"Mon ami m'a quittée" ( "My Friend Left Me") is the first single from

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

's album '' Les chemins de ma maison''. It was released in October 1983 in

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, Canada and in November 1983 in France. The song was very successful in Quebec. On 8 October 1983 it entered the singles chart and became number 1 for nine weeks. It spent twenty four weeks on the chart in total. Dion received also 2 Félix Awards the next year. "Mon ami m'a quittée" was released later as a single in France to promote Dion's first album in that country, '' Du soleil au cœur''. A music video was made in 1984, for the ''Sur les chemins de ma maison'' TV special. Dion recorded also a German version of this song called "Mon ami, geh nicht fort". It was included as B-side on " Was bedeute ich dir" single, released in Germany in 1984. "Mon ami m'a quittée" was also released as a single in the Netherlands in 1997 by BR Music to promote the '' C'est pour toi'' compilation. In 2005, the song became a part of Dion's official French best of album ''

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''.

Track listing and formats

* Canadian 7-inch single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # "Et puis un jour" – 3:12 * French 7-inch single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # "La dodo la do" – 3:00 * French 12-inch single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # " Ne me plaignez pas" – 3:46 * 1997 Dutch CD single # "Mon ami m'a quittée" – 3:00 # " Hymne à l'amitié" – 3:59

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mon ami m'a quittee 1983 singles 1983 songs Celine Dion songs Songs in French Song recordings produced by Eddy Marnay Songs written by Eddy Marnay