Les yeux au ciel

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"Les yeux au ciel"
Les yeux au ciel single by Celine Dion.jpg
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Encore un soir
Released14 April 2017 (2017-04-14)
Recorded2016
Genre Pop
Length2:57
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Je nous veux"
(2017)
"Les yeux au ciel"
(2017)
"Ashes"
(2018)
Audio video
"Les yeux au ciel" on YouTube

"Les yeux au ciel" (meaning "Looking up to the Sky") is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 April 2017 as the fourth single in France from Encore un soir (2016). [1] [2] [3] The lyrics were written by Grand Corps Malade and the music was composed by Mutine (Manon Romiti and Silvio Lisbonne) and Florent Mothe. [1] [2] [3] Lisbonne handled the production with Tiborg serving as an additional producer. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Commercial performance

In early September 2016, after the release of Encore un soir , "Les yeux au ciel" entered the French Digital Singles Chart at number 168 and the French Overall Singles Chart at number 169. [4] [5] It stayed on both charts for three weeks. [4] [5] On 20 June 2017, "Les yeux au ciel" entered the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart at number fifty. [6] On 4 July 2017, it reached number forty-three. [6]

Live performances

On 7 September 2016, Dion performed "Les yeux au ciel" for the very first time on television on M6's Music Show – 100% tubes 2016 in France. [7] On 1 October 2016, she also performed it on Le Grand Show on France 2. [8] Both shows were recorded in June 2016, while Dion was touring France with her Summer Tour 2016. [7] [8]

Credits and personnel

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Les yeux au ciel"
Chart (2016–2017)Peak
position
Canada AC ( Billboard ) [6] 43
France (SNEP) [5] 169

Release history

"Les yeux au ciel" release history
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
France14 April 2017 Contemporary hit radio Columbia [1]
CanadaJune 2017

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