Je te donne

"Je te donne"
Single by Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones
from the album Non homologué
B-side "Confidentiel"
Released 1985
Format 7" single
Recorded France
Genre Pop
Length 4:25
Label Epic
Writer(s) Jean-Jacques Goldman
Michael Jones
Producer Jean-Jacques Goldman
Michael Jones
Certification Gold France, 1986
Jean-Jacques Goldman singles chronology
"Je marche seul"
(1985)		 "Je te donne"
(1985)		 "Les Restos du cœur"
(1986)

"Je te donne" is a bilingual pop song, recorded in English and French. It was successfully performed by Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones and was released as a single in late 1985. It reached number-one for eight weeks on the French Singles Chart, becoming one of the best-selling singles of the 1980s in France. The song has been covered by Worlds Apart in 1996, and achieved success in many countries where it was charted.

Contents

Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones version

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Je te donne" — 4:25
  2. "Confidentiel" by Jean-Jacques Goldman — 2:36

Charts

Chart (1985-1986) Peak
position
Eurochart Hot 100 20
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 1
Preceded by
"Lover Why" by Century		 French SNEP number-one single
December 1, 1984 - January 19, 1986 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Papa chanteur" by Jean-Luc Lahaye

Worlds Apart version

"Je te donne"
Single by Worlds Apart
from the album Everybody
B-side "Let the Sun Shine Down on You"
Released 1996
Format CD single
CD maxi
Genre Electronic
Length 3:43
Label Power Brothers
Writer(s) Jean-Jacques Goldman
Michael Jones
Producer Tee Green
Andy Reynolds
Certification Gold France, 1996
Worlds Apart singles chronology
"Everybody"
(1996)		 "Je te donne"
(1996)		 Just Say I Said Hello
(1996)

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Je te donne" (radio version) — 3:43
  2. "Let the Sun Shine Down on You" — 3:47
CD maxi
  1. "Je te donne" (radio version) — 3:43
  2. "Let the Sun Shine Down on You" — 3:47
  3. "Je te donne" (solid noise montreal mix) — 8:05
  4. "Je te donne" (organic technology Belgium mix) — 5:00

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] 35
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 3
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 3
German Singles Chart[3] 22
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 16
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 16

References

  1. ^ "Je te donne", by JJ Goldman and Michael Jones, in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 12, 2008)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Je te donne", by World Apart, in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  3. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Studio albums
Démodé (1981)  · Minoritaire (1982)  · Positif (1984)  · Non homologué (1985)  · Entre gris clair et gris foncé (1987)  · Fredericks Goldman Jones (1990)  · Rouge (1993)  · En passant (1997)  · Chansons pour les pieds (2001)
Live albums
En public (1986)  · Traces (1989)  · Sur scène (1992)  · Du New Morning au Zénith (1995)  · En passant tournée 1998 (1999)  · Un tour ensemble (2003)
Compilations
L'Intégrale 81/91 (1991)  · Singulier 81/89 (1996)  · L'Intégrale 90/00 (2000)  · Pluriel 90/96 (2002)
Singles
"Long Is the Road (Américain)" (1984)  · "Je marche seul" (1985)  · "Je te donne" (1985)  · "Pas toi" (1986)  · "Là-bas" (1987)  · "C'est ta chance" (1988)  · "Puisque tu pars" (1988)  · "Nuit" (1990)  · "À nos actes manqués" (1991)  · "Né en 17 à Leidenstadt" (1991)  · "C'est pas d'l'amour" (1991)  · "Un, deux, trois" (1992)  · "Tu manques" (1992)  · "4 Mots sur un piano" (2007)  · "La Promesse" (2011)
Associated artists