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J'irai o tu iras
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = J'irai o tu iras
| type = single
| artist = Celine Dion and Jean-Jacques Goldman
| album = D'eux
| released =
| studio = Studio Mga
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 3:27
| label = Columbia
| writer = Jean-Jacques Goldman
| producer = Jean-Jacques Goldman
| misc =
}}
"'J'irai o tu iras'" (meaning "I'll Go Where You Go") is a French-language duet between Celine Dion and Jean-Jacques Goldman from Dion's album, 'D'eux' (1995). It was released as a promotional single in Quebec in May 1996. The track was written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman.
Background and release
There was no video made for the song. Dion performed this song many times during her concerts and TV shows. She sang it as a live duet also with Garou, Luck Mervil and her band members. During the D'eux Tour and the Let's Talk About Love World Tour the singer/songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman came on stage during the Paris concerts to sing the song together with Dion. She performed it during her 20082009 Taking Chances World Tour and during her historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary, which was included on 'Cline sur les Plaines' DVD in 2008. During the latter concert, she sang it in Quebec together with Nanette Workman. In 2013, the song was performed during the Sans attendre Tour and the 'Celine...une seule fois' concert; during the latter, the song was performed with Quebecois singer, Jean-Marc Couture.
The song was featured on Cline Dion's greatest hits compilation 'On ne change pas' (2005). Live versions were a part of four other albums: 'Live Paris' (1996), 'Au cur du stade' (1999), and 'Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert' French edition (2010 with Marc Langis, the bassist in Dion's band, singing Jean-Jacques Goldman's part), and 'Cline une seule fois / Live 2013' (2014 with Jean-Marc Couture singing Jean-Jacques Goldman's part).
"J'irai o tu iras" entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on 11 May 1996 and peaked at number 14. It stayed fourteen weeks on the chart. In July 2017, during Dion's 2017 tour, the song entered the French Digital Singles Chart at number 183 and the French Sales Chart at number 184. In October 2019, "J'irai o tu iras" reached new peaks on the French Digital Singles Chart (number 40) and the French Sales Chart (number 39).
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