Obsession (Nudimension song)

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"Obsession"
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Single by Nudimension
B-side "Instrumental"
ReleasedMay 1984
Format7" Vinyl Single
RecordedFountain Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Length4:00
Label Saison (Canada)
Songwriter(s) Louie Rondeau
Producer(s) Ben Kaye
Nudimension singles chronology
"Amour Programmé"
(1983)		"Obsession"
(1984)		"Planète Sauvage"
(1985)
"Amour Programmé"
(1983)		"Obsession"
(1984)		"Planète Sauvage"
(1985)

"Obsession" is a song by the French Canadian synthpop group Nudimension.

Nudimension were a francophone French Canadian new wave/synthpop band from Montréal, Canada who were active between 1982 and 1989. The band were composed of lead singer/composer Louie Louie, non musician Marc Fontaine and - for a period - vocalist Anne Marie Cyr. They are best known for their 1983 single “Amour Programmé”.

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The single is in the French language (With the exception of a single English refrain from Anne Marie Cyr) and was recorded at Fountain Studios, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Released by Saison Records (Canada) in May 1984, [1] it became the second single for Nudimension and like most singles featured [part-time TV presenter Cyr on vocals. It would achieve moderate success in French speaking regions of Canada, charting in the top 20 francophone Québécoise charts, [1] and in Europe. [2]

Anne Marie Cyr is a French Canadian singer, TV presenter and occasional model; who was active during the early 1980s. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cyr came to prominence in her late teens on Montreal cable television assisting and presenting on shows such as Musi-Video. She fitted in her TV presenting and pop career with studying Communications at Montreal's Concordia University.

Montreal City in Quebec, Canada

Montreal is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold, snowy winters.

Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

After the single charted, an English-language version (now renamed "Rendez-Vous") was recorded. The English-language version of the song was not released as a single, however in 2009 it was featured on the band's remastered album The Best of Nudimension . [3]

<i>The Best of Nudimension</i> 2009 greatest hits album by Nudimension

The Best of Nudimension is a greatest hits album by 1980s French Canadian synthpop group Nudimension. It includes the majority of their tracks recorded between 1981 and 1989. Songs are in French and English including the singles "Amour Programmé" and "Rendez-vous". Nudimension stopped recording around 1991. The Best of is a re-master and re-release by Musi-Video Records (Canada) in July 2009, produced by original band member Marc Fontaine.

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