Amoureux solitaires

"Amoureux solitaires"
Single by Lio
from the album Lio
Released1980 (1980)
GenreBubblegum pop
Length3:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jacno
Lio singles chronology
"Le Banana Split"
(1979) 		"Amoureux solitaires"
(1980) 		"Amicalement votre"
(1980)
Music video
"Amoureux solitaires" (TopPop) on YouTube

"Amoureux solitaires" (pronounced [amuʁø sɔlitɛːʁ]; French for 'Lonely lovers') is a song by the Belgian pop singer Lio. It was released in 1980 on Ariola Records and Arabella Records as the second single and as well as the sixth track from her debut self-titled album. It is a bubblegum pop song that was written by Elli Medeiros and Jacno and produced by the latter. It also reached the No. 1 slot on the Italian charts for two weeks.

Track listing

  1. "Amoureux solitaires"
  2. "La petite amazone"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 14
France (IFOP)[3] 1
Italy (FIMI)[4] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 4
Spain (AFYVE)[7] 2
Switzerland (Sonntagsblick Hitparade)[8] 20
West Germany (GfK)[9] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
Italy (FIMI)[10] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 51
West Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 46

Cover versions

  • Brazilian singer Sol recorded a Portuguese-language version titled "Meu gatinho" ('My kitten') that was released in 1981, as her debut single, in Brazil.
  • The song was recorded by Kim Kay on her 1998 album La vie en lilali.

References

  1. ^ "Lio – Amoureux solitaires" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Lio – Amoureux solitaires" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. ^ "InfoDisc : Accès direct à ces Artistes > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Lio – Amoureux solitaires". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 9, 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Lio – Amoureux solitaires" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  8. ^ Swiss Charts Archive. 22 March 1980.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lio – Amoureux solitaires" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Top Annuali Single 1981". Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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