Les derniers seront les premiers

"Les derniers seront les premiers"
Single by Celine Dion and Jean-Jacques Goldman
from the album Live à Paris
Released October 21, 1996
Format Promotional recording
Recorded 1995 Zenith Theatre, Paris
Genre Pop
Length 3:53
Label Columbia, Epic
Writer(s) Jean-Jacques Goldman
Producer(s) Claude Lemay
Celine Dion singles chronology
"All by Myself"
(1996)
"Les derniers seront les premiers"
(1996)
"Send Me a Lover"
(1997)

"Les derniers seront les premiers" (meaning "The Last Shall Be First") is a promotional single from Celine Dion's album Live à Paris. It was released on October 21, 1996 in Europe and Canada. Dion performed it as a live duet with Jean-Jacques Goldman.[1]

"Les derniers seront les premiers" was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and originally featured on album D'eux in 1995, where Goldman does the backing vocals only.

The music video was taken from the concert in Zenith Theatre, Paris. It can be found on the Live à Paris DVD.

"Les derniers seront les premiers" peaked at number 3 on the Quebec Airplay Chart, entering it on November 16, 1996 and spending 35 weeks there in total. It reached also number 47 on the Belgian Wallonia Airplay Chart.

Formats and track listings

Canadian/European promotional CD single

  1. "Les derniers seront les premiers" (live) – 3:53

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Airplay Flanders)[2] 141
Belgium (Ultratop Airplay Wallonia)[2] 47
Quebec (ADISQ)[3] 3

References

  1. Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jaspers, Sam (2006). Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90-5720-232-8.
  3. "Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion". Québec Info Musique. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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