Je ne veux pas

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"Je ne veux pas"
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Single by Celine Dion
from the album The Best of Celine Dion
Released1987 (1987)
Genre Pop
Length3:50
Label Pathé Marconi
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Romano Musumarra
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Incognito"
(1987)
"Je ne veux pas"
(1987)
"Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)"
(1987)

"Je ne veux pas" (meaning "I Don't Want To") is a single by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in France in mid-1987. The song was written and produced by Romano Musumarra who later worked with Dion on her 1991 album Dion chante Plamondon . [1]

Contents

Background

The 7" B-side contained an unreleased track "Comment t'aimer," also produced by Musumarra, and the 12" included extended and extended instrumental version.

The back sleeve of the 12" indicates "Comment t'aimer" (5:27) as the B-side; however, it is an extended instrumental for the same running time which is engraved in the record.

There was no follow-up album. The single was included on Dion's next year compilation The Best of Celine Dion .

"Je ne veux pas" was never released in Canada.

Track listings and formats

  1. "Je ne veux pas" – 3:50
  2. "Comment t'aimer" – 3:58
  1. "Je ne veux pas" (extended) – 6:37
  2. "Je ne veux pas" (extended instrumental) – 5:27

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