Fais ce que tu voudras

For the 18th century club motto, see Hellfire Club. For the classical philosophy, see Thelema.

"Fais ce que tu voudras"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Les chansons en or
ReleasedJune 1986 (1986-06)
GenrePop
Length3:42
LabelTBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Eddy Marnay
Celine Dion singles chronology
"L'univers a besoin d'amour"
(1986)
"Fais ce que tu voudras"
(1986)
"On traverse un miroir"
(1987)
Audio
"Fais ce que tu voudras" on YouTube

"Fais ce que tu voudras" (meaning "Do Whatever You Want") is a song written by composer René Grignon and French lyricist Eddy Marnay. It is the first and only single from Celine Dion's greatest hits album Les chansons en or. It was released in June 1986 in Quebec, Canada.[1]

Background edit

On 14 June 1986 this melancholic ballad entered the Quebec Singles Chart and peaked at number 36, spending twelve weeks on the chart.

The B-side included "Tu es là", which was taken from the album, C'est pour toi.

Dion filmed her first real French-language music video for this single in 1986. It was directed by François Girard and featured Dion at a train station. This music video can be found on the DVD called On ne change pas (2005). It was Dion's second music video after her first English-language song "Listen to the Magic Man".

The title alludes to the proverb coined by French Renaissance writer François Rabelais, which has later become a main tenet of the modern-day thelemic occult movement in the English version by Aleister Crowley: "Do what thou wilt".

Track listings and formats edit

  • Canadian 7" single[2]
  1. "Fais ce que tu voudras" – 3:42
  2. "Tu es là" – 2:43

Charts edit

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Quebec (ADISQ)[3] 36

References edit

  1. ^ Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
  2. ^ Fais ce que tu voudras (Canadian 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. TBS. 1986. TBS 5564-DJ.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion". Québec Info Musique. Retrieved 2 September 2014.