D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour

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"D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour"
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Single by Celine Dion
from the album Incognito
ReleasedOctober 1988 (1988-10)
Genre Pop
Length4:23
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Aldo Nova
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Jours de fièvre"
(1988)
"D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour"
(1988)
"Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
(1989)

"D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" (meaning "At First, What's Love?") is the sixth single from Celine Dion's album Incognito , released in October 1988 in Quebec, Canada. [1]

Contents

"D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" topped the Quebec chart for two weeks. It entered the chart on 17 October 1988 and stayed there twenty four weeks. The B-side of the single included the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest winner - "Ne partez pas sans moi", an unreleased track in Canada.

Track listings and formats

  1. "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" – 4:05
  2. "Ne partez pas sans moi" – 3:07

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Quebec (ADISQ) [3] 1

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References

  1. Incognito Archived 17 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 31 January 1996.
  2. D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour (Canadian 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. CBS. 1988. C5 3059.{{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.