"S'il suffisait d'aimer" (meaning "if only love could be enough") is a song by Canadian singer

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 ...

from her sixteenth studio album, ''

S'il suffisait d'aimer ''S'il suffisait d'aimer'' (English: "if only love could be enough") is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her eleventh French-language album. It was released by Sony Music on 31 August 1998. The album was mainly writ ...

'' (1998). It was written by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a retired French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017, he has been the highest-grossing ...

and produced by Goldman and

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. The song was released as the album's second single on 23 November 1998. It peaked inside top 10 in France, Quebec and Belgium Wallonia, and was certified Gold in France and Belgium.

Background and release

After '' D'eux'' became the best-selling French-language album of all time, Dion reunited with

to record another album together. ''

'' was recorded between September 1997 and July 1998, and produced by Goldman and

. The title track "S'il suffisait d'aimer", written by Goldman, was chosen as the second single. Commercially, it was released on 23 November 1998 in France and 7 December 1998 in Belgium. The song became the most successful from the album and Dion often performed it during her concerts. In 2005, "S'il suffisait d'aimer" was included on her greatest hits album, '' On ne change pas''.

Commercial performance

In Quebec, "S'il suffisait d'aimer" entered the chart on 7 November 1998, peaked at number five and spent 42 weeks on it. In Europe, the single reached numbers four in France, six in Belgium Wallonia, 72 in Belgium Flanders, and as a result number 19 on the

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chart. It was certified Gold in France and Belgium.

Music video

The official live music video for "S'il suffisait d'aimer" was recorded in September 1998 in

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during the Let's Talk About Love World Tour. It was directed by Yannick Saillet. In 2005, the video was included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, '' On ne change pas''.

Track listing and formats

* French CD single # "S'il suffisait d'aimer" – 3:35 # "Tous les blues sont écrits pour toi" – 4:50 * French second CD single # "S'il suffisait d'aimer" – 3:35 # " I'm Your Angel" (radio version) – 4:49

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * * {{Celine Dion songs 1998 singles 1998 songs 1990s ballads Celine Dion songs Columbia Records singles Epic Records singles Songs in French Pop ballads Songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman