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"'Savoir aimer'" is a 1997 song recorded by the French singer Florent Pagny. It was the first single from his album of the same name, on which it features as first track, and his 14th single overall. Released in October 1997, it was a smash success in France and Belgium, topping the chart for several months, and remaining Pagny's most successful single.

Background and writing



The song was composed by Pascal Obispo, who also participated in other two songs on Pagny's album, and written by Lionel Florence, who had also worked for many French singers.Elia Habib, 'Muz hit. tubes', p. 399 In the music video, Pagny is in front of the camera and transcribed the song in French Sign Language.

The song has been performed on Pagny's concerts tours in 1998, 2004 and 2005, and is thus available on the singer's live albums 'En concert', 't 2003 l'Olympia' and 'Baryton - L'Intgrale du spectacle'. It is part of Pagny's 2008 compilation 'Les 50 Plus Belles Chansons'.

In 2001, the song has been covered by Pagny himself in a duet version with Souad Massi on his album '2' (14th track), which contains songs originally performed by Pagny or other artists overdubbed as duets.'2', track listing and charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Florent+Pagny&titel=2&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 16 June 2008) As the song was a great success in France, it was included throughout the years on many famous compilations in France, such as 'Hit Express 5', 'Les Plus Grandes Chansons du Sicle, vol. 1' (released in 1999), 'Lionel Florence: des Rencontres et des Mots', 'Les Plus Belles Victoires de la Musique' (2002), 'Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons' (2006) and 'Hits de diamant' (2007).

In 1999 Dutch singer Liesbeth List recorded a Dutch version of this song, called 'Heb het Leven Lief,' for her album 'Vergezicht', the Dutch lyrics were written by Han Kooreneef.

Chart performances



In France, the single went straight to number one on the singles chart on 25 October 1997, which was very rare at the time (it was the fifth). It was dislodged the week after by Aqua's huge hit "Barbie Girl", but managed to reach again number one the week after, and remained at the top for a total of nine weeks. It then dropped first slowly, then more quickly and featured for 19 weeks in the top ten, 23 weeks in the top 50 and 24 weeks in the top 100."Savoir aimer", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=13162&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 16 June 2008) It achieved Diamond status1997 certifications in France [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=1998&type=10 Disqueenfrance.com] (Retrieved 16 June 2008) and was ranked sixth on the 1997 Annual Chart established only ten weeks after the single release.1997 French Singles Chart [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?id=259376&year=1997 Disqueenfrance.com] (Retrieved 16 June 2008)

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song entered the chart at number 21 on 8 November, climbed to number two, two weeks later and stayed at this place for five weeks, behind "Barbie Girl". Then it topped the chart for four weeks, then almost did not stop to drop. It totaled 14 weeks in the top ten, 19 weeks in the top 20 and 24 weeks in the top 40."Savoir aimer", Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/336a/Florent-Pagny-Savoir-aimer Ultratop.be] (Retrieved 16 June 2008) It was the fifth best-selling single of 1997, with only nine weeks on the chart.1997 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997 Ultratop.be] (Retrieved 16 June 2008)

Track listings



* 'CD single'

# "Savoir aimer" 4:43

# "Combien a va" 3:40

* 'Digital download'

# "Savoir aimer" 4:40

# "Savoir aimer" (1998 live version) 5:26

# "Savoir aimer" (2004 live version) 7:22

# "Savoir aimer" (2005 live baryton version) 4:18

# "Savoir aimer" (duet with Souad Massi) 4:09

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Category:1997 singles

Category:Florent Pagny songs

Category:Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles

Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Pop ballads

Category:Songs with music by Pascal Obispo

Category:Songs written by Lionel Florence

Category:1997 songs

Category:Polydor Records singles

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