Les chansons en or

Les chansons en or
Les chansons en or
Greatest hits album by Celine Dion
Released	22 April 1986
Recorded	1981–1986
Studio	C.B.E. (Paris); Family Sound (Paris); Marylin (Boucherville); Montmartre (Paris); St-Charles (Longueuil);
Genre	Pop
Length	39:51
Language	French
Label	TBS
Producer	René Angélil; Paul Baillargeon; Daniel Hétu; Marcel Lefebvre; Eddy Marnay; Rudi Pascal;
Celine Dion chronology
Singles from Les chansons en or
	"Fais ce que tu voudras"; Released: June 1986;

Les chansons en or (transl. "the golden songs") is the second greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released in Quebec, Canada on 22 April 1986, through TBS and distributed by Trans-Canada Disques. Les chansons en or includes Dion's biggest hits from her previous studio albums and one new track, "Fais ce que tu voudras". The album reached number 15 on the chart in Quebec.

Background and conception

At 18 years old, Dion released her second greatest hits album, Les chansons en or.^[1] This compilation includes biggest hits of her previous five studio albums: La voix du bon Dieu (1981), Tellement j'ai d'amour... (1982), Les chemins de ma maison (1983), Mélanie (1984), and C'est pour toi (1985).^[2] It features the number-one singles "D'amour ou d'amitié" and "Mon ami m'a quittée", and other top 10 hits: "Une colombe" (number two), "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" (number three), "C'est pour toi" (number three), "Mon rêve de toujours" (number four), and Dion's debut single "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" (number eight).^[3]^[4] The album also includes the original composition, "Fais ce que tu voudras", with lyrics by Eddy Marnay and music by René Grignon, a young Quebec composer who had sent a demo of the song to Dion's management a few months before.^[1] "Fais ce que tu voudras" reached number 36 in Quebec and the music video, directed by François Girard, was nominated for Video of the Year at the Félix Awards in 1987.^[5]^[6]

Track listing

Track 1 produced by René Angélil and Daniel Hétu. Track 2 produced by Eddy Marnay and Angélil. Tracks 3-7, 10 produced by Marnay and Rudi Pascal. Track 8 produced by Angélil. Track 9 produced by Paul Baillargeon, Marcel Lefebvre and Angélil. Track 11 produced by Marnay.

*Les chansons en or* track listing^[7]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ce n'était qu'un rêve"	Thérèse Dion	Celine Dion Jacques Dion	3:49
2.	"La voix du bon Dieu"	Marnay	Marnay	3:15
3.	"Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi"	Marnay	Hubert Giraud	2:57
4.	"D'amour ou d'amitié"	Marnay	Jean-Pierre Lang Roland Vincent	3:58
5.	"Mon ami m'a quittée"	Marnay	Christian Loigerot Thierry Geoffroy	3:00
6.	"Les chemins de ma maison"	Marnay	Patrick Lemaitre Alain Bernard	4:15
7.	"Mon rêve de toujours"	Marnay	Jean-Pierre Goussaud	4:17
8.	"Mélanie"	Marnay	Diane Juster	3:43
9.	"Une colombe"	Lefebvre	Baillargeon	3:08
10.	"C'est pour toi"	Marnay	François Orenn	4:01
11.	"Fais ce que tu voudras"	Marnay	René Grignon	3:42
Total length:				39:51

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Quebec Albums (ADISQ)^[8]	15

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format(s)	Catalog	Ref.
Canada	22 April 1986	TBS	Cassette vinyl LP	TBS4-507 TBS 507	^[1]
Canada	1990	TBS	CD	TBSCD-507	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Music: Les chansons en or". Feeling Productions Inc. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
^ "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion - D'amour ou d'amitié" (in French). Québec Info Musique. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
^ "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion - Mon ami m'a quittée" (in French). Québec Info Musique. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
^ "Gala de l'ADISQ - 1987" (in French). ADISQ. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
^ "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion - Fais ce que tu voudras" (in French). Québec Info Musique. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
^ Les chansons en or (booklet). Celine Dion. TBS. 1986. TBS 507.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Palmarès des ventes d'albums au Québec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

External links

Les chansons en or at Discogs (list of releases)

[FeelingProductionsInc-1] "Music: Les chansons en or". Feeling Productions Inc. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

[2] Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.

[3] "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion - D'amour ou d'amitié" (in French). Québec Info Musique. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

[4] "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion - Mon ami m'a quittée" (in French). Québec Info Musique. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

[5] "Gala de l'ADISQ - 1987" (in French). ADISQ. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

[6] "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion - Fais ce que tu voudras" (in French). Québec Info Musique. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

[7] Les chansons en or (booklet). Celine Dion. TBS. 1986. TBS 507.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[8] "Palmarès des ventes d'albums au Québec" (in French). Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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