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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–80 | |||
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| Label | Ariola (Benelux) Arabella (France) Warner Music Group Ze Records | |||
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Lio, also known as Premier Album, is the debut album by Belgian pop singer Lio. It features the hit singles "Amoureux solitaires", "Amicalement votre" and her signature song "Le Banana Split".
| Release date | Single | Sales Figures | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Le Banana Split" | 700,000 | #1 FRA [2] |
| 1980 | "Amoureux solitaires" | 964,000 | #1 FRA, #1 ITA, #10 AUT, #11, GER [2] |
| 1980 | "Amicalement votre" | #19 FRA, #59 GER [2] |
The album was originally released by the record company Ariola (Benelux and Spain), and Arabella (France) in 1980. [3] It was re-released by Warner Music Group in 1996. Finally, a second re-issue by Ze Records followed in 2005 with four bonus tracks, including the extended version of the main hit single "Le Banana Split", "Teenager" (the b-side of "Le Banana Split") and the Spanish version of the single "Amoureux solitaires".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Amicalement Votre" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:44 |
| 2. | "J'obtiens toujours tout ce que je veux" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Comix Discomix" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 3:36 |
| 4. | "La panthère rose" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:35 |
| 5. | "You Go To My Head" | Haven Gillespie / J. Fred Coots | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Amoureux solitaires" | Elli Medeiros / Jacno / Jacques Duvall (translation - uncredited) | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Si belle et inutile" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Bébé vampire" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:40 |
| 9. | "Speedy Gonzales" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 3:14 |
| 10. | "La petite amazone" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Le Banana Split" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:31 |
| 12. | "Oz" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Teenager" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 5:23 |
| 2. | "Je ne sais pas dire oui" | Jacques Duvall / Marc Moulin | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Amantes Solitarios" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Le Banana Split (Version Longue 1979)" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 6:19 |
According to Lio's autobiography Pop Model, [5] it was her lyricist Jacques Duvall who translated the lyrics of "Lonely Lovers", the original English-language song by French punk band Stinky Toys which became "Amoureux solitaires". However, if composer-guitarist Jacno approved the cover, singer-lyricist Elli Medeiros didn't. In the end, Duvall couldn't have his name in the official credits of the song and didn't get any royalties for it.
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French SNEP Albums Chart | 9 [2] |
| Region | Sales (1980) |
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| France | 150,000 [2] |
| Song | Single |
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| "Teenager" | "Le Banana Split"/7" vinyl (Belgium & France) |
| "Le Banana Split (Long Disco Version)" | "Le Banana Split"/12" maxi vinyl (Belgium & France) |
| "Marie Antoinette" (English Version of "Le Banana Split") | "Le Banana Split"/7" vinyl (UK) [6] |
| "Petite amazone" | "Amoureux solitaires"/7" vinyl |
| "Speedy Gonzales" | "Amoureux solitaires"/7" vinyl (Canada) [7] |
| "Si belle et inutile" | "Amicalement votre"/7" vinyl (France, Germany & Netherlands) |
| "You Go To My Head" | "Amicalement votre"/7" vinyl (Japan) [8] |
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