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Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps

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"'Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps'" is a 1999 song recorded by French artist David Hallyday. It was the lead single from his album 'Un Paradis / Un Enfer', released about two weeks after the single, in June 1999. It was a hit in France (a number-one single) and Belgium (Wallonia) and remains to date David Hallyday's most successful single.

Song information



The music was composed by the singer himself, while the lyrics were written by Lionel Florence, a composer who had previously worked with many artists such as Alain Chamfort, Faudel, Florent Pagny, Jane Birkin, Pascal Obispo and Patricia Kaas (later, it has also composed for Nolwenn Leroy, Natasha St-Pier and many others). The song is dedicated to Hallyday's grandfather and he addresses directly to him in the lyrics.

The song brings emotion "on a spontaneous mode which uses its most forceful sentences from the universe of the children : constructions inspired by the spoken language which break the semantic rules, idealistic oaths as much as solemn". The music seems to express both nostalgy and regrets, created by the guitar in the introduction and the violins in the refrains.Elia Habib, 'Muz hit. tubes', p. 464,465

"Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps" is also available on many French compilations, such as 'Hit Connection Best Of 1999', 'Hit Express 8', 'La Discothque du XX sicle', 'Lionel Florence: des rencontres et des mots' (2002) and 'Hits de diamant' (2007).

The song was awarded the Price Vincent Scotto by the SACEM.Prix Vincent Scotto : "Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps" David HALLYDAY [http://www.sacem.fr/portailSacem/jsp/ep/contentViewRelatedItem.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&contentId=536882817 Sacem.fr] (Retrieved October 10, 2008)

In 2006, the song was covered by Chimne Badi, Liane Foly, Maurane and Yannick Noah. Their version was included as tenth track of the first CD on Les Enfoirs' album 'Le Village des Enfoirs'.'Le Village des Enfoirs', track listings and charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=32922&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved October 9, 2008)

Chart performances



In France, the song went to number eight on the SNEP singles chart, on 5 June 1999, three days after its release. It stayed for twenty consecutive weeks in the top ten, including a peak at top in the sixth week. Thereafter, the song dropped, first slowly, then quickly and remained in the top 50 for 29 weeks and in the top 100 for 30 weeks."Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=121636&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved October 9, 2008)

In Belgium (Wallonia), the single ranked on the Ultratop 40 for 26 weeks. It debuted at number 26 on 19 June 1999, climbed rather quickly and eventually peaked at number two on 7 August. The song managed to stayed for 16 weeks in the top seven, then dropped regularly."Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/1db24/David-Hallyday-Tu-ne-m'as-pas-laisse-le-temps Ultratop.be] (Retrieved October 9, 2008)

Track listings



* ' CD single'

# "Tu ne m'as pas laiss le temps" 4:23

# "Un Petit Peu de toi" 3:59

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Category:1999 singles

Category:David Hallyday songs

Category:French-language songs

Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Pop ballads

Category:Songs written by Lionel Florence

Category:Songs written by David Hallyday

Category:1999 songs

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