Puisque tu pars

Infobox Single
Name = Puisque tu pars


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Artist = Jean-Jacques Goldman
Album = Entre gris clair et gris foncé
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B-side = "Entre gris clair et gris foncé"
Released = July, 1988
Format = CD single
7" single
12" maxi
Recorded = France
Genre = Pop, Pop
Length = 4:50
Label = Epic
Writer = Jean-Jacques Goldman
Producer = Jean-Jacques Goldman
Marc Lumbroso
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Certification = Silver France, 1988
Last single = "C'est ta chance" (1988)
This single = "Puisque tu pars" (1988)
Next single = "Il changeait la vie" (1988)
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"Puisque tu pars" is a 1987 song recorded by the French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released in July 1988 as the fourth single from his album "Entre gris clair et gris foncé", on which it features as the sixth track in an extended version. The song was a number three hit in France.

Background, lyrics and music

Goldman explained that the song deals with "the departure, the separation and all that it implies". He said : "The idea of the theme came to me at the end of my concerts, when people sang: 'this is just a goodbye ...' [...] So I thought I was going to make a song about the departure, but to show that the departure is not necessarily sad, but there were also positive sides in the fact of leaving, of separating." [Interview of JJ Goldman, Europe 2, February 28, 1997] [Interview of JJ Goldman, Radio Maguelonne, April 26, 1998]

The song, which shows a "certain maturity" in the writing, has an "emotional expressiveness which depicts the dilemma of love which don't want to be possessive". [Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", p. 136 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)]

The song is included on several of Goldman's albums, such as "Traces", "Intégrale" and "Singulier" (best of), "Du New Morning au Zénith" and "Un tour ensemble" (in live versions). The live performance by Goldman and Les Fous Chantants features on the DVD "Solidarités Inondations".

Cover versions

"Puisque tu pars" was covered by Jean-Félix Lalanne in 1990, by Michael Lecler in 1996 (instrumental version), by Les Fous Chantants in 2000 (features on the album "1 000 choristes rendent hommage à Jean-Jacques Goldman", by Le Collège de l'Estérel in 2002, and by Les 500 Choristes in 2006 (for the compilation of the same name, eighth track). ["Les 500 Choristes", track listing and charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?titel=500+Choristes+Vol%2E+2&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved May 9, 2008)]

The song was also covered in English-language by Céline Dion, under the title "Let's Talk About Love", available on the album of the same name. ["Let's Talk About Love", Céline Dion, track listing and charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Let%27s+Talk+About+Love&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved May 9, 2008)] This version was also performed in 1999 by Bryan Adams on his CD maxi "Cloud #9". ["Cloud #9", Bryan Adams, track listing and charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=3917&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved May 9, 2008)] Tony Carreira made a cover version in Portuguese-language under the title "Jà que te vais".

Chart performances

The single was charted in France for 24 weeks, on the official chart established by the SNEP. It went straight to #23 on July 16, 1988 and reached the top ten two weeks later. It climbed quickly but remained behind the two summer hits "Nuit de folie" and "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)", peaking for three not consecutive weeks at #3. It totaled 15 weeks in the top ten and kept on dropping when it fell off it."Puisque tu pars", in French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=33317&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved May 8, 2008)] It achieved Silver status.French certifications [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-563.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved May 8, 2008)]

According to Infodisc website, 562,000 copies of the single were sold, making the hit the 446th best-selling single of all time in France. [Best-selling singles of all time in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=400 Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved May 9, 2008)]

The song was also released in Canada and Japan, but failed to reach the singles chart in these countries.

Track listings

; CD single
# "Puisque tu pars" — 7:24
# "Entre gris clair et gris foncé"
# "Tout petit monde"

; 7" single
# "Puisque tu pars" — 4:50
# "Entre gris clair et gris foncé" — 3:57

; 12" maxi
# "Puisque tu pars" (extended version) — 7:24
# "Puisque tu pars" (edit) — 4:50
# "Entre gris clair et gris foncé" — 3:57

Charts and certifications

{| class="wikitable sortable"! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Country! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Certification! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Date! bgcolor="#ebf5ff"|Sales certified
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France
align="center"|Silver
align="center"|1988
align="center"|200,000+
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References

External links

* [http://www.parler-de-sa-vie.net/jean-jacques-goldman.html "Puisque tu pars", story, lyrics and anecdotes] ("Chansons" => "En un clic" => "Puisque tu pars")