Du soleil au cœur

Du soleil au cœur
Compilation album by
Celine Dion
Released20 September 1983 (1983-09-20)
Recorded1982–1983
GenrePop
Length35:55
LabelPathé-Marconi
Producer
Celine Dion chronology
Les chemins de ma maison
(1983) 		Du soleil au cœur
(1983) 		Chants et contes de Noël
(1983)
Singles from Du soleil au cœur
  1. "D'amour ou d'amitié"
    Released: December 1982
  2. "Mon ami m'a quittée"
    Released: November 1983

Du soleil au cœur (English: "sunshine in the heart") is the first French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in France on 20 September 1983.[1] It is also Dion's first album released in France. It includes mainly songs from her two albums released in Quebec, Canada: Tellement j'ai d'amour... (1982) and Les chemins de ma maison (1983).

Content

The album is a compilation of songs from Dion's two Canadian albums: Tellement j'ai d'amour... and Les chemins de ma maison.[2] It was released thanks to "D'amour ou d'amitié" success in France (number five on the Singles Chart). "Mon ami m'a quittée" was the follow-up single.

Du soleil au cœur included an extended version of "Ne me plaignez pas" and one new song, called "À quatre pas d'ici" (French adaptation of Bucks Fizz's UK number-one hit "The Land of Make Believe"). The latter was originally written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield. Both of them worked with Dion again in 1993 ("Think Twice") and 1996 ("Call the Man"). The Canadian fans could find "À quatre pas d'ici" on Dion's Christmas album Chants et contes de Noël, released in November 1983.

On 4 April 2002, after nineteen years Du soleil au cœur was re-released in France on a CD, including five bonus tracks. On 16 May 2008 it was also released in Switzerland.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."D'amour ou d'amitié"
  • Marnay
  • Rudi Pascal
3:58
2."La dodo la do"
  • Marnay
  • Christian Gaubert
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:00
3."Mon ami m'a quittée"
  • Marnay
  • Christian Loigerot
  • Thierry Geoffroy
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:00
4."Ne me plaignez pas"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:44
5."Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
2:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Du soleil au cœur"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
2:40
2."À quatre pas d'ici"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:57
3."Les chemins de ma maison"
  • Marnay
  • Patrick Lemaitre
  • Alain Bernard
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:15
4."Hello mister Sam"
  • Marnay
  • Loigerot
  • Geoffroy
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:13
5."Le vieux monsieur de la rue Royale"
  • Marnay
  • Alain Noreau
4:12
Total length:35:55
2002 CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Trois heures vingt"
  • Marnay
  • Lemaitre
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:38
12."Benjamin"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:37
13."La voix du bon Dieu"
  • Marnay
  • Suzanne-Mia Dumont
  • Marnay
  • Angélil
3:18
14."Trop jeune à dix-sept ans"
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
4:53
15."Paul et Virginie"
  • Marnay
  • Loigerot
  • Geoffroy
  • Marnay
  • Pascal
3:54
Total length:56:15

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[3]


Release history

Release dates and formats for Du soleil au cœur
Region Date Label Format Catalog
France 20 September 1983 Pathé-Marconi LP 165233 1
Cassette 165233 4
4 April 2002 Sony Music CD SMM 5032582
Switzerland 16 May 2008

References

  1. ^ "Du soleil au coeur". Epic Rights, Inc. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
  3. ^ "Du Soleil au Coeur > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 February 2023.