"Pour toi Arménie" (English translation: "For You, Armenia") is a 1989 song written and composed by

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( ; ; ; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a Armenians in France, French singer and songwriter of Armenian descent. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringi ...

, and recorded by a group of French singers (and also a few actors and TV presenters) who were popular at the time. This

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was intended to raise funds to help the

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who experienced the 1988 Spitak earthquake. It sold more than 1 million copies under the Trema-EMI label.

Background and writing

This song was entirely written and composed by

and

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which made a great tribute to the country of his ancestral origins and his relationship that he always have kept in his heart. After the earthquake in Armenia, he asked his singers, actors and TV presenters friends to sing with him "Pour toi Arménie", song devoted to help victims of this tragedy. At the same time, in the United Kingdom, the collective band named

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made a cover of "

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" also for the same charitable purpose.

Vocalists

The artists that composed this group were : *

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All the names feature on the single's cover.

Track listings

; 7" single # "Pour toi Arménie" – 4:05 # "Ils sont tombés" – 4:06 The vinyl version of "Ils sont tombés" is recitated, unlike other versions.

Chart performances

In France, "Pour toi Arménie" had an immediate huge success: it went straight to number one on the French SNEP Singles Chart edition of 11 February 1989 and remained atop for ten weeks, then dropped and left the chart after 18 weeks of presence. The same year, the single was certified

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by the French certifier, the

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. It featured for a long time in the

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as it was the first single to enter the French Singles Chart at number one.Alex P. King, ''Hit-parade, 20 ans de tubes'', 2005, Pascal Ed., p. 9 (
Vingt ans de tubes
(Retrieved 23 April 2008) It was also the first appearance of

on the French top 50. In addition, "Pour toi Arménie" was a top three hit in Belgium (Wallonia), and debuted at a peak of number four on the

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, and remained on the chart for 17 weeks.

Italian version

An Italian version of the song, with the Aznavour's lyrics adapted in Italian by

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, was recorded with the title "Per te Armenia" in the

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Vivien Vee Viviana Andreattini (born 2 May 1960), known under the stage name of Vivien Vee, is a retired Italian singer. Life and career Born in Trieste, Vee debuted in 1979 as an electronic disco project produced by Claudio Simonetti and Giancarlo Meo. Her ...

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Massimo Boldi Massimo Antonio Boldi (born 23 July 1945) is an Italian stand-up comedian and actor. Biography Boldi was born in Luino on 23 July 1945. In 1955 his family moved to Milan, where he joined evening classes and began working as a window-dresser ...

Alessandra Mussolini Alessandra Mussolini (born 30 December 1962) is an Italian politician, television personality, model and former actress and singer. Mussolini has been a member of both houses of the Italian Parliament as well as the European Parliament. She is ...

Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini Persili (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian singer, actress, dancer, and television presenter. Life and career Cuccarini was born in Rome. At nine years old, she started to attend the dance school of (choreographer and husb ...

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Vittorio Gassman Vittorio Gassman (; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as , was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important producti ...

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