composer Romano Musumarra, and produced by Musumarra. In March 1992, "Je danse dans ma tête" was released as the third promotional single in Quebec and the lead commercial single in France. It reached number three on the airplay chart in Quebec. The music video, directed by Alain DesRochers, won the Much Music Video Award for Best Adult Contemporary Video in 1992.

Background and release

"Je danse dans ma tête" was written by French-Canadian lyricist

and Italian composer Romano Musumarra, and produced by Musumarra. It was one of four new songs written for the album '' Dion chante Plamondon'', which was released in Canada in November 1991. In March 1992, "Je danse dans ma tête" was issued as the third promotional single in Quebec, after " Des mots qui sonnent" and " L'amour existe encore". The same month, "Je danse dans ma tête" was released commercially as the lead single in France, where the album was renamed ''Des mots qui sonnent'' and issued in May 1992. The commercial single included other songs from the album, "

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" and "Les uns contre les autres", and the promotional single featured two remixes created by Mark Frank and Musumarra. On 18 May 1992, Dion performed "Je danse dans ma tête" during TV show ''Stars 90'' in France. In 2005, it was included on her greatest hits album, ''

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''.

Critical reception

According to ''

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'' magazine, Dion took an unexpected turn towards dance in "Je danse dans ma tête", but she sounds confident in her new role. They wrote that the chorus with the word "danse" sung in a deliberate stuttering voice is one of the funniest gimmicks of late.

Commercial performance

"Je danse dans ma tête" entered the airplay chart in Quebec on 23 March 1992 and peaked at number three. It stayed on the chart for fourteen weeks.

Music video

The music video was directed by Alain DesRochers and released in March 1992. It won the Much Music Video Award for Best Adult Contemporary Video in September 1992. In 2005, it was included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, ''

''.

Track listing and formats

* French 7-inch, cassette and mini CD single # "Je danse dans ma tête – 4:13 # "

" – 2:56 * French CD maxi single # "Je danse dans ma tête" – 4:13 # "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" – 2:56 # "Les uns contre les autres" – 3:09 * French and Canadian promotional CD single # "Je danse dans ma tête" (original version) – 4:13 # "Je danse dans ma tête" ("Europe mix" version) – 4:35 # "Je danse dans ma tête" ("Europe mix" club version) – 6:32

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Je danse dans ma tete 1991 songs 1992 singles Celine Dion songs Columbia Records singles Epic Records singles Songs in French Songs with lyrics by Luc Plamondon Songs about dancing Songs written by Romano Musumarra