"On ne change pas"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album S'il suffisait d'aimer
B-side"Sur le même bateau"
Released1 March 1999 (1999-03-01)
RecordedMéga (Paris)
GenrePop
Length4:08
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jean-Jacques Goldman
Producer(s)
Celine Dion singles chronology
"S'il suffisait d'aimer"
(1999) 		"On ne change pas"
(1999) 		"Treat Her Like a Lady"
(1999)
Music video
"On ne change pas" on YouTube

"On ne change pas" (meaning "we do not change") is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her sixteenth studio album, S'il suffisait d'aimer (1998). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The song was released as the album's third single on 1 March 1999. "On ne change pas" topped the chart in Quebec for six weeks. Elsewhere, it peaked at numbers 11 in Poland, 16 in Belgium Wallonia and 17 in France.

Background and release

After D'eux became the best-selling French-language album of all time, Dion reunited with Jean-Jacques Goldman to record another album together.[1] S'il suffisait d'aimer was recorded between September 1997 and July 1998, and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi.[2] "On ne change pas", written by Goldman, was chosen as the third single. Commercially, it was released on 1 March 1999 in France and 15 March 1999 in Belgium. The song talks about childhood and adolescence, with lyrics saying that we do not change.[3] Dion admitted that she still feels like a little girl from Charlemagne, Quebec.[3] She often performed the song during her concerts. In 2005, it was included on her greatest hits album, On ne change pas.

Commercial performance

In Quebec, "On ne change pas" entered the chart on 27 February 1999, topped it for six weeks and spent 51 weeks there in total.[4] In Europe, it reached numbers 11 in Poland, 16 in Belgium Wallonia[5] and 17 in France.[6] On the airplay charts in the last two countries, "On ne change pas" peaked at numbers 3 in Belgium Wallonia[7] and 5 in France.[8]

Music video

"On ne change pas" music video was directed by Gilbert Namiand and released in March 1999.[9] Dion's only appearance in the video is in the form of a photograph taken of her with her grade-school class at age eight.[10] A second version of the video was later released, containing similar footage, but also featuring several scenes of Dion in the recording studio, as well as fragments from her previous music videos and concerts.[11] In 2005, the original version of the video was included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, On ne change pas.

Track listing and formats

  1. "On ne change pas" – 4:08
  2. "Sur le même bateau" – 4:25

Charts

Release history

"On ne change pas" release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
France 1 March 1999 CD Columbia [19]
Belgium 15 March 1999 [20]

References

  1. ^ "Histoire de culte: comment l'album D'eux de Céline Dion est devenu le disque francophone le plus vendu de tous les temps". Elle (in French). 30 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ "S'il suffisait d'aimer by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b "S'il suffisait d'aimer". celinedion.com. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Compilation des succès par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Céline Dion – On ne change pas" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Céline Dion – On ne change pas" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  7. ^ Sam Jaspers (2006). Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90-5720-232-8.
  8. ^ "Major Market Airplay" (PDF). Music & Media. 24 April 1999. p. 23. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Céline Dion: On ne change pas (Music Video 1999)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Céline Dion - On ne change pas (Clip officiel)". YouTube. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Céline Dion - On ne change pas (Version 2)". YouTube. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Céline Dion – On ne change pas" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 8 May 1999. p. 8. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Major Market Airplay: Poland" (PDF). Music & Media. 13 March 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Palmarès reconstitués de la chanson au Québec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Rapports annuels 1999" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Rapports annuels 1999 - singles francophones" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Tops de l'année - Top Singles 1999" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Celine Dion – On ne change pas". Discogs. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  20. ^ "New Releases This Week". Sony Music Belgium. Archived from the original on 14 December 2000. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

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